LUBAO, Pampanga – Forty-two members of Anakpawis renounced their support to the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Tomas, this town, on Saturday, June 10. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said that different law enforcement units facilitated the mass...
Nagkaisa, the broadest coalition of labor groups in the Philippines, called on the national government to immediately act on the recent disappearances of several labor and peasant activists in the country. (Nagkaisa) “We are alarmed by this report as it brings back memories of what has done...
HOT SPOT Tonyo Cruz On May 9, we are going to vote to fill up more than 18,000 positions from the president down to municipal councilor. Out of 18,000 posts and tens of thousands of candidates vying for these posts, I’m asking that you “gimme five” and let’s do a “high five” for: Leni...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The past few years have been a challenge to Filipino farmers. We’ve seen and heard reports of produce being discarded, and farmers going bankrupt due to rice tariffication and illegal imports. In many parts of the country, death squads have orphaned farming families or split...
CAMP MARCELO A ADDURU, Tuguegarao City – Authorities arrested Anakpawis Partylist 4th nominee for allegedly violating the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition (RA 10591). (Photo courtesy of PRO2 via Liezle Inigo) The Regional Intelligence Unit, Police Regional Office 2, Nueva Vizcaya...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has called on the human rights community to demand justice for the killings of two members of farmers group Anakpawis in Sorsogon last January 15. De Lima said the deaths of these members adds to the increasing number of farmers killed under the Duterte regime. “I...
Several organizations urged presidential bets to heed people's demand for land, aid, and justice. (Unsplash) In a joint statement, Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women, Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon Farmers, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, and Anakpawis asked presidential aspirants to...
Various groups opposing the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR's) order to dismantle fishing structures in the Manila Bay have warned of bringing their concern before an international committee as the demolition activity, which is set Saturday, sees no sign of stopping. Beverly...
Party-list Anakpawis on Saturday, June 26, lambasted a proposed P118-billion ($2.43 billion) arms deal between the Philippines and the United States as ‘’immoral, callous and inappropriate.’’ The Armed Forces of the Philippines receives weapons and defense equipment worth P183 million from...
Detained peasant leader and land defender Joseph Canlas has succumbed to complications due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, May 11, militant group Anakpawis said. “We mourn the avertable passing of exemplary peasant leader Joseph Canlas,” Anakpawis said in a statement. “He passed...
