Articles in English
Covid-19 response funds, a corruption goldmine
The Duterte regime’s Covid-19 fund worth billions of pesos is a corruption goldmine. Government reports last June 25 estimate that ₱168.7 billion or 25.43% of the entire ₱665.7 billion appropriated for the program have not been spent by various agencies of the Duterte government since March 2020 for unexplained reasons. These funds were from the […]
Arrests and militarization in Bicol
A farmer was killed and 19 civilians were arrested in military operations across Bicol during the past two weeks. Many areas across the region are currently under military occupation. Elements of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion gunned down farmer Alex Llabres at his house in Barangay San Roque Heights, Bula, Camarines Sur last June 24. […]
Farmer murdered, 22 families evacuate
During the past weeks, one case each of killing and artillery shelling were reported in Negros Occidental, while 22 families evacuated in Surigao del Sur. Five civilians were arrested in Bohol, Laguna and Agusan del Sur. Killing. Elements of the 3rd ID gunned down Erming Pacheco, a Tumandok, at Sitio Dala-upon, Carabalan, Himamaylan City. He […]
NPA-Surigao del Sur seizes 2 M16 rifles
Red fighters disarmed the security guards of MR1 Construction Company on June 24 in Barangay Zone 3, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur. Seized during the said operation were two M16 rifles, a shotgun, a .45 caliber pistol and other military equipment. A security guard and a CAFGU element were killed during the offensive. The company is […]
AFP, DOST mount DDoS attacks against alternative media
Sweden-based cybersecurity watchdog Qurium Media exposed in a report last June 22 that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) were behind the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the websites of Bulatlat, Altermidya and Karapatan. The attacks began mid-May and peaked in June, and continue until today. The […]