CPP/Ang Bayan: NPA arrests soldier protecting illegal logging in Davao del Norte

From the English language edition of the CPP propaganda publication, Ang Bayan (May 7): NPA arrests soldier protecting illegal logging in Davao del Norte

Guerrillas under the Comval-North Davao-South Agusan Subregional Command arrested another AFP element protecting illegal loggers.

Captured on the morning of May 3 in Barangay Floria, Kapalong, Davao del Norte was Cpl. Rogelio Rosales of the 60th IB Bravo Coy. Rosales was then making arrangements for the transfer to logs to a plywood factory when he was arrested. A sachet of shabu was also taken from him.

Rosales is one of a group of soldiers protecting TANGGO, a big logging syndicate operating in Trento, Agusan del Sur; Laak, Compostela Valley; and Kapalong, Davao del Norte. They clandestinely transport the logs along the highway at night and bring them to the TPPMC Cuambugan plywood plant. Diosdado Wamilda, a retired policeman, transacts with the plant, and another business partner, Nonoy Magandam, buys logs from Trento.

The NPA implements the total logging ban policy to protect the remaining forests, campaign for reforestation, put a stop to large-scale logging and secure the masses’ livelihood through sustainable communal farming.

Recently, the NPA confiscated logs in Sitio Patel, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong and in Barangay Datu Davao and Barangay Balwarte, Laak.

http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20140507/npa-arrests-soldier-protecting-illegal-logging-in-davao-del-norte