MEME: Fidel Agcoili on PPs
Makilala encounter gives more ground for Reds to suspend unilateral ceasefire, says NDFP
ROME, Italy—The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) offensive operation against a unit of the New People’s Army in Makilala, North Cotabato yesterday may give the Communist Party of the Philippines ground to suspend its unilateral ceasefire declaration, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel chairperson said. In a press briefing, Fidel […]
PAHAYAG: “Di po laro ang pagbabalita, Mr. President!”
Mawalang-galang po, mahal na Pangulo. Sinasadya ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) na gamitin ang pambansang wika sa pahayag na ito upang bigyang sapat na halaga ang kaliwanagan sa komunikasyon at tiyakin na mauunawaan ng lahat ang nais naming ipaabot. Sa inyong panayam sa midya nung Huwebes, muli mong sinabi na “nilalaro” mo kami […]
NPA ready to punish GRP troops encamped in communities when ceasefires end
PAQUIBATO DISTRICT, Davao City—The New People’s Army’s (NPA) Pulang Bagani Battalion led the celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) 48th founding anniversary in this upland community yesterday in a show of force in President Rodrigo Duterte’s own hometown.
GRP harassment of civilians preventing bilateral ceasefire agreement–NDFP Negros
COMMUNISTS on Negros Island said they are not ready for a bilateral ceasefire agreement between the Rodrigo Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) until President Rodrigo Duterte orders the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop targeting activists for assassination. Speaking to journalists at a grassroots peace forum last […]
NDFP, Duterte ceasefires to hold over holidays
THE ongoing unilateral ceasefire declarations of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will stand over the Christmas and New Year holidays, promising to be the longest ever truce between the Manila government and the revolutionary Left. The ceasefire declarations of August by both parties […]
Columnist-publisher is first journalist killed under Duterte
A columnist and publisher is the first media killing victim under the Rodrigo Duterte government. Larry Que of the two-week old community newspaper Catanduanes News Now died 1:45 a.m. Tuesday after he was shot by a gunman wearing a bonnet and raincoat who then fled on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice Monday morning in […]
PODCAST: Renato Baleros Sr hinggil sa pakinabang ng mamamayan sa usapang pangkapayapaan at ang hamon kay Pangulong Duterte
Ang panayam kay Renato Baleros Sr., Consultant ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) ay bahagi ng programa sa radyo sa panahon ng Kampuhan ng mga Lakbayanis ng Visayas. Ginanap ito noong Disyembre 7, 2016 sa Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Sina Raymund Villanueva ng Kodao Productions at Ronalyn Olea ng Bulatlat.com at Vice […]
Activists slam Duterte on Human Rights Day
PROGRESSIVE organizations have had enough of human rights violations under the five month old Rodrigo Duterte government. Thousands of torch-bearing activists stormed Mendiola on International Human Rights Day last December 10 to protest human rights violations under Duterte, including more than 6,000 extrajudicial killings, militarization of communities and the hero’s burial of the late dictator […]
Lawyers present six reasons why political prisoners must be freed
People’s lawyers held a press conference at Mendiola this morning and cited six reasons for the immediate release of all political prisoners. The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) and the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) joined human rights victims and their kin in solidarity fasting and stressed the legal and humanitarian grounds for the release. […]