A Regional Trial Court in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur on March 25 dismissed the charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention against human rights and community health advocate Dr. Maria Natividad Castro.
Makabayan Bloc representatives on March 30 called President Rodrigo Duterte “red-tagger in chief” after Duterte accused the progressive bloc as legal front of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has ordered its military wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), to strike in the cities and towns nationwide to punish those involved in counter-revolutionary actions.
Contrary to the government’s pronouncement that the New People’s Army (NPA) is already a “spent force” and that the revolutionary movement is expected to be wiped out when President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office this June, the country’s budget for the defense services has not been reduced but has in fact seen an increase this year.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao (NDFP) demanded that the military surface peace consultant Ezequiel “ Ka Rey” Cortes Daguman, 50, who has remained missing since March 7.