Nanay Mameng Deunida
Arrested ‘NPA commander’ a JASIG-holder
UPDATED: 3:30 PM THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) announced that the “top New People’s Army Commander” arrested Thursday night in Ozamiz City along with an Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) bishop is a consultant in its peace negotiations with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). In a statement, NDFP’s chief […]
PH fails in international review, rights workers say
THE Philippine government received a failing grade at the recently-concluded United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in the Philippines in Geneva, Switzerland, contrary to claims of success by its delegation head, local rights workers said. “Despite attempts by the Philippine delegation to justify the Duterte administration’s war on drugs and to present a positive […]
Church condemns ‘illegal arrest and detention’ of Bishop
THE Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) has accused the Philippine National Police (PNP) of illegally arresting one of its bishops, his wife and their driver in Ozamiz City in Mindanao last night. The church said IFI Ozamiz Bishop Carlo Morales, his wife Marie Teofifina and driver Sadome Dalid were “illegally arrested, handcuffed and illegally detained in […]
Renato M. Reyes, Jr. BAYAN secretary general
Philippine activists launch October Revolution Centennial celebs
The Centennial Celebration of the Great October Socialist Revolution made its public debut in the Philippines led by the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), the People’s Resource for International Solidarity and Mass Mobilization (PRISMM) and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) held on May 5, 2017 at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman. […]
Tiamzons tailed anew; other consultants also in danger
NATIONAL Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace negotiators Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon were again tailed by suspected elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañan Palace Tuesday night. The Tiamzons noticed they were being tailed by two men riding separate motorcycles after meeting […]
Mariano and Taguiwalo good for CASER implementation–Sison
JOSE Maria Sison expressed alarm the Rodrigo Duterte government may find it hard to implement socio- economic reforms if the remaining “good appointees” in the cabinet fail to get the nod from the Commission on Appointments (CA). Reacting anew to the rejection of former environment and natural resources secretary Gina Lopez last week, National Democratic […]
STATEMENT: The NUJP on Duterte siblings’ threats against local broadcaster
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines views with concern the statements of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte against broadcaster Dodong Solis of Radyo ni Juan. The mayor has resorted to personal attacks in response to commentaries of Solis on the agrarian unrest between farmers and Lapanday Foods Corp.; the recent attack of New […]
Joma on Gina’s rejection: Reactionaries in Congress won
ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources secretary Regina Paz Lopez’s rejection by the Commission on Appointments (CA) diminished the prospects of negotiated reforms for a just and lasting peace, National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said. Reacting to CA’s 15-9 vote against Lopez’s confirmation today, Sison said “reactionaries in Congress cast […]