At the onset of 2021, the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines terrorized national minorities of Cordillera. A total of 39 bombs have already been dropped in territories and communities of the Igorots. The Christians for National Liberation (CNL) in Northern Luzon has already called on local government units in […]

The Filipino people were seriously disgusted by President Rodrigo Duterte’s February 12 speech where he declared “if America requires the presence of their troops here, I’m okay with that” under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)–as long as they pay with military weapons. He said the US has not been paying enough, especially since it is […]

The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) modernization program relies on US matériel, training and aid. Majority of its big ticket items, such as airplanes, ships and helicopters, can only be acquired from US companies or its subsidiaries and partners in allied countries such as Israel, Brazil and Jordan. AFP officials insist that only US-made […]

Just like the E-CLIP, “laying down of arms” and other counterinsurgency programs, the ₱16.4-billion Barangay Development Program (BDP) fund of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) will certainly be used to line the pockets of military officials. It provides lots of opportunity for corruption in the form of kickbacks from […]

While the Anti-Terror Law is still being debated upon in the Supreme Court on how it violates democratic rights, the reactionary state is perpetrating unabated attacks against the people especially in remote areas that are far from the eyes of the media and magistrates. Two children have been recently victimized by the Duterte regime’s dirty […]