Activists are under attack through trumped-up charges that are meant to land them in jail. Last December 2020, the PNP in Tagum, Davao del Norte filed a trumped-up case of murder against 11 people from different parts of the Philippines, for a killing that happened in March 22, 2018. Bayan’s Read more…
It is time to end red-tagging and instead address the roots of the armed conflict. Red-tagging has become reckless and indiscriminate. It has included among its targets ordinary farmers, indigenous peoples and workers. Recently it has included lawyers, doctors, artists, church leaders and journalists. A lawyer and a doctor were Read more…
Trump leaves the White House in utter disgrace, the only president to be impeached twice, the only one shut out from social media and one who will likely face multiple charges after his term. We join the American people in bidding Trump “Good riddance!” We join their calls in holding Read more…
BAYAN joins the call of activist mass organizations, human rights defenders and Indigenous Peoples advocates to defend Windel Bolinget amidst series of attacks and the trumped-up murder case against him. Attacks of this sort being inflicted on activist leaders like Windel, who is the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) Chair and Read more…
BAYAN (New Patriotic Alliance) stands with the democratic forces and all of the United States of America’s working people in condemning the continuing white supremacist attacks and threats inflicted by Donald Trump and his supporters. These assaults are not only the result of Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the Read more…
Kahapon ay umugong na naman ang usapan ng Charter change sa Kamara at Senado. Sa Senado ay may resolution na para sa pagbubuo ng Constituent Assembly na magbabago ng Constitution. Bakit ito ang pagkakaabalahan ng Kongreso isang taon bago ang eleksyon at sa gitna ng pandemya? Share this BAYAN Philippines Read more…
We call on the people to remain vigilant and oppose any moves for Charter change. Congress is about to revive discussions on Cha-cha. A resolution has been filed in the Senate to convene Congress into a Constituent Assembly. It is not true that Cha-cha would be limited in scope. Once Read more…
Matapos aminin na smuggled at walang FDA approval ang COVID vaccine na ginamit ng PSG at ilang opisyal, pilit na pinapalabas ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno na walang problema o krimen na naganap. Maling mali ito at nagpapakita na naman ng double standards sa batas. Share this BAYAN Philippines statement Read more…
We condemn in the strongest terms the police operations that resulted in the killing of 9 indigenous community leaders and arrest of 17 others in the province. The gruesome Rizal Day murders follow the standard police modus of securing a questionable warrant from Manila and using the search warrant to Read more…
BAYAN is an alliance of organizations committed to the Filipino people’s struggle for national liberation and democracy. It is guided by the nationalist and democratic aspirations of the people in the pursuit of its objectives. BAYAN and its participating organizations are bound by the Declaration of Principles, the Constitution, the Read more…