CPP/Ang Bayan: NPA-NEMR maintains initiative in battle

From the English language edition of the CPP propaganda publication Ang Bayan (Jul 7): NPA-NEMR maintains initiative in battle

The New People’s Army (NPA) in Northeastern Mindanao Region (NEMR) continues to maintain the initiative in battle in the face of intensified military operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the region since January, with the AFP adding three battalions to the five battalions originally deployed to NEMR.

According to Ka Maria Malaya, spokesperson of the National Democratic Front-NEMR, 44 out of the 50 firefights that occurred in the region from January to June were initiated by the NPA and only six were initiated by the enemy.

The enemy suffered 77 casualties in these gunbattles (39 killed and 38 wounded). On the other hand, seven were martyred and seven wounded on the NPA side.

In the latest battlefield reports from NEMR, three elements of the 26th IB were wounded in separate harassment operations conducted by two NPA teams in the adjacent barangays of Ararat and San Juan in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur on June 16 and 17.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20140707/npa-nemr-maintains-initiative-in-battle