By Jose Maria Sison Which shall come ahead? The blazing of forests, The thawing of icebergs, The rise of oceans, The drowning of cities, The parching of the land, The whimpering death? Which shall come ahead? Sudden fright at the big burst, Mushrooms in the sky, Blinding light in a trice, Before the endless night […]
A lawyer for National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Adelberto Silva and his four companions slammed the Laguna Prosecutor’s Office’s decision to keep them in jail and charging them with illegal possession of explosives. Public Interest Law Center managing counsel Rachel Pastores said Laguna chief prosecutor Maria Victoria Dado’s decision to amend the […]
The New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island said the culprits in the massacre of nine farmers in Sagay City Saturday evening are “mercenaries” calling themselves the Revolutionary Proletarian Army (RPA) under the command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Special Civilian Active Auxiliary (SCAA) unit stationed in Hacienda Mirasol, Brgy. Baterya, some […]
Para sa siyam ng Sagay Masdan ang mga sakadang nakayuko sa lupa Ang mga yayat nilang katawa’y sanay Tumiklop mula sa baywang Tungo sa bagong ararong lupa Upang magtanim o gumapas ng damo, Magputol ng tubo o buhatin ang mga ito. Sa halagang isang daang piso. Kada araw. Araw-araw. Kailangan nilang magsipag. […]
Leaders of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace panel took turns lambasting new Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo, calling him “amnesiac,” “befuddled,” and, worse, “cheap shyster.” Reacting from Panelo’s challenge to NDFP chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison to “walk the talk” and support President Rodrigo Duterte’s “call for conciliation and peace,” the […]
Human rights advocates held a protest action in front of Camps Aguinaldo and Crame in Quezon City to denounce Saturday’s massacre in Hacienda Nene, Sagay City in Negros Occidental and the abduction of farmer-organizer Joey Flores Sr. in Nueva Ecija last week. Nine farmers and farm workers, including 2 minors, were killed by suspected SCAA/CAFGU […]
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ (NDFP) Reciprocal Working Committee on Social and Economic Reforms (RWC-SER) condemned the massacre of nine peasants, including two minors, in Sagay City, Negros Occidental Saturday night. The group tasked to co-craft with its government counterparts free land distribution programs for poor farmers blamed the failure of the Government […]
The massacre of nine land reform beneficiaries in Sagay City, Negros Occidental Saturday night brought the number of killed farmer-activists to 172 under the Rodrigo Duterte regime, the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) and the Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) said. In condemning the massacre of the nine farmers, the groups blamed the […]
Nine farmers, including two minors and four women, were massacred in Sagay City, Negros Occidental last night, Saturday. In a flash report posted this morning, Aksyon Radyo Bacolod said nine were killed in a strafing incident at Hacienda Nene, Purok Fire Tree, Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City. The victims were National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) […]
Hundreds of farmers and activists commemorate Peasant Month with a series of activities they call ‘October Resistance,’ in obvious reference to the so-called Red October plot the military tried selling off as a plan oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), a rally was held from University of Santo Tomas […]