Ka Cleo del Mundo’s response to Gen. Edgar Arevalo’s statement that the AFP won’t recommend a ceasefire (First of Two-part Statement) Read in: Pilipino Nothing good comes out of AFP’s spin doctors’ mouth. Like his commander-in-chief who was nowhere to be found when the people are being battered by recent typoons, AFP spokesperson General Edgar […]

The recommendation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to not go on ceasefire this holiday seasons does not come as a surprise. We also wager that Duterte will readily approve this plan. All these years, the AFP has opposed any act that serves the end of peace. They have never abided by their […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and all revolutionary forces are one with the rest of the democratic sectors in condemning the unlawful arrest of peasant activist Amanda Echanis with her month-old child Randall Emmanuel. Amanda is the 32-year old daughter of Randall Echanis, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant, who […]

On December 4, 2018, fascist Duterte signed Executive Order 70 (EO 70) which institutionalized the “whole-of-nation” approach to counter-insurgency. Through EO 70, the anti-people National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was created. Through the NTF, civilian authority of the reactionary government is under the authority, control and meddling of the military. […]

On orders by the tyrant Duterte’s anti-insurgency task force, the 11th IB has stepped up its crackdown on peasant organizations in the 3rd District of Negros Oriental starting last month and continuing at present. Leaders and members of legal peasant organizations were targeted in the systematic campaign of red tagging, villification, harassment, threat, coercion, mauling, […]