Anakbayan: Bato an ‘utter fool’ for picking on students-activists

08/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Youth leftist group Anakbayan on Monday called Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa an “utter fool” for cautioning parents to observe changes in their children, who may have been recruited in communist organizations. “Bato is…

Anakbayan Cebu opposes National ID System

Rosalie Abatayo 08/07/2018

A militant group in Cebu slammed the approval of the National ID System, saying the policy has a repressive impact on activists and indigenous peoples (lumads). Joisa Cesita, chairperson of Anakbayan Cebu, said the National ID System…

2 separate rallies in Cebu City on Bonifacio’s day

Doris Mae C. Mondragon, Intern 11/30/2017

It was a tale of two rallies in Cebu City during the 154th birth anniversary of great revolutionary proletarian leader Andres Bonifacio on Thursday. One was against the government while the other was to show support for…

Militants to probe deaths of group leaders

Winston Ensomo 09/10/2017

MILITANT groups will conduct a ‘fact-finding mission’ in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on the alleged killings of seven leaders of the group AnakBayan on Thursday and Friday this week. AnakBayan spokesman Nino Olayvar said the deaths occurred…

Militants question Espenido’s assignment

Winston P. Ensomo 08/29/2017

MILITANT leftist groups were concerned that the assignment of Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido to Iloilo City may result in unlawful killings. Nino Olayvar, spokesperson of AnakBayan, said the bloody drug raid in Ozamiz City may also happen…

Palma: Death penalty is not a deterrent to crimes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/08/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma is saddened when he learned that the House committee on justice has approved on first reading the bill that aims to reinstate the death penalty in the country. Palma said he never…

Bonifacio was a hero, Marcos was not – Akbayan rep

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

Andres Bonifacio was a hero and Ferdinand Marcos was not. This was the message of Akbayan Partylist Rep. Tomasito Villarin during Cebu City Hall’s commemoration of the 153rd birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio at the Plaza Independencia…

CEBU HONORS YOU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It will be a different way of remembering Gat Andres Bonifacio as seven Cebuanos will be honored today as heroes and martyrs of the martial law regime at the Plaza Independencia. In an event organized by the…

Artists join protest vs Marcos burial

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/27/2016

ARTWORK protesting the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will be posted in Barangays Lahug and Talamban and in Colon Street, as a continuation of the protest action. This after the…

Cebuanos join anti-Marcos protests

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/25/2016

The protests against the “sneaky” burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Cebu continue with at least 100 protesters showing at the rally yesterday at Colon Street in Cebu City. The…

Anti-Marcos group to hold rally today

Dominic D. Yasay 11/24/2016

A militant group is holding a rally in downtown Cebu City to denounce the sneaky burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) from 9 a.m. to noon today. The Anakbayan…

SEND MARCOS BACK TO ILOCOS

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2016

The furor over the “surprise” burial of strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is far from over. Youth, anti-Marcos groups and Martial Law survivors in Cebu yesterday vowed that Friday’s protests were not going…

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