24/04/2026
๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก!
UP BUGLAS condemns the atrocities committed by the AFP in Toboso, Negros Occidental, last April 19, 2026. The massacre took 19 lives, including UPD USC Councilor Alyssa Alano, peasant organizer Maureen Kiel Santuyo, community researcher Errol Wendel, and Negros-based journalist RJ Ledesma. Their deaths reflect the extreme lengths that state forces go not only to silence dissent, but to prevent the exposure of the actual lived realities of farmers of Negros Island.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฟ., ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐. The province of Negros Occidental has been under a โstate of lawless violenceโ since 2018, which paved the way to increased militarization from the AFP and PNP.
As the student organization of UPD students based in Negros Oriental, we stand with the hundreds of individuals displaced and affected by these indiscriminate attacks, and we express our sincerest sympathies to those who lost their lives during that day. We continue to seek justice for the sugarcane farmers of our island, and for those who took the initiative to be with them even in the most dangerous of times.
