Don’t they deserve to be called National Communist Terrorist Front?
THE NATIONAL Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), will mark their 48th founding...
No case for ‘frustrated homicide try’
IT HAS COME to our attention that you have published an article headlined Pastor nabbed for ‘homicide try, libel’ that appeared on your website www.panaynews.net...
Attacks on lawyers, associated impunity worse with terror law
THE Public Interest Law Center condemns and views Calbayog City Philippine National Police’s letter to a local court asking for names of lawyers handling...
Failed drug war
WE WISH to set the record straight regarding some claims by Mr. Roberto “Bert” Ladera in his March 4 column in Panay News –...
Vicious raid and arrest
THE vicious raid and arrest of 26 Lumad students, elders, and volunteer teachers on Feb. 15 at the University of San Carlos (USC)-Talamban Campus...
Not a solution to poverty and hunger
THE DEPLOYMENT of Philippine Army soldiers as part of the Community Support Program (CSP) in Southern Iloilo towns is not a solution to the...
Understanding and using geohazard maps
GREETINGS of peace!
We respectfully refer to the editorial of your publication on Oct. 16, 2020 entitled “Life-Saving Information” where the importance of geohazard maps to...
On the police’s house-to-house COVID-19 search
HUMAN rights alliance Karapatan-Panay opposes the plan of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to deploy the Philippine National Police (PNP) in...
Abort transfer of DTTBs to private hospitals
THE MILITANT group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Panay lambasts the Department of Health (DOH) for its plan to pullout doctors to the barrios (DTTBs)...
Threats do not feed a hungry people
PRESIDENT Duterte’s latest threat to use the police and military ala martial law against violators of quarantine restrictions may seem alarming in that it...