This report was culled from Ang Bayan’s reportage of human rights violations perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and other armed agents of the US-Duterte regime across the country in the second quarter of year 2019. BASED ON THE initial tally of Ang Bayan, there have been at least 191 […]

“RESIST TOGETHER!” This was the theme and call of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) and their supporters in their rally last June 28 in Manila. The mobilization was mounted in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969 and the first Pride March in the country which […]

THE OUTSTANDING public debt of the Philippines increased by P1.9 trillion since the loan addict Duterte came to power. Last May, the debt peaked at P7.9 trillion, which is higher by 32% than the P6 trillion debt reported in July 2016. This is also 1.7% higher than the P7.8 trillion debt reported in Apil 2019. […]

GROUNDS TO OUST Rodrigo Duterte from the presidency through impeachment strengthen as a result of his approval for China to fish in the country’s maritime territory. Duterte declared that he had a “verbal agreement” with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China in 2016. They supposedly agreed to allow Chinese fishermen to cast […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the AFP-instigated publicity campaign of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for putting undue pressure on local government units to compel them to declare the CPP and New People’s Army (NPA), as well as “Left-wing groups” as persona non grata. If they refuse, these officials […]