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Robredo to Filipinos: Connect the dots, see 'web' that 'emboldens' killings

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 06:52 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday urged Filipinos to "connect the dots" and "see the web that enables and emboldens" killings, following the consecutive slays of 9 activists and a mayor in the country.    Read more »

Duterte heading 'murderous regime'? Show proof or face raps, Palace tells Robredo

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 05:22 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday asked for proof from Vice President Leni Robredo, over her criticism of what she dubbed as President Rodrigo Duterte's "murderous regime" following police raids that left dead 9 activists.  Read more »

Security adviser backs Duterte's 'shoot-on-sight' order vs NPA rebels

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 02:39 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's "shoot-on-sight" order last week against communist rebels is a good directive that forces on the ground will carry out, his security adviser said on Tuesday, even as the government's human rights body asserted that the right to life must be respected at all times regardless of one's political leanings. Read more »

Duterte 'kill, kill, kill' order vs rebels is 'legal', says spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 06:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's order for troops to kill communist rebels is "legal", Malacañang said on Monday, even as it added that it would look into the killing of 9 activists that rights groups said were linked to the directive. Read more »

China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition

Leo Ramirez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 04:23 PM

China moved Friday to grant itself veto powers over selecting Hong Kong's lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a "patriotic" government in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019.   Read more »

Lacson maglalabas ng committee report kaugnay sa red-tagging sa susunod na linggo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 05:12 PM

MAYNILA - Maglalabas na sa susunod na linggo ng committee report si Sen. Panfilo Lacson kaugnay ng isyu ng red-tagging, o pag-aakusa ng militar laban sa ilang personalidad na sila'y sumusuporta sa mga rebeldeng komunista.   Read more »

The military’s obsession with UP: Some historical notes

Miguel Paolo P. Reyes, Joel F. Ariate, and Larah Vinda Del Mundo, VERA Files
Updated as of Jan 29 05:56 AM

The military’s boldness in making their presence known and felt in UP was rooted in a more extensive operation that had the full blessing and participation of Malacañang. Read more »

Task force claims anti-terror law violations occur in UP campuses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 01:27 AM

A Philippine task force against communist insurgency claims the country's anti-terror law is being violated right inside the campuses of the University of the Philippines. The allegation was made as education officials attempt to mediate between the university and the defense department over the scrapping of their security accord. Read more »

4 rebeldeng komunista, sumuko sa Aurora

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 04:35 AM

Apat na miyembro ng isang grupo ng mga rebeldeng komunista umano ang sumuko sa mga awtoridad sa Aurora nitong Lunes. Read more »

Probe sought over alleged vigilante killings in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 02:58 AM

A senator called for a probe into local alleged vigilante killings. One former lawmaker linked the spate of murders to President Duterte's insistence on tagging his critics as communists.  Read more »

Human rights group calls for defunding, abolition of PH anti-communist task force

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 01:16 AM

A human rights group allied with the left-leaning Makabayan bloc of Philippine lawmakers is calling for the abolition and defunding of the Philippine government's anti-insurgency task force. Read more »

Anti-Reds task force seeks disqualification of Makabayan bloc from elections

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 10:28 PM

The government body created to weed out communist insurgency in the Philippines on Tuesday bared its determination to seek the disqualification of the Makabayan bloc's party-list groups before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).    Read more »

UP Diliman chancellor hits back at defunding, red-tagging threats

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 12:58 PM

The University of Philippines Diliman on Friday hit back at threats to defund the institution for supposedly becoming the breeding ground for communists. Read more »

Palace: Duterte wants police, military to 'keep quiet' instead of red-tagging

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 26 08:14 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte wants the police and military to "keep quiet" while doing their job, Malacañang said Monday, after a general cautioned some female celebrities about their alleged association with some left-leaning organizations. Read more »

Lorenzana: Stop 'red-tagging' sans proof

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:45 AM

A high-ranking military official deals with the fallout from his supposed red-baiting of Filipino celebrities but he remains unapologetic.  Read more »

COVID-19 ang pinakamalaking banta sa bansa: Malacañang

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 01:41 AM

MAYNILA - Nagbigay ng paglilinaw si Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque sa naging pahayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nitong Lunes na ang pinakamalaking banta ngayon sa bansa ay ang mga komunista. Read more »

'Ang utos ko, upakan mo': Duterte says communists 'number 1' threat to Philippines

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 12:26 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said communist rebels are the top threat to the Philippines, amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic currently engulfing the country.  Read more »

Communist rebels may be covered in anti-terror bill: Philippine Army

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 09:25 AM

MANILA - Communist rebels may be covered in the anti-terror bill which is now awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte's signature, the head of the Philippine Army said Wednesday. Read more »

Joma Sison open to COVID-19 ceasefire after UN call

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 03:51 PM

MANILA- Communist leader Jose Maria Sison said Tuesday he would recommend that rebels declare a unilateral truce in response to the United Nations' call for a global ceasefire in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Sison told: COVID-19 pandemic is your chance to prove you want peace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 11:15 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic is exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison’s chance to prove his patriotism, Malacañang said Friday as it criticized his doubt of the government’s motives for declaring a unilateral truce due to the public health crisis. Read more »