Archive of NDF-Southern Mindanao

Free the Pangadas brothers! Resist the Marcos II regime’s assault on the people’s rights and democratic spaces!
July 29, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao condemns the Philippine National Police’s illegal arrest of two Lumad brothers who attended the protest rally in Davao City during the first state of the nation address (SONA) of fake president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on July 25. The Lumad youths must be immediately released without condition and the […]

#NeverForget our legacy of struggle and wield historic resistance to confront Marcos 2.0
July 24, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao calls on all democratic and revolutionary forces in the region to militantly protest and proclaim the real state of the country during tomorrow’s expected spectacle of the nation address of the illegitimate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regime. The Marcos II regime—whose veneer of authority is tenuously built upon his […]

On so-called local peace engagements: Like a cadaver the AFP keeps on resuscitating
July 17, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

There is not, nor has there ever been, a single localized peace engagement between any local reactionary government unit, much less any AFP unit, and any organization or unit of the revolutionary movement in Southern Mindanao. From the get-go when the previous US-Duterte regime dangled the idea of “localized peace talks,” the revolutionary movement in […]

Mount strong and wide resistance against neoliberal open pit and large-scale mining in Davao Oriental
July 12, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

Amid the series of natural and man-made disasters that swamped Davao Oriental since late last year, it is contemptuous that the local ruling class continues trying to deodorize the ill-effects of the on-going open pit and large-scale mining to the environment and the overall welfare of the masses in the province. Farmers and Lumad in […]

Areas eyed for neoliberal sweatshops, aka agro-industrial eco-zones, are better distributed to landless farmers, Lumad
July 09, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

The combined 105-hectare lands that the local government of Davao City is salivating over to develop into economic zones must instead be distributed to landless peasant and Lumad families in Davao City freely and immediately. The Davao City Investment Promotions Center (DCIPC) has recently announced that the 25-hectare land area in Brgy. Daliao, Toril and […]

Pride always demands resistance from tyranny and oppression
June 28, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao celebrates the month of Pride with all members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in solidarity and the spirit of struggle. On this gay occasion, we pay highest tribute to our martyred comrades in the region, among them Valerio Mante, Jr., Alvin […]

On the 10th ID’s declaration of an almost insurgency-free Southern Mindanao and what it means to peasants in the region
June 25, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid-Southern Mindanao | Restituto Baguer | Spokesperson |

Almost but not quite. In a press junket on June 21, Major Gen. Nolasco Mempin, commander of the AFP’s 10th Infantry Division, declared in barely-suppressed glee that Davao de Oro, Davao City, Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental were now “insurgency-free.” He also said that it was only one province short, that being Davao Oriental, […]

Stand with the peasants of Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac!
June 15, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid-Southern Mindanao | Restituto Baguer | Spokesperson |

The unjust and cruel dispersal and subsequent arrest and detention of farmers and their supporters in Hacienda Tinang in Brgy. Concepcion, Tarlac stands as a liminal state that sends off the anti-peasant US-Duterte regime and welcomes the hardly-different “Marcos II presidency.” The crime? The peasants were ensuring that their families will have food on their […]

Paltry ‘wage hike’ is Duterte’s insulting farewell potshot to workers
June 07, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions-Southern Mindanao | Macario Santillan | Spokesperson |

The recent so-called wage hike of P47, to be given in tranches, in Southern Mindanao is without question the final straw that breaks the horse’s back for workers across the region. It is the insulting apex of the US-Duterte regime’s anti-worker legacy that failed miserably in ensuring the welfare of the Filipino working class. To […]

Revolutionary salute to cadres and comrades, to the martyrs of the people’s protracted war! Let us continue the struggle for national liberation and genuine democracy!
April 29, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Kabataang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao | Karina Magtanggol | Spokesperson |

On the 49th anniversary of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the revolutionary united front organization of the Filipino people fighting for freedom and democratic rights, Kabataang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao Region offers the highest revolutionary salute to the martyrs of the people’s revolution and calls for justice for all the victims of state-perpetuated killings […]