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(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros said the killing of nine activists in separate places—in the province of Rizal, Batangas and Cavite—warrant the attention and condemnation of the Filipino people and the international community. “Labor and community organizers are not combatants. This cowardly crackdown deserves only the strongest condemnation,” Hontiveros said in a statement. “There is no denying that this scale of violence, injustice and impunity is being perpetrated by this administration,” she further said. Hontiveros said the President’...

March 7, 2021 https://bagongalyansangmakabayan.org/bayan-condemns-deadly-crackdown-of-activists-in-southern-luzon/ The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal and deadly crackdown on activists in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Rizal early morning today, March 7. The PNP has confirmed that 9 were arrested, six were killed, and six others “escaped” in simultaneous raids on offices and homes…

Sponsorship Speech for Committee Report 186 Red-Tagging and Red-Baiting by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson   How the government sets a balance between promoting civil liberties and protecting the security of the state defines the foundations of our democracy. Mr. President, distinguished colleagues of this venerable chamber, I have the honor to report the result of the public hearings, in aid of legislation, conducted by the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, on the issue on "red-tagging or red-baiting" as embodied in Committee Report No. 186. Withou...

Published February 20, 2021, 4:59 PM TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – One-hundred fifty supporters and members of the New People’s Army (NPA) from Rizal and Sto. Nino, this province, have surrendered to the military. Northern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Arnulfo Marcelo B. Burgos Jr. said Saturday that this is a strong indication of the communist terrorists’ nearing defeat in Northern Luzon. The 150 surrenderers were composed of 72 Milisya ng Bayan from Barangays Masi, Bural, and San Juan in Rizal; 37 Milisya ng Bayan from Barangays Balagan and Calassitan in Sto. Nino; 19 members of the Pamba...

Southern Luzon Command head Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was demanded by the members of the Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties (CLCL).  Among its members are former Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Sen. Rene Saguisag and former University of the Philippines Dean Pacifico Agabin. In a statement issued Sunday, Feb. 7, CLCL said: “We call for a stop to this wanton and unrestrained attack on the people through red-tagging that has led to the death of the victims in many occasions… because Parlade’s acts constitute as threats to the lives and...