Military ‘sorry’ for false list of dead or captured NPA
“It is appalling how the military office tasked with communicating with the citizenry has shamelessly resorted to such blatant falsehood to push the narrative of UP as the supposed ‘breeding ground’ of enemies of the state,” the NUJP said.
Bolinget seeks NBI protection vs PNP shoot-to-kill order
The CPA said Bolinget’s decision to submit himself to the NBI was made as it was clear the police and Pagkalinawan “didn’t have any intention to observe due process.”
NDFP reminds the military: “We are not subjects to GRP’s authority”
NDFP Negotiating Panel interim chairperson Julieta de Lima said it is absurd and preposterous the AFP filed complaints against the CPP and the NPA with the CHR as if the revolutionary organizations have become “subject to the authority of the GRP and its agencies.”
6 farmers arrested in Bulacan
Six of the 14 Norzagaray, Bulacan farmers charged with theft for harvesting their own crops have been arrested by the police Monday night, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said.
UP-DND accord Lorenzana wants ended stems from abduction of Donat Continente
“I remember the abduction of our staff Donato Continente on the night of June 16, 1989 at Vinzon’s Hall. He was tortured and forced to confess to the killing of Col. James Rowe. This is why the UP-DND accord was signed 14 days later,” UP journalism professor Danilo Arao said.
Groups condemn harassment, surveillance vs Cordilleran activist
Front Line Defenders and the Cordillera People’s Alliance said the family and friends of activist Windel Bolinget have been constantly harassed for information on his whereabouts since he had been informed of a warrant of arrest against him last December.
KMP reports more attacks against farmers in Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog
“Just how heartless the land grabbing families of Villar, Yulo, Ayala, Pascuals, can be? A pandemic, widespread joblessness and bankruptcy, and successive typhoons have already ravaged the lives of poor farmers, and yet these landed haciendero-oligarchs continue to violently eject our food security frontliners,” KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos said.
‘Landgrabber’ harasses 14 Bulacan farmers with theft charges–KMP
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the “landgrabbing” Royal Mollucan Realty Holding Inc. (RMHI) continues its harassment of members of the Samahang Magsasaka sa San Mateo (SAMA-SAMA) and charged the farmers with theft for harvesting their own crops.
Sr. Pat Fox condemns Duterte admin’s year-end rights abuses
“These senseless murders are a continuation of the string of human rights attacks we have witnessed this year against activists, lawyers, farmers, trade unionists, and even health workers,” Sr. Patricia Fox said.
Gov’t snubs CHR in review of anti-drug war list of victims
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) revealed it is being kept out of the review of the first partial report of the deaths resulting from the conduct of the Rodrigo Duterte government’s anti-illegal drug operations.