Lawyer: Joma as Plaza Miranda bombing mastermind a ‘canard’
A human rights lawyer described the resurrection of the accusation calling Prof. Jose Maria Sison the brains of the August 21, 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing a canard or an unfounded story. In a legal opinion, Atty. Edre Olalia said there is no evidence to sustain the accusation that is repeatedly resurrected against Sison. “(It) is…unmitigated […]
Army detains six farmers in Ilocos Sur
BAGUIO CITY–The Solidarity of Peasants against Exploitation (Stop Exploitation) condemned the police and military following the detention of six farmers in Salcedo town, Ilocos Sur Tuesday. In a statement, Stop Exploitation secretary general Zaldy Alfiler said the 81st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army detained Divino Tabucol, Dhanjor Hagacer, Isaias Anganan, Ricardo Foronda, Sr., Ronald […]
Joma to Digong: You do not dictate on me
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison rebuffed President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge for him to go home and continue his fight in the country. “I do not have to prove again that I have the revolutionary will and courage to wage armed struggle against oppression,” Sison said, adding he surpasses the field […]
Cagayan police abducts farmer; AFP harasses peasants opposing rubber plantation
CAGAYAN peasant group Kagimungan condemned the abduction of farmer leader Sofronio Pascua last July 17 in Tuguegarao City. Pascua was arrested by four men in civilian clothing he suspected were police officer at one o’clock in the afternoon Monday. “They trained a gun at me while ordering me to raise my hands. They forcibly took […]
Lumad schools decry continuing attacks under Duterte govt
Attacks on Lumad schools remained vicious under the year-old Rodrigo Duterte government, up to 80 percent of reported cases happening in the President’s home region of Southern Mindanao, a network of Lumad schools reported. Lumad schools continued to suffer threats, harassments, intimidations, vilifications, red-tagging and surveillance in the first year of the Duterte government, the […]
CPP: Still no refrain order from Duterte
Has President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop its all-out war against the New People’s Army (NPA) yet?, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) asked Malacañan in a statement today. Reacting to a statement yesterday by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and […]
Panels may resume talks in August; GRP commits to no offensives vs NPA
Stalled formal peace negotiations between the Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) may resume in August, sources told Kodao Productions. Following exchanges of “friendly” statements after Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) negotiators backed off from the scheduled fifth round of talks in The Netherlands last month, back-channel […]
NDFP offers help to fight terrorists anew
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) reiterated its previous declaration that it stands firmly with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) in opposing and fighting terrorism in the country. In a statement, NDFP Negotiating Panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoil said it is willing to fight terrorist groups as well as acts […]
AFP blocks humanitarian aid to Marawi evacuees
A humanitarian mission with 400 relief packs for evacuees was denied entry to Marawi City today by the military, its leaders announced. Bagong Alyansang Makabayan spokesperson and former Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casiño said an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) checkpoint at the entrance to the city proper stopped the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission […]
US intervention in Marawi violates Philippine sovereignty–CPP
THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today denounced American military presence and “armed interference” in the ongoing operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Marawi City against the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups. As the battle in Marawi enters its 21st day and as the country commemorates the 119th anniversary of the […]