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Bloody Sunday for Leftists in Philippines

Asia Sentinel Police gun down at least nine in assault against activists Photo Credit: Mark Baltazar Saludes Philippine police today (March 7) staged gory raids on leftists in the southern part of Luzon, the country’s main island, killing nine persons and arresting six more believed to belong to activist groups. It was one of the biggest one-day offensives of Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency against activists, many of whom have been “red-tagged” by his administration. The killings come two days after Duterte delivered a bloodthirsty speech to the “National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict,” which he created to end a pesky but hardly threatening insurgency.

Lady Ann Salem, trade unionist released from jail

Mandaluyong court orders release of journalist Lady Ann Salem, union organizer

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → March → 5 → Mandaluyong court orders release of journalist Lady Ann Salem, union organizer Mandaluyong court orders release of journalist Lady Ann Salem, union organizer By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Manila Today editor-in-chief Lady Ann Salem, and trade unionist Rodrigo Esparago today, March 5. After almost three months of incarceration, Salem walked out of the Mandaluyong City Jail this afternoon. “Some political prisoners remain in jail for a year, I am lucky I only stayed for three months,” Salem told the media. In an online message, Salem thanked Judge Monique Quisumbing-Ignacio for “seeing the truth behind the fabricated charges” and all those who supported the campaign for her release.

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