Articles in English

One of the lawyers assisting in seeking justice for the recent massacre in Sagay City, Negros Occidental was shot and killed at around 10:50 p.m. last November 6. Atty. Benjamin Ramos, secretary general of National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL)-Negros, sustained three bullet wounds after being shot by unidentified men in front of a store […]

From October 30 to November 5, more than 2,000 peasants encamped in the plaza of Barangay San Miguel to demand the demilitarization of their communities in Las Navas and Catubig, Northern Samar. Amid relentless harassment, the peasants demonstrated their firm unity and collective determination to fight. They said that the continuous operation of the military […]

Corn farmers from Capiz successfully reduced the loan interest rate imposed by merchant-usurers by half. After a series of meeting-dialogues and negotiations held by corn farmers in the towns of Cuartero, Maayon and Tapaz with traders, a memorandum of agreement was signed by representatives of both parties last October. The agreement states that the compounded […]

15,000 join protests against martial law More than 15,000 individuals carrying calls to end martial law and oust Duterte joined protest marches across Mindanao last October 23. Dubbed as the Mindanao Day of Action Against Martial Law, mass actions were held in Davao City, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan and General Santos. In Cagayan de Oro, […]

Two militia members warmly welcomed the comrades who visited a guerrilla front in the Bicol region last October. After a few minute trek, they were greeted by a platoon commander of the New People’s Army with firm handshakes. Ka Leon, one of the militias, and the platoon commander Ka Bager are both former members of […]