Articles in English

NTF-ELCAC double budgeting for 62 barangays can amount to ₱768 million
March 16, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

Read in: Pilipino Under the 2021 General Appropriations Act, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) got ₱16.4 billion for its so-called Barangay Development Program (BDP). In its BDP, the NTF-ELCAC lists 822 barangays “cleared of NPA presence” which will supposedly get ₱20 million each, with ₱12 million specified for road […]

Amid pandemic and economic crisis, fight the US-Duterte regime's bloody suppression drive
March 15, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

Read in: Pilipino The tyrant Duterte continues to incite greater hatred against his regime by prioritizing its campaign of state terrorism and repression while the number of Filipinos infected with Covid-19 virus continues to rise rapidly. That the number of infections have again reached around 5,000 a day one year since first declaring a national […]

NTF-ELCAC's Barangay Development Program is fund for military corruption, electoral preparations
March 14, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Cordillera People's Democratic Front | CPDF-Mt. Province |

Read in: Iloco This 2021, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) was allotted more than P16 billion for their “barangay development programs” (BDP), which include construction of farm-to-market roads, building of schools and clinics, and reforestation. 823 barangays nationwide which are considered as “NPA-free” will be given P20 million […]

On the 54th IB's "peace dialogues" with Mountain Province LGUs
March 14, 2021 |

Read in: Pilipino | Iloco In an effort to coerce civilian authorities of Mountain Province to join their bloody “anti-insurgency” campaign, the 54th IB of the AFP conducted a series of “peace dialogues” with some municipal governments. One was conducted with Sagada LGU last February 19, and another with Bontoc LGU last February 26. We […]

An open letter for fellow health workers: Remembering Dr. Lourdes D. Tangco on her first death anniversary
March 13, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Makabayang Samahang Pangkalusugan (MSP) | Makabayang Samahang Pangkalusugan-Ilocos-Cordillera |

One year after Dr. Lou Tangco’s death at the hands of the fascist AFP, there is much more to say… Lou was one of us – a health worker. Like us she spent many nights poring over medical textbooks, trying to absorb so many facts about human anatomy, physiology and disease. Like us, she struggled […]