A student researcher from Manila died during Philippine Army’s aerial bombardment in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s day, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindoro (NDFP)-Mindoro reported.
As the HOR leadership railroaded the bill’s passage in under a minute, the voice of Makabayan lawmaker and ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio could be heard asking to be recognized. He was ignored.
“According to relevant information, Gayo was cornered by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and is being pressured to turn against her revolutionary comrades in exchange for the dismissal of several trumped-up charges against her,” del Pueblo said.
The Mindoro clash happened as the CPP and the NPA are observing the last of their four-day unilateral ceasefire declaration that ends before midnight.
An anti-corruption protester is spending the New Year behind bars after a merciless re-arrest by the Philippine National Police just before Christmas, human rights group Karapatan revealed.
Malacanang said Marcos wants to make sure that the budget is corruption-free, a claim BAYAN said is a “most explosive lie that will greet the New Year.”
The ceasefire “will be fully complied-with by all units of the New People’s Army, despite attempts by the Marcos government to downplay and undermine the holiday gesture,” the CPP said.
“These activities are a direct slap on the face of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the AFP and the National Task Force-Elcac, who all desperately try to downplay the steady growth of the revolutionary movement,” CPP chief information officer Marco L. Valbuena said.
The anniversary statement is one of the most significant political article or declaration in the Philippines. It can be compared (or more precisely, contrasted) with the GRP’s SONA, in that the SONA presents the views and analysis of the ruling exploiting classes, while the CC anniversary statement presents the views of the exploited and oppressed classes, the CPP said.
“It is clear where state priorities remain: punishing those who speak for the people instead of those who steal from them,” BIEN Philippines said.
