Category: Statements

Gantala Press denounces the educational censorship happening in state universities and libraries in the north. In the past weeks, books and related literature authored and/or published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) were voluntarily removed from the Kalinga State University (KSU) and Isabela State University (ISU) libraries; and inquiries were launched by…

On the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, Gantala Press calls for action and support of the millions of Filipino women who continue to suffer from disproportionate gendered impacts of the ongoing health crisis, particularly on the most vulnerable sectors of the population, including women political prisoners.  The Philippines is ranked Number 2 in…

On Labor Day, in the second year of the pandemic, Gantala Press stands in solidarity with millions of Filipino people suffering from joblessness, extreme hunger, and lack of access to public health.   More than a year since the pandemic birthed the “new normal,” we continue to endure the botched administration of the Duterte regime. In…

Gantala Press stands in joyful solidarity with the Filipino people in their celebration of Cordillera Day. Forty-one years ago today, state agents came to Macli-ing Dulag’s house in Tinglayan, Kalinga in the dead of night and assassinated him. They then went to fire shots at Pedro Dungoc, Sr at his house. Dulag and Dungoc led…

Mariing kinokondena ng Gantala Press ang pagpaslang kay Ritchie Nepomuceno!  Noong Marso 9, nagkondukta ang mga pulis ng Pasil Police Station 6 (Sawang Calero Police Station) sa Lungsod ng Cebu ng warrantless search operation sa bahay ng 35-anyos na si Nepomuceno para diumano sa ilegal na armas. Ayon kay Nepomuceno, ninakawan siya ng mga pulis…

Noong umaga ng Abril 10, dinakip at sapilitang inilipad ng Department of Social Welfare and Development papuntang General Santos City ang limang batang Lumad na kabilang sa 26 na Lumad bakwit na iligal na inaresto ng mga pulis mula sa University of San Carlos-Talamban (USC) sa Cebu noong Pebrero 15, 2021. Hindi pinahintulutan ng mga…

Women strike their pots and pans for democracy on the streets of Burma. Thousands of workers, students, and monks march to reclaim their voice, their decisions, their rights. Teachers, doctors, and government workers are on strike and refuse to serve the military government. Rohingya refugees who were persecuted and displaced under the joint rule of…