Language, culture, and educational departments or organizations issued a unity statement on Friday, Aug. 12, condemning the red-tagging of authors and some Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino/Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) commissioners’ purported order to pull out or stop the publication of...
The word war between Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte and the Makabayan bloc continued to rage on Thursday, Aug. 11, after one of the militant lawmakers referred to Duterte as the new “red-tagging queen". Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and Kabataan...
Angat Buhay program on Friday pushed back against Lorraine Badoy, the former spokesperson of the government's anti-communist task force, by seeking legal charges against her for her "shameless" and "baseless" red-tagging of the non-governmental organization. In a statement, Raffy Magno said the NGO...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima welcomed the remarks of incoming National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos who expressed her disapproval of red-tagging, which has become rampant under the Duterte administration. De Lima said she hopes that the next administration could properly address the...
Bayan Muna party-list claims that it was targeted by “electronic vote-shaving” during the May 9, 2022 elections, leading to their loss of a seat in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress. Bayan Muna party-list logo (Taken from BAYAN MUNA PH FB/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bayan Muna...
Former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te, a volunteer lawyer for the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), noted the increase of trolling, hate speech, and red-tagging on social media even after the 2022 elections. Former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) During...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the alleged red-tagging of some candidates and party-list groups during this year's elections. "Kontra Daya has documented several cases of red-tagging of certain candidates and party-list groups on...
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) University Council challenged candidates running in the 2022 elections to declare their defense against any form of attacks on the education system particularly red-tagging. University of the Philippines (up.edu.ph) “We challenge candidates to...
The supposed ties of Vice President Leni Robredo with the communist movement were nothing but “desperate measures” by political rivals to discredit her presidential bid, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Sunday, April 24. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Vice President Leni...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Thursday, April 7, expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan amid the constant red-tagging against the tandem and the volunteers of Leni-Kiko people’s campaign. (Image courtesy of Kilusang...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Vice President Leni Robredo once again fought back against accusations that she has an alliance with communist rebels, and assured volunteers that her team’s volunteer lawyers stand ready to assist them on harassment charges they may want to file against the rampant...
To protect human rights in the Philippines, labor leader and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario ‘Ka Leody” De Guzman seeks to end the acts of extrajudicial killing, red-tagging, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), and the...
