The New People’s Army (NPA) in the Southwest Negros Front has maintained its size despite intense military operations, the deceptive Peace and Development Program, the enemy’s surrender drives and other grand and intricate psywar operations of the reactionary government, said Ka Andrea Guerrero, spokesperson of the front’s Armando Sumayang, Jr. Command.
The membership of the people’s militia continues to grow. The people’s militia assists the NPA in propaganda work among the masses, in mobilizing and organizing them and in launching tactical offensives. With the organized masses and allies’ active participation, the NPA was able to mete punishment on the destructive Philex Mining Corporation. Basic tactical offensives were launched against the 47th IB, seizing five high-powered firearms, including a K3 machine gun, rounds of ammunition and military equipment.
More than a thousand people have benefited from continuing mass struggles to raise the price of coffee, hike the wages of farmers and farm workers, till and develop idle lands, dagyaw (cooperation) and the antimining movement, among others. These served as the wellspring of Red fighters for the NPA and members for the Party.
The farmers also continued struggling against the seizure of their land by capitalist investors in oil palm plantations.
The peasant masses also courageously fought landlords such as the Novero family in Barangay Dancalan, Ilog and father and son Pablito “Jean” and John Paul Sola of Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan who have been seizing their land. The Solas enjoy the protection of the Regional Public Safety Maneuver Battalion (ROSMB) which is also based in Barangay Camansi.
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20140107/gains-in-southwest-negros
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