The AFP is a murderous and violent institution created solely for the purpose of serving its masters and the ruling classes’ interest. It has a track record worse than any terrorist organization. Its history goes as far back as its inception as a mercenary army of US imperialism and every puppet and fascist President of […]

The Mt. Cansermon Command – New People’s Army (MCC-NPA) strongly condemns the continuing human rights violations in Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City. Jointly operating troops of the 94th Infantry Battalion and 15th Infantry Battalion unleashed their fury on innocent civilians following an armed encounter and their frustration on chasing a unit of the MCC -NPA last […]

Bicol media is under siege. Ever since Duterte’s term began, cases of non-stop threats, intimidation and cyberattacks against numerous media personalities throughout the region have skyrocketed. Unsurprisingly, all these cases involve media workers active in exposing anomalies within the government. Five media workers have already been arrested – Virgilio Avila, Jr., Nolito Banaria, Irene Cambronero, […]

In recent days, Duterte has been harping on corruption, even claiming to have offered to resign because supposedly his cabinet officials have failed to stop corruption in their agencies. Specifically, Duterte has been publicly complaining of red-tape which applicants have to contend with in setting-up a business in the Philippines. Like so many of his […]

Duterte’s war against the people gets bloodier and dirtier each day. Bernardo Guillen, a farmer in his 50s from Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, was found decapitated and already decomposing. His death makes the peasant death toll under the Duterte regime rise to 275. Bernardo Guillen was cultivating their farm when a unit of […]