Protest greets Xi Jinping visit
Various groups held a mass action at the Chinese consulate in Makati City last Tuesday (November 20) to denounce the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping as they expressed outrage against the Rodrigo Duterte government for its subservience to the Chinese government. The Pilipinong Nagkakaisa Para sa Soberanya o P1NAS called Duterte a traitor to […]
UPD Chancellor Tan statement on leaked group chat of Upsilon Sigma Phi
November 13, 2018 Full statement of University of the Philippines, Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan on fraternity-related violence, on the leaked messages from the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity. (Video by Jo Maline D. Mamangun)
THE STATE OF PHILIPPINE MEDIA
Relentless Attacks And Threats Online, On Ground, Across the Nation 23 November 2018 By the Freedom for Media, Freedom for All Network Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Philippine Press Institute (PPI), MindaNews, and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) ATTACKS AND THREATS against the Philippine […]
Duterte: Military, police has final word on peace agreement with NDFP
President Rodrigo Duterte revealed his will not be the last word on whatever peace agreement the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) enters into with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). In a speech in Tanza, Cavite Thursday (November 22) to inaugurate a new barge port, Duterte said he will seek […]
NUJP statement on the 9th anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre
Today, November 23, 2018, is the ninth year since a power-crazed madman and his armed minions, among them members of the police, halted a convoy on the national highway in Barangay Saqlman, Ampatuan town, Maguindanao and herded the passengers, along with those of two vehicles that just happened to pass by, to a hilltop in […]
KUNG PAANO MAGDILIG
Sa alaala ng Maguindanao Massacre Nabibitak na ang lupa sa malawak Na kapatagan ng Maguindanao. Ngayo’y hindi naman tagtuyot, Ngunit tigang ang rabaw At sementadong kalsadang Dinaraanan nila. Tirik ang araw. Walang ulan Na puwedeng maging dahilan Ng alimuom, ngunit nakapagtataka Na may ibang singaw Ang lupa. Maaamoy mo ang sangsang Na bitbit ng […]
CNL hails canonization of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero
An underground revolutionary organization of church people and workers hailed the canonization of a Salvadoran Archbishop known in his lifetime as a staunch human rights defender and for which he was martyred. The Christians for National Liberation (CNL), an allied organization of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, in a statement expressed its “heartfelt […]
Today is the 9th anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre
NDFP blames Año’s arrest threat for cancelled trip
YOGJAKARTA, Indonesia—Europe-based National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace negotiators announced they cancelled their planned trip to the Philippines and possible meeting with Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) President Rodrigo Duterte, blaming interior and local government secretary Eduardo Año’s threat to have them arrested. In a statement today, NDFP Negotiating Panel […]
Ladlad, Villamors suffering from maltreatment
National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Vicente Ladlad and companions are suffering from maltreatment in Camp Karingal, his wife complained in an “emergency bulletin.” Ladlad’s wife Fides Lim announced on her Facebook account that Ladlad and his companion Alberto Villamor were “suddenly ordered transferred to a small, congested prison cell for detainees accused […]