(PNA file photo) MANILA - Parents' groups and anti-communist advocates are looking forward to "concrete plans" that will address insurgency problems during President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday. Remy Rosadio, League of Parents of the Philippines president, said they expect that the deceptive recruitment of the youth by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) through its front organizations will be included in Marcos' priorities. "As our new head of state, father and protector of all children and youth of our country, we are expecting that he will give priority to the security of our children while they are in school and university campuses, vulnerable to CPP-NPA's recruitment," Rosadio said in a text message on Sunday. She noted that most parents, especially those whose children were recruited to join the armed struggle, wis
SEND JOMA HOME. Members of the Makabagong Alyansa, Liga Independencia Pilipinas, and League of Parents of the Philippines rally in front of the Netherlands embassy along Paseo de Roxas Avenue, Makati City on Friday (June 10, 2022). They asked the Dutch government to send back Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria "Joma" Sison to the Philippines to stand trial for his criminal cases. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Parents' groups and multisectoral organizations believe that the terrorism perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) will be halted if the Dutch government will dispatch Jose Maria "Joma" Sison back to the Philippines. Members of Makabagong Alyansa (MK), Liga Independencia Pilipinas, and League of Parents of the Philippines staged a picket rally in front of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Makati City on Friday, asking the Dutch government to s
SEND JOMA HOME. Members of the Makabagong Alyansa, Liga Independencia Pilipinas, and League of Parents of the Philippines rally in front of the Netherlands embassy along Paseo de Roxas Avenue, Makati City on Friday (June 10, 2022). They asked the Dutch government to send back Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria "Joma" Sison to the Philippines to stand trial for his criminal cases. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Parents' groups and multisectoral organizations believe that the terrorism perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) will be halted if the Dutch government will dispatch Jose Maria "Joma" Sison back to the Philippines. Members of Makabagong Alyansa (MK), Liga Independencia Pilipinas, and League of Parents of the Philippines staged a picket rally in front of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Makati City on Friday, asking the Dutch government to s
DQ PROTEST. Anti-Reds groups led by the League of Parents of the Philippines hold a rally in front of the Commission on Elections main office in Intramuros, Manila on Monday (June 6, 2022). They called again for the delisting of communist affiliated party-list groups. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Parents' groups and multi-sectoral organizations on Monday renewed their call to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to delist the party-list organizations affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Members of the League of Parents of the Philippines (LPP), Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), and Makabagong Alyansa (MK) staged a protest rally in front of the Comelec main office in Intramuros, Manila to ask anew for the disqualification of party-list groups Kabataan, Anakpawis, Act Teachers and Bayan Muna for being front organizations of communist terrorist groups. Remy Rosadio, LPP president, asked the Comelec to