ILOILO CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in Barangay Torocadan, San Joaquin, Iloilo on Wednesday, February 28. TROOPS found a New People’s Army (NPA) camp following an encounter in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. (Army 301st...
A town in the province of Laguna has been declared free from the clutches of the New People’s Army. PEACE was achieved as the municipality of Cavinti, Laguna has been declared insurgency-free. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Cavinti was the third town in Laguna declared by the 2nd Infantry Division of...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s position on the EDSA People Power Revolution “has never changed,” referring to a 2017 statement questioning the bloodless revolt, which was the reason why she took down an earlier social media post wherein she acknowledged the 38th EDSA anniversary. Vice...
ILIGAN CITY – A leader of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Malagalad, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday, February 27. The 102nd...
China said on Monday, Feb. 26, it was necessary that it installed floating barriers in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), an atoll that is part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Mao Ning, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, justified Beijing's action, saying it was a...
CEBU CITY – An afternoon downpour did not stop thousands of people from joining a prayer rally attended by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte at the South Road Properties here on Sunday, February 25. FORMER President Rodrigo R. Duterte speaks during a rally at the South Road Properties in Cebu...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas has turned over financial assistance amounting to P971,364 to more than 1,000 individuals displaced by the series of armed conflict in two localities in northern Negros Occidental last week. MORE than 1,000...
EDSA People Power Monument (The Official Gazette) A survey conducted by research firm WR Numero on Filipinos’ views on historical events showed that 45.1 percent have a favorable perception of the EDSA People Power Revolution (12.3 percent “very positively,” 32.8 percent...
Leila de Lima (left), Rowena Guanzon hug it out at Club Filipino (X) When Rowena Guanzon met Leila de Lima on Sunday, Feb. 25, tight hugs and hopefulness abound. There are two reasons for this. First, Sunday wasn't an ordinary day, for it was the...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, Feb. 25, asked Filipinos to uphold the spirit of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution as she recalled the “brave souls” whose “courage and determination paved the way for a better Philippines.” Wreath-laying ceremony for the 38th anniversary of...
Women's organization Gabriela on Sunday, Feb. 25 criticized the government’s efforts to amend the Philippine Constitution, calling them “deceptive” and “out-of-tune,” and reiterated demands for rights, land, livelihood, and sovereignty. Gabriela It said it has joined the public march...
Holiday or not, democracy advocates, human rights supporters, and friends and families of Martial Law victims on Sunday, Feb. 25, remembered the 38th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution and called for a “reclamation” of the Filipinos’ voice and legacy amid the distortion of the...
