A Roman Catholic bishop called the hosts of the program of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) to “a prayerful discernment and a peaceful dialogue for truth and love” amid the program hosts’ red-tagging accusations..
Even in his death, Jose Maria Sison, the founder and leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), one of the world’s most resilient and longest-running insurgencies, cannot be forgiven by the Department of National Defense (DND).
Expect more red tagging to worsen under the new Marcos administration. The first red tagger, lest we forget, was the dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
National Youth Commission (NYC) Chairman Ronald Cardema slammed activist groups and red-baited them anew in a video posted on Facebook on August 1.
The blocking of news websites of two alternative online media, which are being linked by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to the communist rebel movement, is a clear attack on press freedom.