"This is yet another evidence of blatant terrorist-tagging of legitimate people's organizations, and an unwarranted act of harassment and intimidation. This is not the first time that authorities have tried to compile a list of members of ACT, with the group accusing the PNP of "profiling" its members in 2019. The teachers' group petitioned the Court of Appeals against the police order but this was thrown out due to "infirmities." But the accusations linking progressive and left-leaning groups to communist rebels are now appearing on official government documents. The Calbayog City police made headlines earlier this weekend after an intelligence officer requested a local court for a list of lawyers representing "Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) personalities in court."

Source: Philippine Star March 14, 2021 05:03 UTC