The island of Negros has long been militarized supposedly to obliterate the revolutionary group Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army.
Contextualizing militarization and killings in Negros
Tags: Negros killings
Food as a daily struggle in Negros
The living conditions in the Negros island have been – time and again – a glaring example of government’s failure to implement genuine agrarian reform.
Negros solons alarmed with killings, impunity in the island
“The series of attacks threaten to undermine the country’s peace and order situation, the State’s failure to identify and punish the perpetrators further breeds a culture of impunity and violence.”
Martial law no solution to Negros killings – Negrenses, advocates
“I am from Mindanao, the first island where Martial Law was implemented. All the killings that is happening in Negros right now, also happened in Mindanao last 2017.”
End of killings urged as PH turns deadliest for environmental defenders
“The ecological agriculture that landless farm workers have painstakingly carved out of the vast monoculture plantations of Negros sugar barons have been irrigated with blood and bullets.”
Negros killings, ‘a war against unarmed civilians’ — groups
“We call on all freedom-loving individuals and organizations to unite in holding the Duterte government accountable for turning Negros island into a killing field.”
Bishop issues call for prayer, action against Negros killings
“Those who were killed are persons; they are not just numbers or statistics! We fervently pray that we may not continue counting dead bodies; that every one of us will continue protecting human lives.”