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Military kills pregnant woman, 2 children and 3 farmers
August 07, 2022

Cases of indiscriminate firing by soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against civilians were recorded one after another in recent weeks. The soldiers made it appear that the victims were members of the New People’s Army (NPA) killed in encounters. Christina Jacolbe, 5-months pregnant, of Sityo Banderahan, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros […]

State forces arrest 5 in two weeks
August 07, 2022

State forces arrested five activists one after another during the past weeks. Combined military and police forces last July 28 arrested Makabayan-Bicol coordinator and former Bayan Muna nominee Marites Pielago based on trumped up charges of murder and frustrated murder. State forces laid siege on the Dr. Nilo O. Roa Memorial Foundation Hospital in Barangay […]

Thousands join rally against Marcos SONA
August 07, 2022

According to the group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), up to 8,000 people marched last July 25 along Commonwealth Ave. in Quezon City to convey the real state of the nation, coinciding with Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Earlier, the Philippine National Police baselessly prohibited rallies along the highway and even […]

Detestable profit-taking by oil companies
August 07, 2022

Petron boasted last August 1 that the company’s profits ballooned to ₱7.7 billion ($138.9 million) in the first half of 2022, or twice its ₱3.87 billion ($69.8 million) profits during the first half of 2021. Local subsidiaries of oil companies make claims that the almost weekly increase in diesel and gasoline prices is the result […]

Protests
August 07, 2022

Activists launch #ML50 campaign. The ML50 Campaign (Martial Law 50) was launched at the Quezon City Sports Club last July 21 to commemorate the 50th year of martial law and its dark days under the US-Marcos I dictatorship. Martial law victims, veterans and new activists led the activity together with democratic organizations. The campaign aims […]

AFP’s relentless bombings torment civilians
August 07, 2022

It was reported in July that the 79th IB, a command under the 303rd IBde, planned to drop bombs on the Minapasuk Mandalagan Mountain Range in Negros. This plan supposedly forms part of the counterinsurgency campaign against the New People’s Army (NPA). Before the planned three-day bombing, the military tried to evict residents of 21 […]

Davao Oriental mining brings disasters and dislocation
August 07, 2022

Decades upon decades of operations by Pujada Nickel Project in Banaybanay City in Davao Oriental have caused disasters and widespread dislocation. This project brings profits to the local government and agencies, and is violently defended by the military and police despite the clear ill-effects of mining in the area. Last January, the once clear waters […]

CPI (Maoist) holds Martyrs’ Week of Remembrance
August 07, 2022

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) honored and remembered the heros of the Indian revolution during its Martyrs’ Week of Remembrance last July 28 to August 3. They hailed the 124 Indian revolutionaries who died while performing their revolutionary duties the past year and their great leaders such as Charu Majumdar (who died 50 years […]

Residents oppose Romblon mining
August 07, 2022

Romblon residents and environmental groups marched in protest last July 26 to the front of the Department of Natural Resources office in Quezon City. They called for an end to the planned mining in Sibuyan Island. The residents said that mining will be detrimental to their livelihood which is dependent on the marine resources, ricefields, […]

In short
August 07, 2022