Duterte security forces kill 2 children in Samar

Operating troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines fired their weapons indiscriminately on a group of peasants in Roxas village, Catubig, Northern Samar province on 8 February. Two children, aged 12 and 9 years old were killed. Another child was seriously wounded. The children were with their parents tending their coconut kiln when fired upon by the AFP troopers.

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EU Parliament calls halt to arms exports to Duterte regime

The European Parliament passed a resolution anew on 17 February deploring the “deteriorating human rights situation under President Rodrigo Duterte” and called this time on EU Member States “to refrain from all exports of arms, surveillance technology and other equipment that can be used for internal repression” by the Duterte regime.

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Expose US imperialist role in Ukraine armed conflict -- CPP

“The current war in Ukraine generates favorable conditions for the revolutionary proletariat in the world to expose the true nature of the conflict in the context of the rotten capitalist system and the worsening exploitation against the world's working people.” Thus declared the Communist Party of the Philippines on 24 February, exhorting proletarian parties around the world to strengthen their initiative to fight fascist forces and the imperialist war, and advance the revolutionary struggles in their countries.

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Senate report recommends corruption charges against Duterte, officials

Philippine Senator Richard Gordon released on 1 February the draft report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee which investigated the anomalous US$920 million Covid-19 government supply contracts with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. The report recommends filing of plunder, graft and other criminal charges against Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao, Deputy Ombudsman Rex Warren Liong, Duterte economic adviser Michael Yang and Pharmally top executives.

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International Observer Mission launched to monitor 2022 Elections

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines and local election watchdog Kontra Daya announced on 6 February the launching of an International Observer Mission to monitor the forthcoming Philippine national and local elections which will take place on 9 May 2022. The IOM aims to provide independent monitoring from the start of the campaign period on 8 February until the confirmation of elected candidates in June 2022.

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AFP bombs rural villages in Cagayan Valley

Fighter jets of the Armed Forces of the Philippines dropped at least 30 bombs on four villages in the town of Gonzaga, Cagayan province. Three helicopter gunships simultaneously carried out indiscriminate strafing with .50 caliber machine guns. The aerial attacks were carried out in four waves at 4:30 am, 5:00 am, 9:40 am and at 12:00 noon on 29 January on the villages of Sta. Clara, Sta. Isabel, Sta. Teresita and Magrafil, all in Gonzaga town.

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Denounce monopoly control on global oil prices -- CPP

The Communist Party of the Philippines called on the Filipino people to denounce monopoly oil companies and oil producing countries who collude in controlling global oil prices and to demand an immediate rollback in the domestic prices of petroleum products.

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