Re-electionist Senator Richard J. Gordon is elated upon learning of the release of Dr. Maria Natividad “Naty” Castro. Castro, according to Gordon, is a brilliant and humane physician, who was detained ‘’illegally and held incommunicado, breaking the safeguards posed by the...
“Mga magsasaka lang kami. Bakit kami nire-redtag, hinaharas, at pinapasuko? Mga magsasaka kami na nagdedepensa sa mga lupang sakahan at tirahan namin (We are just farmers. Why are we being red-tagged, harassed and subjugated? We are farmers defending our farm lands and homes).” These were the...
The Legal Advocates and Defenders for Leni (Leni LEAD) asked Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), to take down Facebook posts red-tagging Vice President Leni Robredo or face legal actions. Presidential...
Members of the Makabayan coalition have filed criminal complaints against National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Badoy and other NTF-ELCAC officials before the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) Law department. Makabayan bloc nominees hold up the...
A group of education workers on Wednesday, March 23, urged the Ombudsman to “deliver a strong message” by acting favorably on the complaint against Lorraine Badoy of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the Presidential Communications Operations Office...
The Manila Critics Circle (MCC) and Academics Unite for Democracy and Human Rights (AUDHR) on Wednesday, March 23, decried the red-tagging and vandalism of two bookstores, Popular Bookstores and Solidaridad Bookshop. (Photo courtesy of Popular Bookstore / Facebook) On Tuesday, March 22, owner and...
The operator of an independent bookstore in Quezon City has cried foul on Tuesday, March 22, after its walls were vandalized by unknown suspects in an apparent case of red-tagging. (Photo from Popular Bookstore) In a Facebook post, Popular Bookstore posted the malicious markings painted on the wall...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, March 21, took to task a fake news peddler who alleged that her volunteers and supporters, who call themselves kakampinks, were paid P1,000 to attend campaign rallies. Vice President Leni Robredo poses for a photo with her supporters...
The Philippine Navy has relieved and placed under investigation one of its officers for allegedly issuing a life-threatening social media post against an executive official of the Kabataan Partylist (PL) group. Raoul Manuel (Courtesy of Raoul Manuel's Twitter account) Raoul Manuel, national...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima sees two reasons behind the "irresponsible" red-tagging of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo. (Photo courtesy of Leila de Lima Facebook Page) "The red tagging against VP Leni's campaign shows two things: 1. VP Leni is soaring regardless of what...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, March 14, dismissed as mere “propaganda” and “fake news” the red-tagging efforts on Vice President Leni Robredo, his presidential candidate for the May 2022 polls. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Trillanes, who...
The Makabayan Coalition has underscored their call to stop the act of red-tagging, and to start implementing tax cuts to counter the fuel crisis during a press conference on Monday, March 14. Makabayan Bloc logo (Photo from Wikipedia) They alleged that the administration had taken more interest in...
