BBM’s new security policy alarms farm workers
The group pointed that in its section on “public safety, peace, and justice,” the NSP spelled out the directive to “strengthen[…] action against the legal fronts of the CPP-NPA-NDF,” rendering in policy the practice of red-tagging trade unions and peasant associations.
Pathologist raises alarm over police visits
“Yes, you know where to find me,” Fortun said of the police visits, adding she is just putting out the information “for whatever protection this disclosure could offer.”
Farmers demand justice for NDFP consultant 3 years after assassination
UMA said it condemns the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government for maintaining former President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent counter-insurgency programs that resulted in Echanis’ assassination.
Farmers: No to intel funds, yes to social services
“Why should the people agree to pay for this regime’s fascism and corruption? We are their victims and yet they ask us to pay,” UMA acting chairperson Ariel Casilao said.
UP workers condemn demolition of guards’ camp
University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman workers condemned the demolition of the security guards’ camp inside the campus this morning on orders of a brand-new school official. The UP Workers’ Alliance (UPWA) said Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Roehl Jamon’s order was carried out without informing the Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Guwardiya (SNG, Association of United Guards) […]
A closer look into the urban resistance in Myanmar
he opposition government, ethnic armed groups, urban activists, and exiled media are all demanding the end of the military dictatorship, restoring civilian leadership, and reviving the nation’s transition to democratic rule.
Autopsy: Ericson Acosta injured way before fatal shots, after he already died
Forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun underscored that Acosta’s wound from the left side of the torso was probably fired when he was already dead. “It seemed the shots were fired on different times…On his hand, that was way before the fatal shots,” she said.
Tondo 3 must hold accountable those who arrested them–Karapatan
Former Philippine National Police chief Debold Sinas, under whose leadership many activists were arrested and killed, should be among those held accountable for the three’s wrongful arrested and imprisonment, Karapatan said.
Reds dismiss Marcos offer of amnesty as ‘treachery’
“Marcos’ offer of amnesty for those who will surrender is duplicitous, considering that close to 800 political prisoners remain in jails, and every day, people are being arrested and persecuted for their political beliefs and social commitment,” CPP information officer Marco Valbuena said.
Veteran activist on ‘idiot red-taggers’
“I do not want to play to their red-tagging schemes. I am not going to let idiots dictate what I am going to do,” Araullo said.