Aside from senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares, the Makabayan Coalition has announced the endorsement of eight more candidates it will support in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections.
For the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao Region, the declaration of local governments naming communist rebels as “persona non grata” in different provinces is only a “mere public relation stunt” by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Malicious flyers continue to spread and distributed in different areas in Cagayan de Oro, reports from concerned groups and individuals said.
Bayan Muna Party-list raised alarm over “highly unusual” loan agreement between the Philippines and China saying it is a “threat to national security.”
Lawyers’ groups expressed alarm on the continuing red-tagging among its ranks, especially those who are deeply involved in human rights advocacy.
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) condemned the abduction of three union leaders from Pantukan, Compostela Valley by suspected military agents on Wednesday, February 27.
The government should prioritize hiring unemployed Filipinos, said opposition solon after President Rodrigo Duterte made a statement that he would rather allow illegal Chinese workers to stay in the country.
Law enforcement agents are now trying to locate the person believed to be behind an alleged investment scam in Mindanao after a local court issued an arrest warrant against the firm’s founder.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison has branded President Rodrigo Duterte as inventor of a cock-and-bull story and emphasized that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) will not discriminate women and LGBT in the recruitment of fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA).
“We fear for our lives and liberty, knowing that we are in this list being circulated after a national accompaniment mission that provided support to Lumad and peasant leaders wrongfully charged and detained by the state,” Calang told Davao Today.
