Articles in English

1 killed, 13 arrested in Negros
July 07, 2019

Joint forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and paramilitaries continue to sow terror in the Negros island using Memorandum Order No. 32 and Joint AFP-PNP Campaign Plan Kapanatagan of Rodrigo Duterte. In just three days, human rights groups reported 13 cases of illegal arrests and a killing in […]

Human rights report for the 2nd quarter of 2019
July 07, 2019

This report was culled from Ang Bayan’s reportage of human rights violations perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and other armed agents of the US-Duterte regime across the country in the second quarter of year 2019. BASED ON THE initial tally of Ang Bayan, there have been at least 191 […]

LGBT community urges, "Resist together!"
July 07, 2019

“RESIST TOGETHER!” This was the theme and call of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) and their supporters in their rally last June 28 in Manila. The mobilization was mounted in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969 and the first Pride March in the country which […]

National debt balloons to P7.9 trillion
July 07, 2019

THE OUTSTANDING public debt of the Philippines increased by P1.9 trillion since the loan addict Duterte came to power. Last May, the debt peaked at P7.9 trillion, which is higher by 32% than the P6 trillion debt reported in July 2016. This is also 1.7% higher than the P7.8 trillion debt reported in Apil 2019. […]

Impeachment gains ground
July 07, 2019

GROUNDS TO OUST Rodrigo Duterte from the presidency through impeachment strengthen as a result of his approval for China to fish in the country’s maritime territory. Duterte declared that he had a “verbal agreement” with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China in 2016. They supposedly agreed to allow Chinese fishermen to cast […]