College Editors Guild of the Philippines - Laguna

10/03/2024

ALERT ⚠

Napag-alaman ng opisina ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Laguna na magkakaroon ng serye ng mga "oryentasyon" ang DILG Region IV-A sa mga opisyal ng barangay at mga SK sa iba't ibang bayan ng Laguna hinggil sa Executive Order 70, o ang whole-of-nation approach.

Matatandaan na ang EO70 ang makinaryang ginagamit ng estado para ibaling ang pondo ng bayan sa surveillance, red-tagging, at harassment sa mga progresibo. EO70 ang batas na bumuo sa NTF-ELCAC na siyang pangunahing galamay ng pulis at militar para maglunsad ng mga house-to-house campaign, mga raid sa bahay at opisina, mga pekeng "pagpapasuko", fake news, at mga extra judicial killings.

Kasabay nito, rinaratsada ng ELCAC ang resolution sa Laguna Peace and Order Council para gamitin ang CHED at DepEd bilang bagong galamay sa pagpasok sa mga pamantasan ng probinsya. Ipagpapatuloy lamang nito ang paniniktik at lantarang pananakot sa mga progresibong mamamayan na nananawagan para sa karapatan at hustisya.

Hindi dapat maloko ang mga bagong halal na lingkod bayan sa ganitong modus ng rehimeng Marcos Jr.! Marapat lamang na itakwil ang ganitong bogus na seminar at ibasura ang hungkag na Executive Order 70!

Hands off activists! Abolish EO70! END STATE FASCISM!

09/09/2023

NEWS | BAYAN-ST STAND THAT PROTEST IS DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

In the midst of growing concerns surrounding the state of democratic rights in our country, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Timog Katagalugan (BAYAN-TK) received information about a subpoena issued against the 14 activists in Southern Tagalog who conducted a peaceful protest-action in the Commonwealth on People's SONA 2023.

According to BAYAN-ST, "Kyle Angelo Salgado, spokesperson of Bayan-Timog Katagalugan, is included in the list among other activists, peasants, trade union leaders, and human rights defenders from various organizations under the militant Alliance."

The 13 individuals also experienced state-sponsored harassment from state forces like the military and state intelligence units.

"The said activists experienced graver attacks, particularly Kenneth Rementilla and Jasmin Rubia, who are awaiting resolution for fabricated charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law, and John Peter Garcia, who was implicated in the "terror law" complaint, BAYAN added.

The issued subpoena came from the Quezon City Office of the City Prosecutor. The aforementioned individuals are asked to appear on September 23 and October 3, respectively.

08/09/2023

NEWS ALERT!

During the court process of Hacienda Yulo Farmers vs. SERAPH Security Agency, Shirley Mae Canete Marasigan, a farmer in Hacienda Yulo and a member of Samahan ng Mamamayang Nagkakaisa sa Sitio Buntog (SAMANA-Buntog), faced harassment by an unidentified security guard on September 6, 2023.

According to the report of Pagkakaisa't Ugnayan ng mga Magbubukid sa Laguna (PUMALAG), around 8:30 a.m., Marasigan encountered a security guard who asked her name and her address. "The alleged security guard was looking for someone who resembled Marasigan and wanted to speak with her", PUMALAG added.

Still fresh in our memory the fire incident in Sitio Buntog two years ago. When the private goons from the SERAPH Agency set Marasigan's house on fire, they also pointed a gun at her and her family, forced to face the floor, and then beat even the minor.

This is not an isolated story from the Yulo-Ayala series of attacks on Hacienda Yulo farmers.

03/09/2023

JPEG GARCIA, IDINAWIT SA GAWA-GAWANG ANTI-TERROR ACT.

Idinawit ni Sgt. Jean Claude E. Bajaro ng 59th Infantry Battalion ang ika-tatlong nomininte ng UP Studente Regent at YAPJUST - UPLB Chairperson na si John Peter Garcia sa gawa-gawang paglabag umano sa Anti Terror Act.

Sa pahayag ng YAPJUST - UPLB, September 1 ng makatanggap ng impormasyon si Garcia na siya umano ay pinaparatangan ng pwersang 59th Infantry Battalion na siya ay lumabag sa Anti-Terror Act. Si Garcia ay ang ika-19th na indibidwal na kumakaharap sa gawa-gawang ATA.

Pilit ibinabalangkas ng 59th IBPA si Garcia sa isa pang gawa-gawang reklamo ng ATA kay Hailey Pecayo, kapwa niyang Human Rights Workers sa rehiyon ng Timog Katagalugan. Ayon sa paratang, si Jpeg umano ay nagsagawa ng Tour-of-Duty (TOD) sa rebolusyonaryong grupong New People's Army (NPA) noong 2021. Dagdag pa ni Najardo, kilala umano si Garcia bilang "Tango" sa loob ng Armadong New People's Army.

Nananawagan ang College Editor Guild of the Philippine - Laguna na itigil ang mga walang katotohanang paratang ng mga pwersa ng estado sa mga indibidwal na nagpapahayag lamang ng kanilang mga kariingan ng estado.

Ang pagdadawit kay Jpeg Garcia ay hindi nalalayo sa sunod-sunod na serye ng paggamit sa Anti-Terorr Act bilang sandata upang supilin ang mga mamamayan. Si Jpeg Garcia kasama ang 18 na indibidwal ay mga mamamayan na nagtataguyod at lumalaban para sa ating mga demokratikong karapatan.

Nanawagan ang CEGP - Laguna sa lahat ng mga Student Publication sa probinsya na ilantad ang tunay na kalagayan sa Timog Katagalugan!

30/08/2023

For this year’s National Press Freedom Day, CEGP Southern Tagalog, in line with commemorating the International Day of the Disappeared, posted pictures of Aggie Green and Gold editors Leticia Pascual-Ladlad and Christina Catalla in UPLB's Carabao Park, July 30, 2023.

It was then during the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr. that Ladlad and Catalla became active in the mass movement. They, among other progressives of the time, struggled tirelessly in order to address the socioeconomic crisis brought about by the fascist regime.

Their work endures– the international day of the disappeared coincides with the celebration of the National Press Freedom day; Tish and Christina were members of the mosquito press, groups of writers for the masses that were small but fierce and courageous. They went to the countryside to live with the oppressed because they believe that the people have the right to know social realities beyond the veil of Marcosian propaganda.

Today, we face the same struggle. In the palace sit the son of the late dictator, seated by the same system of lies that sustained their family. It is only through the tireless pursuit of truth, freedom, and national democracy that we can dismantle the very system that allows the Marcoses back into power. In this pursuit lies one of the virtues of press freedom: the freedom of the people to tell their narratives and their realities, free from oppression from the state.

29/08/2023

BIG SALE O BIG HIKE? WELCOME SA BAGONG PILIPINAS!

Isang buwan ang lumipas matapos tapusin ni Marcos Jr. ang kanyang ikalawang SONA sa mga katagang "Dumating na po ang bagong Pilipinas" bilang pagtatapos ng kanyang State of the Nation Adress. Subalit matapos ang isang buwan, umaray ang mga mamayan matapos ang magkakasunod na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin sa mga nakaraang linggo.

Nitong Agosto 15, 2023 ay nakapagtala ang IBON Foundation ng 6 na magkakasunod na pagsirit ng presyo ng langis at petrolyo sa ating bansa. Ayon sa IBON, umabot na umano 66.60 pesos kada litro ang diesel at 78.33 naman ang litro ng petrolyo.

Tinawag din ng IBON na Budol ang unang taon na panunungkulan ni Marcos Jr. Ito ay matapos ang sunod-sunod na pangako ng pangulo na handa niyang iangat ang buhay ng mamamayan habang siya ay nasa termino. Subalit nakita lamang ng mga Pilipino ang sunod-sunod na travel niya sa abroad.

Tila ba ito ang tinutukoy na Bagong Pilipinas ni Marcos Jr., mga bagong serye ng pataas ng presyo ng bilihin at mga bagong polisiya na magpapahirap sa mga mamamayan.

Sa kabila ng mataas na presyo ng mga bilihin, patuloy naman na napagiiwanan ang sahod ng mga mamayan. Ayon sa naitalang datos ng Alyansa ng mga Manggagawa sa Probinsya ng Laguna (ALMAPILA), umaabot lamang umano ng 470 pesos ang pinak**ataas na sahod sa probinsya ng Laguna, samantalang 350 naman ang pinak**ababa.

Matatandaang walang nabanggit ang pangulo sa kanyang huling SONA na proyekto para sa mga manggagawa. Mas naunang iyabang ni Marcos Jr. ang kanyang mga biyahe patungo sa ibang bansa, lalo na ang paglalako ng mga neoliberal na patakaran na lubos lamang na magpapahirap sa mga mamamayan.

Mariin na nakikiisa ang CEGP - Laguna sa panawagan ng mga mamayan hinggil sa mas abot kayang presyo ng mga bilihin sa merkado. Imbis na ibida ng pamahalaan ang kaliwa't kanang proyektong sumasandig lamang sa mayayaman, kagaya ng mga huwad na imprastraktura, mas mabuting maglaan ng sapat na badyet para sa pagdadagdag ng abot-kayang kabuhayan at pagtataas ng sahod ng mga manggagawa.

Nananawagan ang CEGP - Laguna sa lahat ng Student Publication sa probinsya ng Laguna na ilantad ang sunod-sunod na pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin. Bukod dito ay tumungo sa mga komunidad ng maralita upang maipahayag ang kanilang mga kalagayan sa ilalim ng matinding pagbulusok pabagsak ng ekonomya.

25/08/2023

IBASURA ANG GAWA-GAWANG REKLAMO LABAN SA MGA LIDER AKTIBISTA!

Kahapon, August 24, 2023, nagsampa ng reklamo ang Quezon City Police District laban sa labing apat na lider-aktibista na namuno umano sa isinagawang protesta noong SONA ng Bayan 2023.

Sa pahayag mula sa QCPD, wala umanong permit na hawak ang mga nag protesta at malinaw umano itong paglabag sa Batas Pambasa bilang 880.

Kasalukuyang kumakaharap ang mga sumusunod:

Felix Pascua (Kilusan Para sa Pambansang Demokrasya)
Palo Rosales (Pangisda Pilipinas)
Larry Mallorca (Philfoods Union)
Luchell Felix (Umento - TK)
Jaysie Balunga (Sugar - Batangas)
Miguel Portea (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operyor Nationwide - ST)
Mario Fernander (OLALIA - KMU)
Kenneth Remetilla (Anakbayan - ST)
Charm Maranan (Defend Southern Tagalog)
Jasmin Rubia (Mother and Children for Protection of Human Rights)
Orly Marcellana (Tanggol Magsasaka - TK)
John Peter Garcia (YUPJUST - UPLB)
Mia Antonio (Liga ng mga Manggagawa - TK)
Kyle Angelo Salgado (BAYAN - TK)

Subalit nilinaw ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan - Timog Katagalugan nagdidiin kay QCPD Director Nicolas Torre III sa pag-aaksaya ng pondo ng bayan para lamang gipitin ang karapatan ng mga mamayan na magpahayag.

Nakasaad sa Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas na ang lahat ng mamamayan ay may kalayaan na magsalita at magpahayag, gayundin ang mapayapang pagtitipon upang ipahayag ang kanilang karaingan sa pamahalaan.

Hindi na 'din bago ang reklamo BP880 laban sa mga nagproprotesta. Subalit patuloy na kapulisan ang bisa ng ligalidad laban sa mga mamayan na nagnanais lamang na magpahayag ng kanilang karaingan.

Matatandaan 'din na ang mga indibidwal na isinasangkot ng QCPD ay kumakaharap ng mga harassment, paniniktik, at gawa-gawang kaso mula sa mga pwersa mismo ng estado. Isang malinaw na halimbawa ay ang kaso nila Rementillia at Rubia, mga kabataan-estyudante na sinampahan ng kasong Anti-Terror Law nitong nakaraan lamang. Gayundin ang paghahalugad ng 59th Infantry Batallion kay Jeyssie Balunga sa probinsya ng Batangas.

Sa tindi ng lumalalang pagliit ng espasyo para sa malayang pamamahayag sa bansa, nananawagan ang College Editors' Guild of the Philippines - Laguna sa QCPD, Korte Suprema, at mismong sa pamahalaan na iurong ang gawa-gawang reklamo laban sa 14 na indibidwal. Marapat na kilalanin ng mga sangay ng pamahalaan na ang karapantang pantao ng mga mamayan at dinggin ang kanilang panawagan.

Hinihikayat ng CEGP - Laguna ang lahat ng kampus pahayagan sa probinsya na patuloy na manawagan at paigtingin ang adbokasiya laban sa sunod-sunod na pagtapak ng estado sa karapatang makapagpahayag.

21/01/2022

06/01/2022

BREAKING | National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose passes away at the age of 97

F. Sionil Jose passed away in his sleep at the Makati Medical Center, January 6, as confirmed by his wife. He was 97.

Born in 1924, Jose was a prolific author and writer. His works included the Rosales saga, Gagamba, and multiple short stories including the God Stealer, Olvidon, and other collections. His works underpinned class inequalities and combined a middle class sensibility to liberal ambitions of social justice. His works stood alongside and in contrast to social realist contemporaries of the time like fellow National Artist Pete Lacaba. Jose also owned a bookshop in Ermita named Solidaridad. Solidaridad was also the name of a journal he had which was initially funded by the CIA-front organization Congress for Cultural Freedom. Jose admired Jose Rizal and his woks, and comparisons can be drawn between his most famous works and Rizal's themes of social justice and class inequality.

His works reached national and international recognition. F. Sionil Jose is a Ramon Magsaysay awardee and was considered for the Nobel prize in Literature.

Jose is survived by his wife Tessie.

30/12/2021

Rapunzel in Reality: Alicia Lucena’s Experiences before Fleeing to her not-so Humble Home

Every individual considers home as a shelter to rely on and a place to seek peace and comfort. A home filled with warmth and compassion for beloved ones, a place that is safe against pain and negativity.

A place that can be read in a child's storybooks.

However, that is not the case for a 20-year-old youth activist named Alicia Lucena. In fairy tales, she was similar to Rapunzel, a girl who bears magical long hair imprisoned in an uplifted tower by an old woman, whom she treats as her actual mother. On Alicia's side, instead of being satisfied with her humble abode, she wants to leave it as an escape from the domestic abuse and violence prompted by her very own flesh and blood, her mother, Relissa Lucena.

Lucena openly revealed in a Facebook live all the dreadful struggles she experienced in her mother’s hands, and one of them is her being locked up on the fourth floor of their house in Pasay City.
“‘Yung fourth floor mukha siyang solitary confinement talaga. Puti ‘yung lahat ng pader. ‘Yung k**a, nasa sahig lang. Sobrang kalat, sobrang dumi. ‘Yung gate, naka-padlock. Lahat ng bintana, may grills, may railings, mukha ka talagang nasa kulungan. Wala akong ibang libangan doon. Bawal akong ipakausap sa mga kapatid ko. Bawal akong magbasa, bawal akong manood. Umabot pa ng ilang araw bago ako ako hindi ako kumain para lang paakyatin doon ang kapatid ko, para may makausap ako. Pinagbabawalan nila ako sa lahat.” the 20-year-old Alicia said.

In addition, she was invited to a random swab testing way back in April, along with another youth activist named Sofia Bangayan in Pasay. Lucena said that she was curious at first about why there were so many men surrounding them but later on realized that she was set up and the reason behind that was because of her parents. Lucena insisted on calling her lawyer to defend her against them but neglected the other party. Then her mother, Relissa, finally came into the scene and created a scandal, ending up Alicia being aggressively captured and maltreated inside their car and house.
Relissa Lucena is a member of “Hands Off Our Children” and “League of Parents of the Philippines,” pro-government groups. Alicia’s mother accused the activist group named “Anakbayan” of kidnapping her daughter. She then sought a writ of Amparo and habeas corpus last year against the said activist group (in which Alicia partakes) but was later junked by the Supreme Court due to lack of evidence.

After all the sufferings she faced, Alicia finally had the chance to free herself in her mother’s lair after attempting to leave the house seven times. According to Bangayan, Lucena’s companion in the swabbing facility, she revealed these circumstances triggered her panic attack.

“Ayokong bumalik sa bahay na nagpapaalala ng lahat ng mga masasamang alaala, ng lahat ng trauma ng pambubugbog, pagmamaltrato sa bahay na ‘yon. Sinong gugustuhin na umuwi doon?” the 20-year-old stated in a Facebook live post. Alicia is an epitome that not all houses can be considered a home for an individual because a home is not just a physical property; it is a haven that gives them satisfaction, a refuge. It is a fact that Rapunzel is just a fantasy, and Alicia faces reality. Rapunzel may be left out of curiosity and has many differences in Alicia’s life. Still, one thing is for sure: they are both seeking freedom against cruelty and to live without the restraint of another.

Feature by Kelly Rose Valenzuela
Photo Source : Twitter

30/12/2021

“Ang karunungan ay para sa tao, ngunit huwag mong lilimuting iya’y natatamo ng mga may puso lamang.”
- Gurong Pari, Jose Rizal; Noli Me Tangere (Kabanata VIII)

Alas sais y media ng umaga ng ika-30 ng Disyembre, nagsimula magmartsa si Jose Rizal mula sa kaniyang piitan sa Fort Santiago hanggang sa Bagumbayan kung saan hinatulan ng musketry ni Gobernador-Heneral Camillo Polavieja si Rizal ng parusang k**atayan sa kasong sedisyon, rebelyon, at konspirasyon. Ngayong araw, Disyembre 30, ginugunita ang ika-125 anibersaryo ng k**atayan ni Dr. Jose Rizal, alinsunod sa tema na, “Rizal: Para sa Agham, Katotohanan, at Buhay”.

Ang araw na ito ay idineklarang Regular Holiday sa ilalim ng Proclamation No. 986.

29/12/2021

Today, we commemorate the 125th death anniversay of one of our nation's foremost heroes, Jose Rizal. Rizal was, among many other things, a writer and a propagandist. He wrote two influential novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, which shaped Filipino national consciousness and allowed the Filipino masses to awaken themselves and embrace the path of revolution and national liberation.

But Rizal's most important works were created as part of the Propaganda Movement - a group of ilustrados who went to Spain to expose the true conditions of the Philippines and gain concessions. He became an editor for La Solidaridad, the Propaganda Movement's official newspaper, and used the medium to show the Spaniards what was happening in the Philippines and make a case for their arguments. From La Solidaridad, Rizal founded La Liga Filipinas, which became the genesis of Andres Bonifacio's Katipunan.

Today, we commemorate his martyrdom at the hands of Spanish officials. To the end, Rizal believed in the Philippines and used his talents for his fellow Filipinos. It cannot be denied that Rizal was deeply influential in pushing figures like Bonifacio, Sakay, and Jacinto towards revolutionary action.

In today's political climate, it is important for us to remember Rizal's conviction and bravery. As campus journalists, we have a sworn commitment to uphold the truth and advance the interests of the student body that we serve. Like La Solidaridad, the campus press must be a beacon of truth in the era of fake news and a new dictatorship.

As campus journalists, let us answer the clarion call of Rizal's legacy. Let us uphold the truth, no matter how difficult it may be. Let us continue his legacy of heroism by serving the people with utmost sincerity and conviction.



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28/12/2021

WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS!

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines Laguna is the oldest, largest, and broadest alliance of student publications in the province of Laguna, dedicated to a free camps press and a democratic Filipino society.

We are currently looking for volunteers who share our same passion for press freedom and are interested in working in any of the following committees:
* Publicity and Information
* Education and Research
* Campaign Organizing
* Finance and Alliance
* Laguna Guilder Editorial Staff (the monthly publication of CEGP Laguna)

All interested volunteers can sign-up at http://bit.ly/JoinCEGPLaguna

Become a Guilder today!

23/07/2021

23/07/2021

22/07/2021

ALERT | Tinangkang pasukin ng hindi pa nakikilalang indibidwal ang tahanan ng isang miyembro ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines - Laguna at Gabriela Youth Laguna kagabi, July 22.

Ayon sa ulat na natanggap, tinangkang itulak at buksan ang pintuan ng nasabing miyembro, ngunit ng ito ay kaniyang mapansin, dali-dali na ring umalis ang nagtatangkang pumasok kung kaya't hindi niya namukaan ang salarin.

Dagdag pa, sa loob lamang ng buwan ng hulyo nakalimang beses na na may nagtangkang pasukin ang kanilang tahanan.

Magmula nang maganap ang Bloody Sunday Massacre, sunod-sunod na rin ang naging atake sa mga progrisibong indibidwal sa lalawigan ng laguna.

Nakaraan lamang nang maiulat na may bagong serye ng search warrant ang inihahain ngayon sa korte para sa mga progrisibo sa Laguna— katulad ng search warrant na nagresulta sa pagkakapatay at iligal na pagkakaaresto sa mga progrisibong mamamayan noong ika-7 ng Marso.

Sa patuloy na atakeng nararanasan ng mamamayan sa ilalim ng rehimeng Duterte, patuloy lang din tayong maninindigan hanggang sa mga ganitong uri ng pananakot at pang-aabuso ay mawakasan!

09/07/2021

Halina't samahan kami at ang mga progresibong organisasyon sa Laguna ngayong 7PM sa isang talakayan upang ilahad ang naging at kasalukuyang estado ng Laguna sa ilalim ng rehimeng Duterte!

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08/07/2021

Halina't ating talakayin ang estado ng Laguna sa termino ng rehimeng Duterte kasama ang ibang mga progresibong organisasyon sa probinsya!

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30/06/2021

Nagtipon-tipon ang iba't ibang organisasyon sa Timog Katagalugan kaninang hapon upang markahan ang unang araw ng huling termino ni Rodrigo Duterte sa Malacañang.

Matatandaang taong 2016 nang maihalal si Duterte bilang pangulo ng Pilipinas at magmula noon, umabot na sa mahigit 30,000 katao ang napapaslang dahil sa pekeng war on drugs at patuloy din ang paglala ng human rights violation dahil na rin sa pagsasabatas ng Anti-Terrorism Law na nagpalaganap ng terorismo ng estado.

Katulad ni Marcos, hindi rin nakaligtas sa pangaabuso ng rehimeng Duterte ang media sa bansa. Nakaraang taon lamang nang ipasara ni Duterte ang pinak**alaking media station sa Pilipinas— ang ABS-CBN.

Nariyan din ang mga paniniil ni Duterte at ng mga alipores nito sa mga indibidwal na kritiko ng rehimen, katulad ng ginawang pangaaresto sa mga periyodista gaya nina Lady Anne Salem at Frenchie May Cumpio.

Naging madugo at marahas ang naging pamumuno ni Duterte sa ating bansa, kaya nararapat lamang na patuloy nating isiwalat ang kabulukan ng rehimen hanggang sa tuluyan na itong mawakasan at nang sa gayon din ay wala nang katulad ni Duterte ang maluluklok sa pamahalaan.

26/06/2021

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26/05/2021

Kabataan makiisa sa panawagang !!!

Isang taon makalipas simula noong pinatupad ang “remote learning” upang tugunan ang krisis sa edukasyon dulot ng pandemya ngunit mapa-hanggang ngayon ay tila bang walang plano ang rehimeng Duterte upang puksain ang Covid-19 upang tuluyang makabalik ang mga estudyante sa paaralan. Kaya halina’t talakayin natin kung bakit ang solusyon sa kasalukuyang krisis sa edukasyon!

Isulong ang de-kalidad, ligtas, abot-kaya, at demokratikong edukasyon!

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17/05/2021

PANOORIN | Nagsagawa ng motorcade ang mga manggagawa ng Alaska Milk Corporation bilang protesta sa pinaplanong malawakang tanggalan ng korporasyon.

16/05/2021

When former US President Donald Trump was challenged by a reporter in a 2018 press conference, he called CNN “fake news.” In 2018, as in 2021, the Duterte government and its men still call Rappler “fake news.”

After the court order dismissing trumped-up charges against 7 volunteer teacher in lumad alternative schools were dismissed, Cebu policemen barred Rappler’s reporter Lorraine Ecarma from covering their release from prison even as other local news outlets were allowed to cover the event. Policemen also forbade her, as well as other human rights groups, from filming the release for some flimsy “security reasons.”

The worst feat was when the police tagged Rappler as “fake news” in a contrived tone.

This incident, isolated as it may be, is not isolated from the string of attacks against the independent media sourcing from no less than Duterte, the inciter-in-chief, himself. Duterte was the first to call Rappler, for whose Cebu bureau Ecarma works, “fake news” because of an investigative story it published about then Special Assistant to the President B**g Go’s intervention in procuring Philippine Navy frigates involving billions of taxpayers’ money. Duterte incited his league, including his fanatics and officials, to spearhead attacks against Rappler for reporting about the regime’s bloody drug war.

It was also the Duterte government who heaped 11 baseless charges aimed to harass Rappler, including the cyber-libel charge that the regime utilized to convict Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa based on trumped-up charges. And have we forgotten Malacañang’s dictatorial ban on Rappler’s Malacañang reporter, Pia Ranada, back in 2018? Therefore, what the Cebu police did to Ecarma cannot be filed under “isolated cases.”

But it cannot be solely tied with Duterte’s attacks on Rappler, because the entire Philippine media that refuses to toe the line of Malacañang are placed in the crosshairs of this regime. Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and former College Editors Guild of the Philippines - Quezon coordinator Alexandra Pacalda remain behind bars based on false charges. The independent media continue to suffer from the red-tagging campaign orchestrated by the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) from all fronts: the NUJP, Inquirer’s Tetch Torres-Tupas, and the alternative media. Bulatlat recently suffered from another Denial Distribution of Service (DDoS) attacks. A year ago, ABS-CBN was shuttered by Duterte’s own vindictiveness. The list of Duterte’s attacks against media go on.

Didn’t Duterte, in a bold statement of lies, falsely claim in his “statement” during this year’s World Press Freedom Day that his regime “promotes” press freedom? Banning a reporter from covering an event, an important news piece at that, is undoing such false premise from Malacañang.

The College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines - Laguna vehemently condemns another inclusion in the list of the regime’s attacks against the independent media! By barring Ecarma from covering the release of lumad volunteer teachers, the Duterte regime in effect denies the people their access to truthful reportage — and hampers the job of reporters like Ecarma based solely on lies.

It isn’t “fake news” to interrogate, even question, the government’s official narrative. What is an actual manifestation of “fake news” is toeing the line of this lying regime without a question, something that all journalists are bound to do. After all, dictators like Duterte (and even Trump) are the ones deathly afraid of the truth.

15/05/2021

Nakatanggap ng text mula sa hindi kilalang numero ang bise-presidente ng Pinagisang Lakas sa Clarmil (PILAC)- Independent na si Domingueto Afable nitong Mayo 13 bandang ala-una ng hapon.

Ang nasabing text ay naglalaman ng pagbabanta sa buhay ng lider-manggagawa. Bukod sa text, may apat na sasakyan pa ang naglibot sa tahanan ni Afable.

Hindi na bago ang ganitong panghaharas sa mga manggagawang unyunista. Matatandaang nitong Abril lamang ay nakatanggap na rin ng mga pagbabanta ang dalawang opisyales ng PILAC-Independent matapos ang iligal na pagkakatanggal sa 12 manggagawa ng Clarmil.

Sa kabila ng pandemya, patuloy ang tanggalan at pagbabanta sa buhay ng mga manggagawa.

13/05/2021

FROM THE PALESTINE TO THE PHILIPPINES, RESIST US-BACKED WARS AND VIOLENCE!

The Laguna chapter of the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines, the widest alliance of student publications in Southeast Asia, stands in the warmest solidarity with the Palestinian people in the midst of ceaseless atrocious attacks launched by the fascist American-backed Israel regime.

At present, Gaza Strip has become the bloody battlefield of Israel’s brutality in the land of the Palestine people. Dozens of lives have been killed by Israel’s brutal show of force.

In East Jerusalem, violent clashes between Israel and Palestine’s resistance slaughtered innocent lives, especially that of Palestine women and children targeted by Israel’s barbarity, constituting crimes against humanity in full view of the world. A number of buildings in the land of Palestinian people were also grounded to a halt by Israel’s brutality.

The historical struggle of the Palestine people against Israel now clashes with the ahistorical, fascist, and treacherous call from right-wing Israelis to slaughter Palestinians in an “ethnic cleansing” of their territories, leading to what the world now witnesses as a ghastly bloodshed that further oppresses the Palestine people.

Amid civil disobedience actions, the Israel regime continue their bloody campaign against Palestine using bombs, war planes, and other deadly weapons funneled into Israel by the United States that bankrolls it. Despite the intensifying carnage of the Palestine people in Israel’s brutal exposition of power, Washington under Joe Biden looks away—while Israel benefits from its generous funding for fascist violence.

From where we stand, the Philippines faces the same violent threshold under Rodrigo Duterte’s pro-imperialist regime: while Duterte veers away from challenging China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea, the AFP and PNP inflicts violence and mass murder on Filipinos, calling into arms the entire state machinery to crush progressive and revolutionary movements through severe violence and killings, using arms and bombs procured from American military aid to the regime. In Southern Tagalog, 10 activists and countless others were murdered or detained with false charges by police and military forces emboldened by American support to Duterte’s vicious wars against our people.

This is the decaying face of imperialism in a time of exacerbating crisis brought by the pandemic: imperialist nations, such as US, allow wars to snowball into conflagration while profiting off the mass slaughter of people. Be it in Gaza Strip or in Manila, imperialism rakes off huge profits out of wars instigated by puppet regimes while giving off huge access to American interests for further plunder of neocolonial economies.

From the Palestine to the Philippines, our peoples are facing the same predicament of violence from our servile regimes because American imperialism promotes and relishes in our violence. American footprints are all over Israel’s genocide in Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, as it does in the slaughter by the NTF-ELCAC, AFP, PNP, and the other war machinations of the Duterte regime.

This longstanding aggressive face of American imperialism vanquishes our peoples over decades, with no remorse. And while the economic crisis of the pandemic rises to greater feats, so does the intensifying call to struggle for a more radical alternative to imperialism’s misery and bloodshed.

Certainly, the US-backed violence in Palestine and in the Philippines would not defeat our resistance. In fact, such violence bolstered by imperialist complicity will become the impetus for our peoples to continue waging our unrelenting resistance — while championing a more just society where no mother or children will ever have to die in a genocidal level.

This is not the time for neutrality; as Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel once admonished, only oppressive forces benefit from “neutral” stances. Hence, the Laguna chapter of the Guild will continue to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against the US-Israel violence, as the Filipino people furthers our resistance to US-AFP-PNP collusion.

We join the Palestine people’s call for expelling American forces and cutting off American support in the Middle East, as we call for the same in the Philippines. No fascist violence can defeat the struggle of the oppressed peoples of the world brutalized by American imperialism, from the bloodied Gaza strip to the killing fields of Southern Tagalog.

From the Palestine to the Philippines, resist the US war machine!