CPP, NDFP Honor Comrade Gonzalo
- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
The Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on 12 September issued messages expressing sympathies on the passing of Communist Party of Peru founder and leader Manuel Ruben Abimael Guzman Reynoso, who was also known as Presidente Gonzalo. He died in prison on 11 September 2021 at the age of 86.
Summary executions, aerial bombardment kill 22 revolutionary fighters
- Published: 31 August 2021 31 August 2021
A series of large-scale combat and assassination operations by the Duterte government’s security forces in the last two weeks have killed at least 22 revolutionary fighters of the New People’s Army in central and southern Philippines. On 16 August, combined elements of the Philippine Army 5th Special Forces Battalion, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and local Philippine National Police assassinated celebrated NPA fighter and visual artist John Niebres in his home in Cannery Site village, Polomolok town in South Cotabato province.
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NDFP urges probe of Eastern Samar airstrikes
- Published: 31 August 2021 31 August 2021
The Eastern Visayas Chapter of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on 24 August called on the Philippine Commission on Human Rights to investigate “the disproportionate use of force” by units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the airstrikes against a local unit of the New People’s Army in Dolores town, Eastern Samar province, on 16 August.
Systemic labor rights abuses found in Dinagat Nickel mines
- Published: 31 August 2021 31 August 2021
A two-year study conducted by Amnesty International on the situation of nickel mine workers in Dinagat Islands in southern Philippines showed “systemic” labor rights abuses, including workers being employed without written contracts, delayed payment of wages, and nonpayment of employers’ contributions for their employees’ mandatory health, housing and social security benefits.
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Sen. Drilon demands review of PhP 19-Billion anti-communist funds
- Published: 15 August 2021 15 August 2021
Philippine Senate Minority Leader Sen. Franklin Drilon urged the Commission on Audit on 2 August to conduct a special audit on the PhP 19.2-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). He said he will also ask the Senate leadership to demand that the NTF-ELCAC submit a report on how its budget was used.
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Millions suffer hunger under ‘Duterteriorating’ economy – IBON thinktank
- Published: 15 August 2021 15 August 2021
A report of Philippine thinktank IBON Foundation in June 2021 showed that 15 million Filipino families, comprising 62.1% of the country’s total, went hungry in 2020. The report said that 12.4 million families were surviving on just PhP132 (US$2.61) or less per person per day, a far cry from the minimum PhP1,026 (US$20.30) per day needed for a family of five.
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NPA marks Duterte’s SONA with 11 offensives in 4 provinces
- Published: 15 August 2021 15 August 2021
The New People's Army mounted 11 tactical offensives in the central Philippine provinces of Samar, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Sorsogon from 15 to 29 July, challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address which he delivered on 26 July. The Communist Party of the Philippines said initial field reports indicate that Duterte’s armed forces sustained 30 casualties with at least 26 killed.
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