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Military engaged NPAs in 5-minute firefight in Abra

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Posted to Guru Press-Cordillera (Mar 25, 2022): Military engaged NPAs in 5-minute firefight in Abra



Abra, Philippines – Military and members of the New People’s Army engaged in a 5-minute firefight in Barangay Anayan, Tineg, Abra on March 23, 2022.

The armed clash transpired after the community told authorities about the presence of Kilusang Larangang Guerilla (KLG)-North Abra in their area despite having been declared Persona non grata,
the 5th Infantry Division reported.

It was said that while the government troops were conducting a focused military operation at the community, members of the said group fired at the operating personnel, resulting in the latter to retaliate.

The exchange of bullets lasted for five minutes before the rebels withdrew to the east direction.

24th Infantry Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Gary Garcia III mentioned that the troops were able to recover a piece of rifle grenade, 4 magazines for M16 rifle, a piece of bandolier, and 27 pieces of 5.56mm ammunition from the encounter site.

This March 2022, the Province of Abra was put by the higher headquarters under the operational control of the 5th Infantry Division. This move was made to clear the province of the communist terrorist group.

Major General Laurence Mina, 5ID Commander, conveyed his gratitude to the residents in Abra for supporting the campaign against insurgency and lauded the efforts of the 24IB in protecting the community from atrocities.

“The Province of Abra was added to our Area of Responsibility to clear it from the influence and presence of the insurgents,” he stated.

Meantime, a day after the encounter in Abra, another firefight between the authorities and rebels ensued in Barangay Aplaya, Maconacon, Isabela.

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NOLCOM: Balikatan-Camaraderie, Alliance, Interoperability

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Posted to the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) Facebook Page (Mar 26, 2022): Balikatan: Camaraderie, Alliance, Interoperability



Armed Forces of the Philippines

A day before PH-US Exercise Balikatan 2022

LOOK I Philippine and United States Marines spend light moments after participating in the live-fire exercise during the Exercise Balikatan at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac, on April 2, 2019.

The 37th iteration of PH-US Exercise Balikatan will officially open tomorrow, March 28, at the AFP's general headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
 
Balikatan, is a Filipino word that means working together shoulder to shoulder to achieve a common goal. At the personal level, it also gives the soldiers of two militaries a chance to learn the culture and tradition of each other and build camaraderie and friendship that will last even after the exercise.
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NOLCOM: NPA terrorist killed, firearms seized by AFP in Surigao Sur

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Posted to the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) Facebook Page (Mar 26, 2022): NPA terrorist killed, firearms seized by AFP in Surigao Sur







Armed Forces of the Philippines

NPA terrorist killed, firearms seized by AFP in Surigao Sur

A member of the communist terrorist New People's Army (NPA) was killed in Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, after a fierce firefight with soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday, March 21.
 
The killed NPA member was among the more or less 20 communist terrorists encountered by troops of the 75th Infantry Battalion in an uninhabited area of Sitio Montenegren, Brgy San Isidro in Marihatag.
Government forces tracked down the armed group based on information from concerned citizens. This subsequently resulted in an armed encounter that lasted for about ten minutes.
 
"We are thankful for the populace's support for their courage in reporting the presence of the NPAs in the area. Rest assured that we will not allow these terrorists to continue their nefarious activities that disrupt the peaceful lives of our people," said Colonel Rommel Almaria, 401st Brigade Commander.
The NPAs fled after the firefight leaving behind their dead comrade, who is still for identification. The soldiers also seized six high-powered firearms, including M16 rifles, AK 47 rifles, M653 rifle, and M203 grenade launcher.
 
They also confiscated other war materiel such as improvised explosive device paraphernalia and documents with high intelligence value.
 
"The AFP calls on the communist terrorist group to stop further bloodshed, surrender peacefully, and let the government help them become productive members of society. Through this, we can achieve genuine peace and development for our country," said Colonel Jorry L Baclor, AFP Public Affairs Chief./// (Photos from 401st Infantry Brigade)

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NOLCOM: Philippine Army, U.S. Army Pacific conclude Salaknib Exercise 2022

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Posted to the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) Facebook Page (Mar 26, 2022): Philippine Army, U.S. Army Pacific conclude Salaknib Exercise 2022











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Philippine Army, U.S. Army Pacific conclude Salaknib Exercise 2022

The Philippine Army and the U.S. Army Pacific concluded the 20-day Salaknib Exercise 2022 at the 1st Brigade Combat Team headquarters, Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija on March 24, 2022.
 
Salaknib—which means “shield” in Ilocano—is an annual combined exercise aimed at enhancing the Philippine Army and U.S. Army Pacific’s capacity and interoperability across the spectrum of military operations, while also strengthening alliance between the two nations.
 
“Over the years, the Philippine Army and the U.S. Army Pacific have remained united through the long-standing bilateral relations in pursuit of the common goal of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region,” Commanding General, Philippine Army (CGPA) Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner, Jr., who served as the event’s guest of honor and speaker, said.

Around 2,200 Philippine Army and U.S. Army Pacific soldiers trained side-by-side in this year’s edition of Salaknib, consisting of multiple field training and battalion-level staff exercises, combined live fire exercises, subject matter expert exchanges, medical training, and the first-validated U.S. Jungle Operations Training Course in the Philippines.
 
The two armies also shared best practices on functional areas such as fire support, communications, engineering, counter improvised explosive devices, and military intelligence that enabled troops to develop interoperability. Simulated war-fighting scenarios meanwhile enhanced both armies' defense readiness.

Philippine Army troops from 1BCT, Training and Doctrine Command, Army Support Command, 51st Engineering Brigade, Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Army Artillery Regiment, Army Aviation Regiment, Armor Division, Light Reaction Regiment, Special Forces Regiment (Airborne), and First Scout Ranger Regiment took part in this year's edition of Salaknib.  Photo: Sgt Cesar Lopez Philippine Army/ OACPA

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'Red-tagging' is CPP-NPA's creative, defensive tactic: Esperon

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): 'Red-tagging' is CPP-NPA's creative, defensive tactic: Esperon (By Priam Nepomuceno)



NTF ELCAC vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo)

Red-tagging claims have always been the tactic of communist terrorist groups and their allies to cover up the truth on their acts and atrocities, a ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said on Monday.

"There is a pattern here. A pattern that will open our eyes to the truth about the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front) and their front organizations. Every time the NTF-ELCAC exposes to the people the links between or among a person, organization, entity, group, and or a political party to the CPP-NPA-NDF; these CPP-NPA-NDF associated or linked person/s or group/s would say, THE NTF-ELCAC RED-TAGGED US!,"
NTF-ELCAC vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said in statement posted at the task force's Facebook page, debunking “red-tagging" claims made against the body.

He added that those still unaware of the truth will probably ride along with the operational
definition given by the CPP-NPA-NDF to "red-tagging", which Esperon described as a "creatively invented term" by these groups.


"Those who know the truth, would say, there is no such thing as 'red-tagging'. If we ask, who really knows the truth about the CPP-NPA-NDF? Who can speak about the CPP-NPA-NDF? Who knows of the identities of the personalities within the CPP-NPA-NDF organization? Who knows of the organizations and groups linked to or affiliated with the CPP-NPA-NDF?" said Esperon, who is also National Security Adviser.

He added that once these questions are answered clearly, Filipinos will know that those who have claimed that they are been "red-tagged" are actually trying to deny the "truth that they have been unmasked, exposed, and categorically identified as members of the CPP-NPA-NDF terrorist organization and/or a member of a group or organization affiliated with or linked to the CPP-NPA-NDF terrorist organization."

Esperon also clarified that the NTF-ELCAC does not, did not, and will not speak about the things that they are uncertain of.

"The NTF-ELCAC stands for the truth. We merely bring the message of truth to the Filipino people. When we say that the CPP-NPA-NDF committed atrocities against the Filipino people, we can support these allegations. When we say that the CPP-NPA-NDF has front organizations masquerading in different forms and modes, we can sufficiently support these claims,"he added.

Esperon said when NTF-ELCAC, through the whole-of-nation approach anchored on good governance, claims that they have liberated former conflict-stricken areas from the CPP-NPA-NDF influence and control, the body has facts to show or prove this.

"When we unmask CPP-NPA-NDF members, leaders, supporters, collaborators, operatives, front organization members and leaders, we have the first hand accounts of individuals who know of the facts and the truth. This is because, they have come from within the ranks of the CPP-NPA-NDF," he added.

Esperon said former members and allies of the CPP-NPA-NDF have seen the movement for what it truly is and they have willingly returned to the folds of the government and of the Filipino people because they have been the worst in the communist terrorists.

"And they vowed never to let the CPP-NPA-NDF exploit, take advantage of, deceive, and destroy families and communities. The NTF-ELCAC speaks the truth as revealed by former CPP-NPA-NDF cadres and members. The NTF-ELCAC speaks for those who were victimized by the CPP-NPA-NDF. We speak for the communities and the families who were exploited and oppressed by the reign of terror of the CPP-NPA-NDF. The NTF-ELCAC has made a promise, Never again shall the Filipino people allow the CPP-NPA-NDF to sow terror in the countryside," he added.

By speaking the truth, Esperon said the CPP-NPA-NDF has come face to face with a formidable foe, that is, the entire government bureaucracy, joined by the people, in a common goal to end the local communist armed conflict.

"The NTF-ELCAC has done one thing that has not yet been done in the past, and this is to challenge the CPP-NPA-NDF front organizations and political groups in Congress which has remained unchallenged for the past many decades despite its glaring manifestations that it is affiliated to the CPP-NPA-NDF. The hard facts indicate that per first hand accounts of former CPP-NPA-NDF cadres, the MAKABAYAN BLOC which is also known by its acronym 'KABAG' (referring to KABATAAN, ACT, BAYAN MUNA, ANAKPAWIS, GABRIELA) are directly linked to and are associated with the CPP-NPA-NDF. This is the bitter pill of truth that some politicians and some of our kababayans refuse to swallow. This is the truth that the NTF-ELCAC has been exposing all along, that the CPP-NPA-NDF exists in our midst through their front organizations and that the CPP-NPA-NDF has infiltrated almost all sectors of our society," he added.

This bitter truth, he said, proves that the CPP-NPA-NDF has been hiding in plain sight for the past many years.

"And it is only now, that we, the Filipino people, are unmasking the CPP-NPA-NDF terrorist organization. It is only now that the CPP-NPA-NDF's existence, including those of their front organizations, has been challenged to the core," he added.

Esperon said the task force is now at the point of the country's history where it is exposing, completely and comprehensively, the inner workings and the internal structures of the CPP-NPA-NDF terrorist organization, including their manipulation of and exploitation of the political and governmental structures to further their so-called "revolutionary struggle".

Esperon said that in reality, this is nothing more than a sugar-coated term that actually refers to that obsession on the part of the CPP-NPA-NDF to take over the government.

"We are unmasking the CPP-NPA-NDF. The deception is over. It is about time that the Filipino people know the truth. Our people deserve the Truth and not the sugar-coated propaganda of politicians who sell their souls to the enemy by forming alliances with the CPP-NPA-NDF terrorist organization and their front groups. The NTF-ELCAC is committed to winning the peace by putting an end to the local communist armed conflict. In the end, truth prevails," he added.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The Anti-Terrorism Council also formally designated the NDF as a terrorist organization on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA that was created in April 1973.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1170762

NPA deceptions destroy future of female cadres: ex-rebel

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): NPA deceptions destroy future of female cadres: ex-rebel (By John Rey Saavedra)



Sentrong Alyansa ng Mamamayan Para sa Bayan (Sambayanan) chairman Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz. (PNA file photo)

A former cadre of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) on Monday urged the remaining female members of the communist terrorist group to take the unfortunate fate of their comrades who were either caught, jailed, or killed in armed encounters as a lesson and a reason for them to leave the movement.

In a statement, Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz, chairman of Sentrong Alyansa ng Mamamayan Para sa Bayan (Sambayanan), underscored the National Women’s Month celebration as a time for the female cadres to reflect on the deceptions of the CPP-NPA that forfeit their future as women.

“And in this National Women’s Month, what happened to numbers of female NPA members who have been caught, jailed, and worst, killed may serve as a wake-up call for the remaining victims of communist deception to now come to grip with reality on how they have been used and radicalized in a lost cause, wasting their gifts and squandering their opportunities. It is now or never,”
he said.


Celiz said the arrest of Ramon Patriarca alias “Using”, the deputy secretary and finance officer of Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros along with his two cohorts during a joint military and police operation in Barangay Su-ay, Himamaylan City in southern Negros Occidental, is disturbing.

He said what got his attention is information regarding Patriarca’s companion, Carmen Jonahville Matarlo alias “Loisa” or “Avon,” 28, a native of Poblacion, Argao, Cebu and cum laude graduate of Mass Communications from the University of the Philippines-Cebu.

Celiz said Matarlo is vice chairman of the Kabataan Partylist-Cebu Chapter and allegedly belonged to the NPA's Komiteng Rehiyon Negros, Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor (KR-NCBS).

The former Iloilo activist said the arrest of Patriarca and his comrades in Negros Island on March 18 is the latest in the government’s efforts in the Visayas to run after the communist terrorists waging a more than five-decade-old armed struggle.

“What transpired may be a lesson to the remaining members of the communist terrorist group to either go back to the folds of law and surrender, or get caught and jailed, or die in an encounter. And just like Ramon Patriarca, no matter how he escaped his previous rebellion case, he still ended up getting arrested with the recovery of firearms and NPA documents. No matter how long it takes, they still end up getting caught, dead or luckily alive,” Celiz said.

He said “for someone so young and intelligent, Matarlo could have embarked on greater opportunities in employment or pursued anything she wanted.”

Celiz expressed alarm over how the idealism and dynamism of the two female rebels and many others in similar situations were capitalized to encourage armed struggle against the government.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The NDF has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

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Move to amend Davao anti-discrimination law for ex-rebels lauded

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): Move to amend Davao anti-discrimination law for ex-rebels lauded (By Christine Cudis)



SUPPORTIVE GOV’T. Davao City has been declared insurgency free by the joint area clearing board of the security forces on March 24, 2022. Maj. Gen. Nolasco Mempin, the Army’s 10th Infantry Division commander whose unit includes Davao City in its area of responsibility, pointed out that a supportive local government unit is an essential component in eradicating communist insurgency. (Photo courtesy of 10ID)

The military has welcomed the city’s plan to revise its anti-discrimination ordinance to include former rebels as among its beneficiaries after the area has been cleared of communist insurgents.

In an interview on Monday, Maj. Gen. Nolasco Mempin, Army’ 10ith Infantry Division (ID) commander, said the move "would hasten the reintegration" of rebel returnees "into the mainstream society without any fear of discrimination."

"Everyone deserves a second chance as Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte told our FRs that the moment they surrendered to the government, they were already forgiven,”
Mempin said, referring to the former rebels.


Through the joint area clearing board by 10ID and the Police Regional Office–Davao Region, several guerilla fronts and Pulang Bagani Command posts of the New People's Army's (NPA) Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) 5 were dismantled.

The military described the achievement as a significant development, noting that the SRC5 was once the bastion of the NPA in the country.

Apart from the declaration of victory, the March 24 ceremony also welcomed the former rebels into rejoining the community.

Duterte thanked the Philippine Army and the former rebels for their success in making the city insurgency-free.

"You are already forgiven. You are welcome to restart your life here in Davao City," he told the former rebels.

He also promised to engage the City Council in legislating measures that would ensure that former rebels are not discriminated against in the city as they seek livelihood or employment.

The city’s anti-discrimination ordinance declares as unlawful the acts and conduct of discrimination based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, descent, national or ethnic origin, and religious affiliation or beliefs.

The ordinance also lists discrimination based on health status.


The Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The National Democratic Front has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

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Gov’t closing in on remaining NPA chief in Southern Mindanao

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): Gov’t closing in on remaining NPA chief in Southern Mindanao (By Che Palicte)



CLOSING IN. Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, commander of the Army's 1001st Infantry Brigade, says Eric Jun Casilao, the remaining officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) operating in Southern Mindanao, will soon be captured. In a press briefing Monday in Davao City, Durante said government troops have monitored Casilao's whereabouts in New Bataan and Maragusan towns. (PNA photo by Che Palicte)

MACO, Davao de Oro—The remaining high ranking officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Southern Mindanao is “very close” to being captured, a military official said Monday.

Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, commander of the Army's 1001st Infantry Brigade (1001IB), said in a press briefing here government troops are
closing in on Eric Jun Casilao, the secretary of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC).

Casilao, who carries the aliases "Elian" or "Wally," is the brother of former Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Baring Casilao.

"I believe we are really close to getting Elian. We have monitored his movement, and we believe that not for long, we will get him,"Durante said.


Casilao has been with the CPP- NPA for some 20 years and is wanted for multiple criminal cases that include two counts of murder, kidnapping, and serious illegal detention.

Groomed to be the successor of slain rebel commander Menandro Villanueva, Casilao has a PHP5.4 million bounty on his head.


"We were able to cut through his supply points and financial resources. They have changed their area of maneuver, and we know that they are in the New Bataan and Maragusan area," Durante said.

Casilao's group took refuge in the area believing that they would be protected by NPA sympathizers, the military official said.

"What they don't know is that there are no more mass bases present in the area. The people there are fed up with the deception, lies, and atrocities of the CPP-NPA," Durante said.

SMRC's downfall

With President Rodrigo Duterte stepping down from office in June, Durante said he is optimistic that they will meet the deadline in fully dismantling SMRC to the last man.

"Well, if not totally dismantled, there will be a big change when it comes to their existence. They will no longer become a potent force and a potent threat not just to peace but also to those who were affected by their extortion activities," he added.

Durante said the military is also working on dismantling the other remaining guerilla fronts in Southern Mindanao.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The Anti-Terrorism Council also formally designated the National Democratic Front as a terrorist organization on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA that was created in April 1973.

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IP leader hits call to reopen rebel-linked tribal schools

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): IP leader hits call to reopen rebel-linked tribal schools (By Alexander Lopez)



Datu Rico Maca, the IPMR of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur. (Photo lifted with permission from Datu Rico Maca's Facebook Account)

An Indigenous People Mandatory Representative (IPMR) in Surigao del Sur criticized the group Save Our School (SOS) Network for its call to reopen “Lumad” or tribal schools previously ordered closed for their links with the communist rebel movement.

Datu Rico Maca, the IPMR of San Miguel town, described the SOS Network's call as “absurd.”

“The IPs here in Surigao del Sur and other parts of Mindanao have already spoken and rejected these ‘lumad’ schools that served as the training ground for the terrorists Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP-NPA),” Maca said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Monday.

SOS and its "Salungpungan" schools have come under fire in recent months after former students and teachers divulged that learners were indoctrinated with the communist teachings on armed rebellion and other anti-government subjects.


Rebel links

Government forces also accused SOS-affiliated schools of acting as recruitment hubs for the communist rebel movement.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, the SOS Network said that “Lumad” schools ordered closed by the Duterte administration can be reopened.

The post added that the possibility of the reopening of these schools can be carried out with the support of lawyer Neri Colmenares, a former leftist lawmaker.

Among the schools the group is referring to are the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur and the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development in Surigao del Sur.

Colmenares, of the group Bayan Muna, is running for a Senate seat come May 2022 local and national elections.

DepEd-accredited

But Maca pointed out that “there is no way these schools can be reopened as IP schools,” noting that the Department of Education (DepEd) has already revoked their accreditation.

Likewise, the IP leader noted that the IP communities in Mindanao already have existing learning facilities accredited with DepED.

In San Miguel alone, Maca pointed out that at least 13 barangays already have 42 classrooms of DepEd-accredited IP schools.

Last year, two DepEd-accredited IP schools were also opened in the towns of Lianga and Marihatag in Surigao del Sur.

“We will continue to work hard to prevent the reopening of these schools. What we want is a good future for our children. For years, before their closure, these 'lumad' schools were used to poison the minds of our children and youth where they ended up joining the NPA rebels. Unfortunately, some of them were killed in the battlefields,” Maca said.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The National Democratic Front has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1170784

3 NPA rebels killed in Davao de Oro clash

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): 3 NPA rebels killed in Davao de Oro clash (By Che Palicte)



RECOVERED FIREARMS. Troopers from the Army’s 1001st Infantry Brigade present the various high-powered firearms after an encounter with the New People's Army (NPA) on Sunday (March 27, 2022) in Barangay Tupaz Maragusan, Davao de Oro. The skirmish also resulted in the death of three NPA members from the Regional Operations Command, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee. (PNA photo by Che Palicte)

Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with government forces in Barangay Tupaz Maragusan, Davao de Oro, the military here reported Monday.

In a press briefing, the Army’s 1001st Infantry Brigade 1001(Bde) reported that while on focused military operations, troopers figured in an armed encounter Sunday with the combatants of the NPA's Regional Operations Command (ROC), Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC).

Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, the 1001Bde commander, identified the slain NPA fighters as Ezequil Cortez Daguman alias Rey/Ry, member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Central Committee and deputy secretary of ROC, SMRC; Ruel Baylon alias James; and Quirino Remegio alias Jelly/Manoy.

After the skirmish, Durante said the troops also recovered seven high-powered firearms, an improvised explosive device, various types of ammunition, medical paraphernalia, and personal belongings.

"The death of Daguman is a big blow not only to SMRC but the CPP as a whole. He is one of the special operators of SMRC and is responsible for the extortion activities among businessmen and politicians," Durante said.

Daguman has existing arrest warrants for kidnapping, serious illegal detention, double murder, robbery with violence, and murder, the military official added.

"This is another significant accomplishment in the implementation and operationalization of President Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order (EO) 70. It is a manifestation that when we work together, we will be successful," Durante said.

EO 70 pursues institutionalizing the whole-of-nation approach for collective participation and action in harmonizing government development efforts and services to support, facilitate and pursue the country's peace agenda in ending communist insurgency in the countryside.

Durante called on other NPA members to lay down their arms and avail the benefits of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) – a government program to aid surrenderers as they reintegrate into mainstream society.

"We are glad that we were able to reduce the NPA's strength and firearms, while we also feel sad considering that lives are again lost, caused by NPA deception and lies," he said.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The Anti-Terrorism Council also formally designated the National Democratic Front as a terrorist organization on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA that was created in April 1973.

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2 NPA rebels killed in Negros encounter identified

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): 2 NPA rebels killed in Negros encounter identified (By Nanette Guadalquiver)



FATALITIES. The cadavers of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army rebels killed during a clash with troops of the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on March 26, 2022. As of Monday (March 28), their bodies were already brought to a funeral parlor. (Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army)

The identities of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebels killed during a clash with troops of the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend have been confirmed by the police.

According to the progress report of Himamaylan City Police Station, Barangay Carabalan councilman Rochie Sabanal
identified the fatalities as Arnulfo Sabanal, 41, and Jayson Sabanal, 30, both residents of Purok Lunoy in Sitio Cunalom.


As of Monday, the remains of the two, who are believed to be siblings, were still in a local funeral parlor, the 94IB said.

In a statement, Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303rd Infantry Brigade, commended the 94IB troops for their successful encounters with the NPA rebels in Himamaylan City.

“We will not give them breathing space as they continuously refuse to heed our call to surrender, abandon the life of violence and embrace the path of peace,” he said.

The two fatalities were among those who engaged the soldiers conducting a pursuit operation in the afternoon of March 26.

On March 25, the 94IB troops also clashed with the rebels twice in the same area that led them to seize the NPA hideout, where they recovered firearms, explosives, mobile phones, rice supply and suspected shabu, among others.


The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The National Democratic Front has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1170801

Troops unearth NPA arms cache in Zambo Sur

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From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 28, 2022): Troops unearth NPA arms cache in Zambo Sur (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)



REBEL WEAPONS RECOVERED. A soldier of the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion checks the firearms of communist rebels unearthed Saturday (March 26, 2022) in the forest of Barangay Ocapan, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur. The location of the weapons was revealed to the military by a New People’s Army rebel leader who surrendered last week. (Photo courtesy of the 53IB)

Government troops have unearthed an arms cache of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur, the military said Monday.

Brig. Gen. Leonel Nicolas, the Army’s 102nd Infantry Brigade commander, said
the arms cache that contained five AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition was discovered Saturday by the 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB) troopers in the forested area of Barangay Ocapan in San Miguel municipality.

Nicolas said
the location of the firearms was revealed to them during the custodial debriefing of Ka Andoy, an executive committee member of the NPA’s Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC).

Ka Andoy surrendered last week to the 53IB, saying he wished to start anew and live a peaceful life together with his family.


Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, 1st Infantry Division commander, said they expect "more communist terrorists to return to the fold of the law following the peace rallies conducted in our area of operation the other day."

Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario, Jr., the commander of Western Mindanao Command, assured the military will remain "steadfast in conducting lethal and non-lethal operations to sustain the momentum against the rebels."

The Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA (CPP-NPA) is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The National Democratic Front has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1170767

CPP/Central Committee: Itaas ang kakayahan sa paglaban ng BHB at ng masa! Magpunyagi at sumulong sa landas ng matagalang digmang bayan!

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Propaganda statement posted to PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): Itaas ang kakayahan sa paglaban ng BHB at ng masa! Magpunyagi at sumulong sa landas ng matagalang digmang bayan! (Raise the resistance of the NPA and the masses! Strive and move forward on the path of protracted people's war!)

Komite Sentral
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas

Marso 29, 2022

Puspos ng rebolusyonaryong alab at sigla, ipinagdiriwang ngayong araw ng Komite Sentral ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP), kasama ang sambayanang Pilipino at kanilang mga rebolusyonaryong pwersa, ang ika-53 anibersaryo ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan. Ipagdiwang natin ang mga tagumpay sa nagdaang taon at ang naipong nagawa nito sa nagdaang limang dekada ng armadong paglaban.

I. Lalong patatagalin ng inter-imperyalistang armadong tunggalian ang pandaigdigang krisis ng kapitalismo

1) Patuloy na lumalala ang di malulutas na matagalang krisis ng pandaigdigang sistemang kapitalista habang kinakaharap ng mga monopolyo kapitalista ang problema ng sobrang produksyon at kaakibat na pagtaas ng antas ng di mabentang imbentaryo at pagsadsad ng presyo ng mga kalakal at tantos sa tubo.

2) Mula nang maging solong superpower nang bumagsak ang Soviet Union noong 1991, nagkumpyansa ang US na dalhin ang manupaktura sa China, itaas ang pamumuhunan at maglipat ng teknolohiya at hindi lang maliliit na pagawaan. Hindi sinasadya, pinahina nito ang sariling pagmamanupaktura at pag-empleyo sa mga manggagawa.

3) Sumiklab ang gera ng US/NATO sa Ukraine laban sa Russia matapos ang walong taon ng agresyon ng mga pasistang Ukraine laban sa rehiyong Donbass mula noong kudeta ng 2014, ilang buwan pagtitipon ng mga tropang militar sa hangganan ng mga republikang bayan doon at walang habas na panganganyon sa mga imprastrukturang sibilyan.

4) Sa estratehikong pananaw, ito ay tugon (ng Russia) sa agresibong pagtulak kapwa ng imperyalistang US, ng papet na rehimen at mga alyadong pasista sa Ukraine mula noong kudetang sinuportahan ng US noong 2014, na ipaloob ang Ukraine sa Russia na lalong magpapalakas sa pagkaka-entrensera ng mga baseng militar at pasilidad paniktik na itinayo ng US, UK at NATO malapit sa Russia.

5) Muling pinatutunayan ng proxy war sa Ukraine na ang imperyalismo ay katumbas ng gera.

6) Habang nagbibigay ng armas at ayudang militar sa Ukraine, nagpataw din ang US at mga alyado nito sa NATO ng masaklaw na mga hakbanging panggigipit sa pinansya at kalakal laban sa Russia.

7) Ang panggigipit ng US ay ikinasasama rin ng loob ng mga bansa sa Europe na nag-aangkat ng 50% ng suplay nito ng natural gas mula sa Russia.

8) Ang panggigipit sa langis ng Russia ay nagresulta sa pagkapatid ng suplay at sinasamantala ng mga monopolyong kumpanya sa langis, mga bansang prodyuser ng langis, mga mamumuhunang pampinansya at hedge funds na sangkot sa ispekulasyon sa langis para itaas ang presyo ng krudo at mga produktong petrolyo.

9) (M)uli na naman ngayong kumukubabaw ang kapitalistang krisis. Ang pumapaimbulog na presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo ay nagtutulak sa gastos sa produksyon at nagbabantang patagalin lalo ang krisis ng pandaigdigang sistemang kapitalista.

10) Ang mga pandaigdigang sentro ng kapitalismo ay sadlak pa rin sa krisis at batbat ng problema ng mahinang produksyon at sumisirit na utang.

11) Nasa kaibuturan ng pandaigdigang krisis ng kapitalismo ang di malulutas na problema ng sobrang produksyon, sobrang suplay ng kalakal at sobrang akumulasyon ng kapital ng mga dominanteng monoopolyong burgesya bunsod ng kapitalistang kompetisyon at anarkiya sa produksyon.

12) Patuloy ang pagbaling ng US at iba pang pandaigdigang sentro ng kapitalismo sa Keynesianismong militar para magpatuloy ang produksyon.

13) Ang pundamental na kapitalistang kontradiksyon sa pagitan ng produksyong panlipunan at pribadong akumulasyon ng labis na halaga ay patuloy na umiigting, habang ang yaman at kapital ay lalong nakokonsentra sa kamay ng iilang monoopolyong kapitalista.

14) Sa kabilang panig, dumaranas ang masang manggagawa at anakpawis ng mas malalang anyo ng pagsasamantala at pang-aapi at parami nang parami ang nasasadlak sa kagutuman, sagadsaring kahirapan at kalunus-lunos na kalagayang panlipunan.

15) Ang papalalang kalagayang sosyo-ekonomiko ay nagluluwal ng malawak na protestang masa sa iba’t ibang dako ng mundo para labanan ang mga pang-ekonomyang hakbanging neoliberal, pasistang panggigipit at digmaang imperyalista.

16) Lalong nagiging paborable ang kalagayan para sa pagsulong ng rebolusyonaryong armadong pakikibaka.

II. Pinalubha ng impeyalistang mga patakaran ang krisis ng naghaharing sistema sa ilalim ng rehimeng US-Duterte

1) Sa nakalipas na anim na taon, lumubha ang krisis ng naghaharing sistemang malakolonyal at malapyudal at tumindi ang pagdurusa ng sambayanang Pilipino dahil sa mga hakbanging neoliberal, kakumbina ang militarisasyon ng estado at mga patakaran ng terorismo ng estado sa ilalim ng rehimeng US-Duterte.

2) Tumatalima ang mga hakbanging pang-ekonomya ni Duterte sa mga patakarang dikta ng gubyernong US, mga imperyalistang institusyong pampinansya at dayuhang credit rating agency (naggagrado sa mga bansa batay sa kakayahang magbayad), gayundin ng lokal na American Chamber of Commerce at kanilang mga kasosyo. Ang mga ito ay nakatuon sa pagpapalawak ng interes ng malalaking dayuhang banko at korporasyon at ang sunud-sunurang lokal na uring malalaking burgesya kumprador, malalaking panginoong maylupa, pati ang mga burukratang kapitalista.

3) Hinatak pa ni Duterte nang palalim sa krisis ang bayan. Sa nagdaang anim na taon, dumoble ang utang ng bansa mula sa wala pang ₱6 trilyon noong 2016 tungong mahigit ₱12 trilyon noong Marso, at inaasahag lalupang lolobo tungong ₱13.42 trilyon sa katapusan ng taon.

4) Hinayaan ng rehimeng Duterte ang mga imperyalista na lalupang higpitan ang kontrol at dominasyon sa lokal na ekonomya sa bisa ng inamyendahang Foreign Investments Act, ang Retail Trade Liberalization Act at ang Public Service Act

5) Bilang pagtalima sa mga iginiit ng dayuhang mga kapitalista at kanilang lokal na mga kasosyo sa negosyo, pinagtibay ni Duterte ang batas na CREATE. Ibinasura niya rin ang pagbabawal sa pagmiminang open-pit at iba pang operasyong mina at pinagtibay ang Rice Import Liberalization Law

6) Pinasidhi ng kontra-mamamayan at konta-mahirap na mga patakaran ng rehimeng Duterte ang kalagayan ng mamamayang Pilipino. Sa ilalim ng batas na TRAIN, ipinataw sa balikat ng mamamayan ang pabigat na pagbubuwis sa mga kalakal at serbisyo. Ginamit ni Duterte at mga alipures niya ang kanilang kapangyarihan para magpayaman. Patuloy na lumubha ang korapsyon sa anyo ng mga kikbak at suhol kapalit ng mga pabor ng gubyerno sa mga kontrata at mga proyektong walang-pakinabang sa bayan

7) Pasan rin ng mamamayang Pilipino ang bigat ng sobra-sobrang gastusing militar at pulis ni Duterte para sa labis-labis na pagbili ng mga sarplas na kagamitang militar mula sa US, at para itaas higit sa pamantayan ang sweldo ng mga upisyal ng AFP at PNP upang bayaran ang kanilang katapatan. Dahil sa sobrang paggasta sa militar, dumanas ng kakulangan ng pondo at pagkaltas sa badyet ang pampublikong edukasyon at pampublikong kalusugan. Resulta nito, pinagdurusahan ng mga estudyante, ng kanilang mga magulang at guro ang kakulangan sa mga klasrum at guro, sweldong alipin, at kakulangan ng imprastruktura para sa distance learning at mga pasilidad para sa ligtas na pagbabalik sa harapang mga klase.

8) Hirap na hirap ang malawak na masa ng mga manggagawa at magsasaka sa tumataas na presyo ng langis, pagkain at iba pang batayang pangangailangan at yutiliti habang nagkakamal ng dambuhalang kita ang mga kumpanya ng malalaking burgesya kumprador.

9) patuloy na pinalalakas ng imperyalismong US ang mga pwersang pangmilitar at panseguridad ng papet na estado nito. Ang US ang tunay na kumokontrol sa operasyon ng AFP na bulag na tumatalima sa doktrina sa kontrainsurhensya ng US, sa kabila ng pagkatalo ng US sa pinanghimasukan nitong mga kontrainsurhensya sa iba’t ibang bansa sa nagdaang pitong dekada.

10) Upang pahigpitin ang koordinasyon at kontrol sa operasyon ng AFP, naglunsad ang US sa nagdaang anim na taon ng 1,300 aktibidad militar kasanib ang Pilipinas, at 850 beses na nagdaong sa bansa ng kanyang mga barkong pandigma.

11) Nireorganisa ang burukrasya ng gubyerno upang ipailalim ang mga sibilyang ahensya ng estado sa kontrol ng National Task Force-Elcac, na katunaya’y isang huntang sibil-militar na siyang aktwal na nagmamando sa buong gubyerno. Pinagtibay ang batas sa terorismo ng estado (tinaguriang Anti-Terrorism Law).

12) Talamak ang mga abusong militar at pulis sa buong bansa, kapwa sa mga syudad at kanayunan.

13) Binubura ng kaaway ang lahat ng pag-iiba sa mga kombatant at sibilyan.

14) Sa lahat ng dako ng bansa, buu-buong mga barangay o kulumpon ng mga barangay ang ipinaiilalim sa batas militar na nagpapahirap sa mga komunidad ng magsasaka.

15) Sa kabila ng paulit-ulit na deklarasyong mahina na ang BHB at madudurog bago magtapos ang termino ni Duterte, patuloy na pinararami ng AFP at PNP ang mga kontra-gerilyang pwersang pangkombat nito. Mayroon ngayong 166 batalyong pangkombat ang Army, Air Force, Marines, Scout Rangers, Special Action Force at iba pang yunit ng militar at pulis na nakapakat laban sa BHB, mas marami nang 21 kesa sa nagdaang taon. Sa daming ito, nakapagtatalaga ang AFP ng 5-6 batalyon laban sa prayoridad o pinopokusan nitong subrehiyon o larangang gerilya ng BHB.

16) Halos 60% ng mga tropang pangkombat na ito ay konsentrado sa lima sa 13 rehiyon na kinabibilangan ng Southern Tagalog, Eastern Visayas, Southern Mindanao, Bicol at North Central Mindanao.

17) Lalupang lumaki ang badyet ni Duterte sa militar tungong ₱221 bilyon ngayong taon mula sa ₱217 bilyon noong nagdaang taon.

18) Kasabay nito, patuloy na tinutulungan ng US ang AFP sa pagbubuo nito ng kakayahan sa cyberwarfare upang palakasin ang internal na sistemang pangkomunikasyon ng AFP para sa eksaktong pagsubaybay sa larangan ng mga labanan upang mapalakas ang kakayahan sa pagmando at pagpakilos ng mga pwersa.

19) Habang ang pagpaparami ng lakas-pamutok ng AFP sa tulong ng US ay nagpapalakas sa kakayahang pumatay ng AFP, sa katunaya’y palatandaan ito ng lumalaking estratehikong kahinaan ng naghaharing sistema.

20) (A)ng tulak para sa napakalaking superyoridad sa militar ay nagreresulta sa kabaligtaran nitong kahinaan sa pulitika. Dahil sa lumalaking pampulitika at pang-ekonomyang kapangyarihan ng militar, lalong silang nagiging pasaway sa pananagutan, nalalango sa korapsyon at paglaro sa pulitika, at lumalalim ang demoralisasyon sa hanay ng mga karaniwang sundalo na ginagawang pambala sa kanyon.

21) Sa nagdaang anim na taon, naghari ang reaksyunaryong estado sa ilalim ni Duterte gamit ang terorismo at karahasan ng estado laban sa mamamayan, mula sa pekeng “gera sa droga” hanggang sa kontra-rebolusyonaryong gera ng panunupil.
22) Kinasusuklaman ng mamamayang Pilipino ang rehimeng Duterte dahil sa korapsyon nito, sa pagiging sunud-sunuran sa mga dayuhang kapangyarihan at sa tiranikong paghahari. Sukdulan itong nahiwalay sa mamamayan.

23)Ang mga planong nakawin ang eleksyon para sa kampong Marcos-Duterte ay nananatiling unang plano ngunit lubhang magiging mahirap na isagawa nang hindi magtutulak ng malawakang mga protestang masa at magsasapanganib sa katatagan ng naghaharing sistema.

24) Abala ang mga imperyalistang US na pangasiwaan ang nagriribalang paksyon at buuin ang mga pampulitikang aregluhan upang mapayapang magtransisyon matapos ang eleksyon. Ngayon pa lamang, may namumuong kompromiso sa hanay ng pangunahing mga paksyon ng naghaharing uri na suportahan ang tambalang Robredo-Duterte para pag-aakomodasyo sa darating na eleksyon sa presidente at bise-presidente.

25) Mayroong katiyakan o kaya’y malaking posibilidad na dadayain ni Duterte ang bilangan ng boto at gamitin ang natitirang panahon sa kanyang termino sa Mayo o Hunyo para magdeklara ng batas militar sa tabing ng paglaban sa panggugulo ng oposisyon sa eleksyon at sa mga “teroristang komunista” at hawanin ang daan para sa “swabeng transisyon” tungo sa mapipili niyang mga kapalit.

26) (D)apat matalas na mabatid ng mamamayang Pilipino na kakailanganin nilang ipagpatuloy ang pagsusulong ng mga pakikibaka upang bawiin ang kanilang mga kalayaan at karapatan, at ipaglaban ang kanilang mga demokratikong hangarin.

27) (K)akailanganin ng sambayanang Pilipino na patuloy na palakasin ang kanilang mga organisasyon

III. Pagtataas sa kakayahan ng BHB na ipagtanggol ang bayan at labanan ang pasistang kaaway

1) Sa nagdaang anim na taon, matagumpay na binigo ng BHB ang brutal at malawakang estratehikong mga opensiba ng kaaway at mga deklarasyong wawakasan ang armadong rebolusyon bago matapos ang termino ng rehimeng US-Duterte. Napreserba nito ang pwersa sa pamamagitan ng pagpupunyagi sa landas ng matagalang digmang bayan at matatag na pagsulong sa pakikibaka ng mamamayang Pilipino para sa tunay na kalayaan at demokrasya.

2) (D)umanas ang ilang yunit ng BHB ng seryosong mga pag-atras sa harap ng pinatinding pasistang mga atake ng kaaway. Kailangang tukuyin, punahin at iwasto ang mga pagkakamali, panloob na mga kahinaan, at mga kakulangan na nagpahina sa kakayahan ng mga yunit na ito na epektibong gamitin ang mga gerilyang taktika ng konsentrasyon, pagdispers at paglilipat.

3) Ang mga kabiguang dinanas ng ilang yunit ng BHB ay nagpapatunay sa pangangailangang isulong ang malaganap at masinsing pakikidigmang gerilya sa batayan ng papalawak at papalalim na baseng masa. Pinagtitibay din ito ng positibong karanasan ng malaking mayorya ng mga yunit ng BHB na patuloy na lumalakas habang kinukumbina at kinukumpas ang tamang balanse ng gawaing militar at gawaing masa (o pangmilitar at pampulitikang mga gawain), pagpapalawak at ekspansyon, pagbubuo ng mga bertikal na yunit batay sa akmang pahalang na latag ng mga yunit ng hukbo at baseng masa, at iba pa.

4) Dapat pandayin ng BHB ang sarili at maghanda sa mas mahirap na pakikibaka habang isinusulong natin ang matagalang digmang bayan tungo sa susunod na antas.

5) Dapat tayong matuto mula sa abanteng mga karanasan ng ilang kumand ng BHB na matagumpay na nasawata ang todong mga atake ng kaaway.

6) Sa mga eryang nasa pokus ng kaaway at mga baryong nasa ilalim ng okupasyong militar, matapang na nakatitindig ang BHB at masa, sinasalag ang mga atake ng kaaway, naglulunsad ng mga kontra-atake at ipinagtatanggol ang kanilang mga sarili.

7) Bilang suporta sa paglaban ng masa sa pasistang paninibasib ng kaaway, ang mga yunit ng BHB ay naglulunsad ng malawakan at magkakasunod na aksyong atritibo sa harap ng makapal na pakat ng kaaway sa pamamagitan ng mga isnayp, paghahagis ng mga granada o molotov, at iba pang operasyong haras.

8) Mayroong malawak na panawagang buhaying muli ang mga yunit na nakabase sa syudad at kanayunan

9) Para magawang talunin ang kaaway gamit ang hawak na armas sa takbo ng digmang bayan, dapat patuloy na palakasin at palawakin ng BHB ang baseng masa sa paglulunsad ng argraryong rebolusyon para ipatupad ang minimum at maksimum na programa ng Partido sa reporma sa lupa.

Dapat ding suportahan ng BHB ang masang magsasaka sa kanilang pakikibaka laban sa patakaran ng liberalisasyon sa importasyon ng bigas at iba pang produktong agrikultural.

10) Alinsunod sa patakaran ng Partido sa nagkakaisang prenteng antipyudal, sumasandig ang BHB sa mahihirap na magsasaka at manggagawang bukid, kinakabig ang panggitnang magsasaka, at ninunyutralisa ang mayamang magsasaka at ang naliliwanagang panginoong maylupa at itinutuon ang pangunahing bigwas laban sa malalaki at despotikong panginoong maylupa.

11) Sa nagdaang 53 taon ng paglulunsad ng digmang bayan, nakapag-ipon na ang BHB ng hindi mabilang ng naabot at tagumpay sa paglulunsad ng matagalang digmang bayan sa isang bansang pulu-pulo. Kumikilos ang BHB sa mga larangang gerilyang nakakalat sa buong bansa sa 13 iba’t ibang rehiyon at tumatamasa ng suporta ng milyun-milyong mamamayan.

12) Ang digmang bayan sa Pilipinas ay kasalukuyang nasa panggitnang subyugto ng estratehikong depensiba na may malinaw na pagtanaw sa pagsulong tungo sa abanteng subyugto at pagkumpleto nito sa pamamagitan ng pagpaparami ng mga platun at kumpanya.

13) Ang lumulubhang krisis ng naghaharing sistema, kakumbina ang umiigting na terorismo ng estado, ay nagtutulak sa paparaming mamamayan sa landas ng armadong pakikibaka.

IV. Mga tungkulin para itaas ang kakayahang lumaban ng BHB at ng masa

Ipinamalas ng BHB ang lubos na katatagan sa paglaban sa kaaway. Sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng Partido, matagumpay nitong binigo ang anim na taong estratehikong mga opensiba ng kaaway at mga planong durugin ang armadong rebolusyon.

Sa darating na isa o dalawang taon, dapat nating ipatupad ang ilang partikular na tungkulin para itaas ang kakayahan sa paglaban ng BHB at ng masa para sa matatag na pagsulong ng rebolusyon.

1) Palakasin ang pamumuno ng Partido sa BHB.

2) Masiglang ilunsad ang armadong pakikibaka at labanan ang brutal na gerang panunupil ng kaaway.

3) Palakasin ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan.

4) Palaparin at palalimin ang baseng masa ng BHB sa mga larangang gerilya.

5) Iluwal ang malawakang suporta mula sa kalunsuran para sa rebolusyonaryong armadong pakikibaka sa kanayunan.

6) Dapat sistematiko tayong magpropaganda sa hanay ng kaaway.

7) Agresibong lumikha ng internasyunal na suporta para sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan at rebolusyong Pilipino.

https://cpp.ph/angbayan/mga-tampok-na-sipi-mula-sa-pahayag-ng-partido-sa-ika-53-taong-anibersaryo-ng-bhb/

CPP/NPA-Southern Tagalog ROC: Pagpupugay sa NPA-Rizal: 2 patay, 2 sugatan sa ambus sa 80th IBPA!

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Propaganda statement posted to PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 27, 2022): Pagpupugay sa NPA-Rizal: 2 patay, 2 sugatan sa ambus sa 80th IBPA! (Tribute to NPA-Rizal: 2 dead, 2 injured in 80th IBPA ambush!)



Armando Cienfuego
Spokesperson
Southern Tagalog Regional Operational Command (Melito Glor Command)
New People's Army

March 27, 2022

Nagpupugay ang Melito Glor Command-NPA Southern Tagalog at ang mamamayan ng rehiyon sa matagumpay na ambus ng Narciso Antazo Aramil Command (NAAC)-NPA Rizal sa mga elemento ng 80th IBPA sa Maugraw, Sitio Quinao, Brgy. Puray, Rodriguez, Rizal kahapon, Marso 26, bandang 7:52 ng umaga. Tinambangan ng isang yunit ng NAAC ang 80th IBPA malapit sa kampo nito sa Maugraw. Dalawa ang napatay at dalawa ang nasugatan sa opensiba ng NPA Rizal habang walang natamong kaswalti sa hanay ng mga Pulang mandirigma.

Naisagawa ang aksyong militar sa gitna ng matinding operasyon ng AFP-PNP sa Rizal at sa buong Timog Katagalugan. Bigwas ito sa hibang na pangarap ng rehimeng Duterte at AFP-PNP na lipulin ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa rehiyon at buong bansa. Hindi pagagapi ang NPA lalo’t inspirasyon nito ang pinaglilingkurang masang Pilipino.

Ang tagumpay ng taktikal na opensiba sa Rizal ay ibinunga ng mahigpit na pagtutulungan ng NPA at malawak na hanay ng masa. Malaon nang hinihiling ng mamamayan ng Rizal na parusahan ang berdugong 80th IBPA at iba pang pwersa ng AFP-PNP na naghahasik ng pasismo at terorismo sa probinsya. Mahaba at madugo ang rekord ng AFP-PNP sa mamamayan ng Rizal na nagresulta sa dumaraming kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang tao sa ilalim ng rehimeng Duterte. Nitong Marso 23, dinukot si Rene Villarama, isang katutubong Dumagat sa Brgy. Puray, at dinala sa kampo sa Baras, Rizal. Maaalalang noong Marso 7 ng nakaraang taon, kabilang sa siyam na aktibistang pinaslang sa Bloody Sunday ang mga taga-Rizal na sina Abner at Edward Mendoza, mga residente ng Brgy. Puray, sina Mark Lee Bacasno at Michael Dasigao, mga kasapi ng San Isidro Kasiglahan, Kapatiran, at Damayan para sa Kabuhayan, Katarungan at Kapayapaan (SIKKAD K3) at dalawang Dumagat na sina Puroy at Randy “Pulong” Pineda Dela Cruz. Noong Disyembre 2020 naman naganap ang masaker sa Baras 5 kung saan pinaslang ng 202nd Brigade at PNP-Rizal ang limang sibilyan sa Brgy. San Jose na sina Vilma Salabao, Wesley Obmerga, Carlito Zonio, Jonathan Alberga at Niño Alberga na pawang mga caretaker at security guard sa isang pribadong mango farm.

Kailangang ipagpatuloy ng mga yunit sa ilalim ng MGC-NPA ST ang paglulunsad ng mga opensiba laban sa AFP-PNP. Parusahan ang mga pasista sa kanilang inutang na dugo sa bayan. Ang NPA at ang buong rebolusyonaryong kilusan ang tanging masasaligan ng sambayanan upang makamit ang hustisya sa mga krimen ng AFP-PNP at rehimeng Duterte.

Nararapat na higit pang itaas ang antas ng digmang bayan at isagawa ang paparaming taktikal na opensiba laban sa AFP-PNP, mga pusakal na kriminal at tunay na instrumento ng pasismo at terorismo ng estado. Pahinain ang armadong pwersa ng estado upang maagaw ang kapangyarihan at itayo ang tunay na gubyernong naglilingkod sa mamamayan.###

https://cpp.ph/statements/pagpupugay-sa-npa-rizal-2-patay-2-sugatan-sa-ambus-sa-80th-ibpa/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: CPP says Duterte’s birthday should be his last outside prison

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Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis online propaganda posted to the PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): CPP says Duterte’s birthday should be his last outside prison






March 28, 2022

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today told Rodrigo Duterte to enjoy his 77th birthday because it might be his last outside a prison cell.

“In a few months, as soon as he steps down from his official term as Philippine President, the Filipino people will without a doubt demand that he be prosecuted for the countless crimes against humanity,” said CPP Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena.

“Whatever the outcome of the May elections, the Filipino people will surely raise their demand for Duterte to be immediately arrested and be made to face the International Criminal Court or local courts where charges can be filed,” Valbuena added.

“A special revolutionary people’s courts can also be formed which can order the arrest and prosecution of Duterte in order for him to face the Filipino people’s clamor for justice,” said Valbuena.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the “campaign of murder” perpetrated by state forces under Duterte’s bogus war on drugs and counterrevolutionary war of suppression against anti-imperialist and democratic forces.

“For six long years, the broad masses of the Filipino people suffered under Duterte’s campaign of mass murder, national treachery, militarist response to the pandemic which led to the destruction of jobs and livelihood and a steep dive on the economy,” Valbuena said.

“Tiyak na hindi patatahimikin ng mamamayan si Duterte sa dami ng krimen niya laban sa sambayanang Pilipino. Uusigin siya ng bawat Pilipino at hahabulin siya para makamtan nila ang hustisya. Iisa ang sigaw nila: Panagutin si Duterte, ikulong at pagbayarin!,” Valbuena said.

Valbuena said aside from heightening state terrorism, Duterte will also be made to answer for his corruption, for failing to defend the country’s marine resources, for his subservience to foreign economic interests, and allowing both the US and Chinese forces to set up their military bases within the country’s sovereign territory. (CPP Information Bureau)

https://cpp.ph/angbayan/cpp-says-dutertes-birthday-should-be-his-last-outside-prison/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: CPP orders NPA to strike in towns and cities

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Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis online propaganda posted to the PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): CPP orders NPA to strike in towns and cities






March 28, 2022

The Central Committee of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-CC) ordered the New People’s Army deploy special armed units to strike at enemy weak points, local tyrants and those with blood debt to the people in the towns and cities.

In a 20-page message to the NPA on the occasion of its 53rd anniversary, the CPP leadership said, “There is a public clamor for the revival of urban or rural-based units that can strike at the weak points of the enemy units and elements based in towns and cities, such as local tyrants and other bad elements and police units culpable for red-tagging, abducting, torturing and killing people with impunity.”

The CPP-CC said “fascist criminal bosses” responsible for the rising number of cases of extrajudicial killings and other fascist crimes against the people must be punished by the NPA “to render justice to their victims.”

“The enemy has erased all distinction between combatants and civilians. It arbitrarily accuses people of being communists or communist-supporters and is using the ATL to justify gross violations of people’s rights and freedoms.”

At the same time, the CPP said the NPA must launch “special tactical offensives” to disable the AFP’s communication system and air assets. “It must effectively sabotage the capabilities of the enemy wherever possible and carry out punitive measures against vulnerable enemy units and elements” which will also compel the enemy to reduce the number of its forces deployed against the guerrilla fronts.

While ordering the deployment of special strike teams, the CPP also directed the NPA to carry widespread punitive actions combined with “blows to the head” within the guerrilla fronts. In doing so, the NPA can compel the military and police forces “to be on the defensive whenever possible.”

According to the statement, across the country, entire villages or clusters of villages are placed under military rule which bring hardships on peasant communities. Fascist troops incessantly harass the peasant masses, arbitrarily accuse them of supporting the revolutionary movement, make them pose as “surrenderees”, subject them to surveillance, conduct night raids on their homes, force them to disaffiliate from their organizations, abduct or arrest people on false charges and murder peasant leaders and activists.

“It lays siege on communities mobilizing large numbers of troops in night-time or early-morning raids on peasant homes such as in the Oplan Sauron in Negros, the massacre of Tumandok minorities in Capiz and the Bloody Sunday mass killing of activists in Southern Tagalog,” they added. (CPP Information Bureau)

https://cpp.ph/angbayan/cpp-orders-npa-to-strike-in-towns-and-cities/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: CPP orders NPA to train rifles and develop weapons against “high flying weapons”

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Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis online propaganda posted to the PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): CPP orders NPA to train rifles and develop weapons against “high flying weapons”






March 28, 2022

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-CC) today ordered the New People’s Army to “train to use their rifles, and develop or acquire weapons against enemy aircraft.”

In a message to the NPA to mark its 53rd anniversary, the CPP said the NPA must draw “lessons and inspiration” from Vietnam where the US aerial bombardment in the 1960s was defeated by the Vietnamese revolutionaries using hand-carried surface-to-air missiles. It also cited the experience in the 1980s of the anti-Soviet mujahideens who used US-supplied Stinger missiles, as well as the recent success of the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan against US drones and aircraft.

According to the CPP Information Bureau, there have been around 200 incidents of aerial bombardment, aerial strafing and artillery shelling since 2017 which mostly were aimed at civilian communities, farms and mountain villages of minority communities.

While some units of the NPA were hit by AFP aerial bombardment, the large majority of NPA fighters have successfully used guerrilla methods of secrecy to render the AFP’s aerial surveillance ineffective and deny it of targets. Without clear targets, the AFP has been dropping bombs indiscriminately causing widespread terror against civilians.

The CPP denounced the Duterte regime’s military and police overspending, together with its corruption and wasteful infrastructure spending, as among the reasons for bankrupting the government and budget cuts for public health and public education.

Early last year, the NPA successfully fired at an AFP BlackHawk helicopter and prevented it from landing in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. (CPP Information Bureau)

https://cpp.ph/angbayan/cpp-orders-npa-to-train-rifles-and-develop-weapons-against-high-flying-weapons/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: Duterte’s war to crush the NPA has failed—CPP

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Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis online propaganda posted to the PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): Duterte’s war to crush the NPA has failed—CPP






March 28, 2022

The leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today declared that the strategic offensives of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) since 2017 under the Duterte regime have failed to stop the growth of the New People’s Army (NPA).

In a 20-page statement posted on the CPP’s website and circulated on social media, the CPP Central Committee said that the CPP and NPA “have successfully frustrated Duterte and his military generals in their repeated declarations of crushing the people’s armed resistance.”

Despite losses and setbacks in some areas, according to the Party’s leadership, the preservation and successes of the NPA in most guerrilla fronts, however, continue to prove the political superiority of the people’s war against the enemy’s war against the people. The CPP-CC said NPA Red fighters and the masses remain determined to resist based on the correctness and justness of waging armed resistance.

The CPP-CC said the NPA continues to operate in guerrilla zones spread across the country in 13 different regions, and that it enjoys the support of millions of people.

“The Red fighters and commanders of the NPA, and the Party cadres leading the NPA, have displayed great tenacity and determination to bear heavy sacrifices, surmount all adversity and limitations, and exert all efforts to defend the people against fascism and state terrorism,” the Party noted.

Contrary to repeated declarations by Duterte and his military and police officers that the NPA has been weakened, the AFP and the PNP continue to beef up its forces against the NPA. According to the CPP-CC, there are 21 more military and police battalions deployed for counterinsurgency.

The CPP denounced the Duterte governments “overspending” for the military and police to pay for increased salaries of additional personnel to acquire more jetfighters, drones, helicopters, bombs, artillery, rifles, bullets and other war matériel. Duterte’s budget for defense increased by ₱4 billion this year to ₱221 billion. Over the past six years, the AFP has received a total of $1.14 billion worth of military assistance in the form of Foreign Military Financing, military training programs and others.

In its message, the Party directed the NPA to carry out seven specific tasks to raise the fighting capacity of the army and the masses in order to steadily advance of the revolution.

1) Strengthen the Party’s leadership of the NPA.

2) Vigorously wage armed struggle and resist the enemy’s brutal war of suppression.

3) Strengthen the New People’s Army.

4) Broaden and deepen the NPA mass base in the guerrilla fronts.

5) Generate widespread support from the cities for the revolutionary armed struggle in the countryside.

6) We must systematically proselytize among the enemy’s ranks.

7) Aggressively generate international support for the New People’s Army and the Philippine revolution.

The CPP leadership said that the people’s war it is leading in the Philippines is currently in the middle-phase of the strategic defensive stage with a clear view towards advancing to the advanced phase through the multiplication of platoons and companies. (CPP Information Bureau)

https://cpp.ph/angbayan/dutertes-war-to-crush-the-npa-has-failed-cpp/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: AFP, PNP deployed 21 more battalions against NPA since last year—CPP

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Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis online propaganda posted to the PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): AFP, PNP deployed 21 more battalions against NPA since last year—CPP






March 28, 2022

Despite repeated declarations that the New People’s Army (NPA) is set to be crushed before the end of Rodrigo Duterte’s term in June, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) continue to increase their combat units against the revolutionary army.

This was noted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-CC) in a message to the NPA on the occasion of its 53rd anniversary on March 29. The CPP-CC said there are now 166 combat battalions of the Army, Air Force, Marines, Scout Rangers, PNP Special Action Force and other military and police units deployed against the NPA, 21 more than last year.

The CPP-CC noted that apart from building new AFP units, the increase in deployment of combat troops against the NPA was also due to the redeployment of forces from Moro areas after the surrender of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

This superfluity of force has enabled the AFP and PNP to deploy 5 to 6 battalions against their priority guerrilla subregional or front areas of the NPA, and 2 to 3 in non-priority areas, the anniversary message said.

The CPP-CC estimates that 60% of the total number of combat battalions assigned to the NPA are concentrated in five regions, namely, Southern Tagalog, Eastern Visayas, Southern Mindanao, Bicol and North Central Mindanao. There is also a marked increase of AFP and PNP deployment in Far South Mindanao, Negros and Cagayan Valley.

The overwhelming use of force against a guerrilla people’s army indicates the growing strategic weakness of the ruling system, according to the Party. “It shows that to preserve the ruling system, the neo-colonial state relies more and more on armed suppression and fascist methods, rather than political persuasion and support.”

This same overwhelming military superiority, however, has the opposite effect of exposing the political inferiority of the reactionary government, the CPP leadership asserts. It said that the overabundance of troops and weapons promotes the “culture of fascist impunity and complete disregard for people’s democratic rights and freedoms which exposes its barefaced defense of the interests of the ruling oppressive and exploitative classes.” This results to the AFP’s deepened isolation from the people, added the CPP.

The CPP-CC denounced Duterte’s “overspending” for the military and police. It noted the increase by ₱4 billion to ₱221 billion of its defense budget compared to last year, mostly for the purchase of surplus military equipment from the US, and to raise above standards the salaries of military and police officers to buy their loyalty. Also, ₱17.5 billion was allocated to the NTF-Elcac, which the CPP describes as a “civil-military junta.”

The CPP-CC also censured the AFP for being under the virtual operational control of the US, pointing to the permanent presence of US military advisers in military camps to direct the AFP’s counterinsurgency operations. The CPP-CC noted that the AFP has received a total of \$1.14 billion worth of military assistance since 2015 in the form of US Foreign Military Financing, military training programs and others. (CPP Information Bureau)

https://cpp.ph/angbayan/afp-pnp-deployed-21-more-battalions-against-npa-since-last-year-cpp/

CPP/NDF-RCTU-Southern Tagalog: Isang taong kawalang-hustisya sa walang-awang pagpaslang kay Dandy Miguel! Singilin at pagbayarin ang rehimeng US-Duterte at berdugong NTF-ELCAC!

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Propaganda statement posted to PRWC Newsroom, the blog site of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Information Bureau (Mar 28, 2022): Isang taong kawalang-hustisya sa walang-awang pagpaslang kay Dandy Miguel! Singilin at pagbayarin ang rehimeng US-Duterte at berdugong NTF-ELCAC! (Injustice in the ruthless murder of Dandy Miguel! Charge the US-Duterte regime and butcher NTF-ELCAC!)



Fortunato Magtanggol
Spokesperson
Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions-Southern Tagalog
NDF-Southern Tagalog | National Democratic Front of the Philippines

March 28, 2022

Kasama ng buong hanay ng mga manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan, mariing kinukondena ng Revolutionary Council of Trade Union – National Democratic Front – Southern Tagalog (RCTU-NDF-ST) ang patuloy na kawalan ng hustisya makalipas ang isang taon ng pamamaslang ng rehimeng US-Duterte at berdugong NTF-ELCAC sa lider manggagawang si Dandy “Pang Dandy” Miguel!

Naitulak lamang ng malakas na pagkundena ng mga manggagawa, organisasyong masa, mga kaibigan, alyado sa loob at labas ng bansa ang pakitang tao na isinagawang imbestigasyon ng binuong Special Investigating Team (SIT) sa ilalim ng AO35. Tunay na inupuan lamang ng SIT ang imbestigasyon nito at walang ginawang seryosong paghahabol at pagpapanagot sa may kagagawan ng brutal na pagpaslang kay Dandy Miguel – ikalawang tagapangulo ng PAMANTIK-KMU at pangulo ng unyon sa pagawaan ng Fuji Electric sa Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna.

Paano nga naman hahabulin at paparusahan ng Department of Justice(DoJ) sa ilalim ng AO35 SIT ang mga pumaslang kay Dandy Miguel, kung ang mga nasa likod nito ay mismong si Duterte at mga berdugo sa NTF-ELCAC? Kahalintulad ng mga taktikang ginagawa nila sa iba pang mga pinaslang na aktibista, pinaratangan din nila si Dandy Miguel bilang banta sa pambansang seguridad, kaaway ng estado. Matatandaang dumanas muna ng araw-araw na pagbabanta sa buhay at red-tagging bago siya brutal na pinaslang ng mersenaryong AFP at PNP noong gabi ng Marso 28, 2021 habang papauwi sa kanilang bahay galing sa trabaho.

Hindi pwedeng maghugas-kamay ang rehimeng US-Duterte at NTF-ELCAC sa kanilang mga krimen na tigmak ng dugo mula sa ekstrahudisyal na pamamaslang sa mga lider-masa’t aktibista sa bansa gaya ng karumal-dumal na pagpaslang kay Pangulong Dandy. Isinagawa ang pagpaslang kay Dandy Miguel, tatlong linggo matapos ilunsad ng NTF-ELCAC ang “Bloody Sunday” na pumaslang sa siyam(9) na mga aktibista at lider masa sa rehiyon, dalawang araw, matapos ipag-utos ni Duterte na “patayin ang lahat ng mga rebeldeng komunista”.

Para bigyan pa ng lakas ng loob ang kanyang mga asong ulol na berdugong militar at pulis na palawakin pa ang pamamaslang, pagmamayabang niyang sinabi sa isang pagpupulong ng NTF-ELCAC noong March 18 sa Tacloban City na “wag mag-alala ang mga sundalo at pulis dahil sagot ko kayo! Patay human rights? Okay pasok ako sa kulungan? Tutal matanda na ako, hindi ako magtatagal sa preso na yan”.

Walang awang pinaslang si Dandy na ang tanging hangad ay makamit ang kahingian ng manggagawa na pambansang minimum na pasahod na P750.00, paglusaw sa lahat ng tipo ng kontraktwalisasyon at pagkilala sa karapatan na magtayo ng unyon. Siya ang ika-31 aktibistang pinaslang sa rehiyong Timog Katagalugan sa anim na taong panunungkulan ng rehimeng US-Duterte at itinaon sa mismong araw ng pagdiriwang sa ika-76 na kaarawan ni Pangulong Duterte, bilang regalo. Kaya habang nagluluksa ang pamilya at buong hanay ng mga manggagawa sa rehiyon ay nagdiriwang at lubos-lubos ang katuwaan ng mga pasistang militar at pangkating Duterte sa Malakanyang.

Sa kasalukuyan, nagpapatuloy ang terorismo ng estado sa pangunguna ng NTF-ELCAC sa rehiyon. Direkta nilang pinangungunahan ang sapilitang pagpapa-disaffiliate ng mga unyong nasa ilalim ng militanteng pederasyon at militanteng sentrong unyon. Araw-araw din ang ginagawa nilang panghaharas, pagbabanta sa buhay ng mga lider manggagawa na kapag hindi tumigil at hindi nakipagtulungan sa kanilang buhong na layunin ay magagaya sila sa sinapit ng mga biktima ng “Bloody Sunday”.

Kanina lamang ay muling umatake ang mga tauhan ng NTF-ELCAC nang harasin at pagbantaan sa kanyang sariling bahay ang pangulo ng unyon sa Techno-8. Ganito din ang kanilang ginawa sa iba pang mga unyon na nasa ilalim ng KMU sa probinsya ng Laguna. Kabilang dito ang mahigit 70 lider-manggagawa at mga karaniwang kasapi ng unyon sa isang semiconductor company sa Cabuyao na halos araw-araw ding hinaharas at pinupuntahan ng mga sundalo at pulis upang pwersahin silang i-disaffiliate ang kanilang unyon sa kinaaanibang pederasyon.

Wala ding tigil sa ginagawang red-tagging sa mga kasapi at lider ng Anakpawis Partylist ang sinungaling na tagapagsalita ng NTF-ELCAC na si PCOO Usec. Lorraine Badoy. Maging ang kilalang tagapagtanggol ng NTF-ELCAC na si Sen. Panfilo Lacson at Cong. Boying Remulla ay nakikorus na din sa pagreredtag sa mga dumalo sa malaking political rally ng grupo ni Vice Pres. Leni Robredo sa Cavite, ito ay sa kabila ng kanilang deklarasyon na ang Cavite ay solid ang suporta sa anak ng diktador na si BBM at Sara Duterte. Matapos ito, iligal na pinaghuhuli ang 10 kasapi at lider ng Anakpawis sa Talaba-7 sa Bacoor, Cavite, isang lider-kabataan sa Silang, Cavite habang sa Cabuyao ay hinaras din sa kanyang bahay ang Anakpawis Partylist coordinator sa probinsya ng Laguna.

Naniniwala tayong hindi kailanman mabibigyan ng hustisya at katarungan ng rehimeng US-Duterte ang mga biktima ng karumaldumal na krimen ng malawakang pagpaslang sa mga aktibista at lider masa na kagagawan mismo ng kanyang berdugong NTF-ELCAC. Kinakailangang singilin at panagutin natin ang rehimeng US-Duterte sa malawakang pagpaslang kahit tapos na ang kanyang termino. Dapat hadlangan na manalo ang mga kandidato ni Duterte na sina Marcos at Sara Duterte sa halalan 2022 na magpagpatuloy lamang ng kanyang legasiya ng kawalang pananagutan at impyunidad. Ilinaw at hikayatin nang maliwanagan ang mga nalinlang na suporter ng Botong-Boto sa Magnanakaw (BBM).

Wala ring maaasahang katarungan at tunay na panlipunang pagbabago ang mamamayan sa darating na eleksyon. Tanging sa pamamagitan ng paglulunsad ng Demokratikong Rebolusyong Bayan (DRB) lamang makakamit ang tunay na hustisya sa lahat ng mga buktima ng rehimeng US-Duterte. Bukas na bukas na tatanggapin sa mga larangang gerilya ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan ang mga biktima ng panunupil ng estado upang dito nila ipaglaban at kamtin ang katarungang nakabatay sa hustisyang panlipunan. Kaya nananawagan ang RCTU-NDF-ST sa uring manggagawa na tumungo sa kanayunan at magsulong ng armadong pakikibaka. Taos puso kayong tatanggapin upang makasama ang iba pang uring anakpawis sa pagsusulong ng DRB sa pamamagitan ng matagalang digmang bayan.

HUSTISYA PARA KAY DANDY MIGUEL!
SINGILIN AT PAGBAYARIN ANG NTF-ELCAC SA KANILANG WALANG HABAS NA PAMAMASLANG SA MGA AKTIBISTA AT LIDER MASA!

https://cpp.ph/statements/isang-taong-kawalang-hustisya-sa-walang-awang-pagpaslang-kay-dandy-miguel-singilin-at-pagbayarin-ang-rehimeng-us-duterte-at-berdugong-ntf-elcac/
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