National minority group Suara Bangsamoro blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for the massacre of seven Tausug civilians Friday in Patikul, Sulu by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). “President Duterte’s all-out war policy is killing more and more of our Moro brothers and sisters. We are enraged that, to appease his Filipino soldiers, he would…
The martial law proclamation in Mindanao is set to lapse on December 31 this year. The military and several lawmakers have already floated the idea of further extending martial law to another six months. AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. has expressed that he will recommend martial law’s extension to the President. This…
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) condemned the killing of one of its officers in Kabankalan City Tuesday night, November 6. Atty. Benjamin Ramos, secretary general of NUPL-Negros Occidental Chapter died from four gunshot wounds fired by two motorcycle riding men. “We are shocked, devastated and enraged at the premeditated cold-blooded murder of our…
“This government continuously shows us its propensity for condemning people and communities on the basis of “lists” and unverified reports. This was true for the proscription petition which included hundreds of individuals and aliases who were not vetted by the Department of Justice, and were merely fed by the AFP, PNP, and NICA. The Department…
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) negotiating panel rejected a National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) suggestion that its chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison and President Rodrigo Duterte meet in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was revealed by Sison in a statement Saturday, May 26, saying he and his former student could…
Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com) – December 18, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Alternative media network AlterMidya and three members of its network have asked the Office of the Ombudsman to dismiss three officials of the government’s anti-communist task force over their baseless red-tagging, a practice that puts those labelled as rebels and terrorists in danger.. AlterMidya, Bulatlat,…