The New People’s Army in Bukidnon launched five military actions in three days, offensives which, they say, are meant to support the Moro people.
The NPA said their recent offensives “paralyzed seven hauler
trucks, killed five reactionary armed troops while wounding many others.”
“This is in response to the call of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of the Philippines to extend support to the Moro people who
are now being victimized by the Philippine Armed Forces’ vicious all-out war,”
said NPA spokesperson Allan Juanito in a statement.
On March 8, around 5:00 a.m., Juanito said an NPA platoon
stopped seven hauler trucks along the national highway in Brgy. Palacapao,
Quezon, Bukidnon. “These were carrying products of multinational companies like
Nestlé, and those of big comprador-owned enterprises such as Lucio Tan’s Asia
Brewery and Danding Cojuangco’s Purefoods, all infamous for their anti-labor
and anti-people operations,” Juanito said.
An NPA team harassed the soldiers and CAFGUs in the 84th IB
detachment in Sitio Kipulot, Brgy. Palacapao, who were just about to respond to
the said attack. “Enemy casualties have not been accounted but they were not
able to leave their camp afterwards,” Juanito said.
Around 7:00 am on the same day, the NPA employed a
command-detonated explosive (CDeX) against a vehicle carrying responding troops
of the 103rd Regional Public Safety Battalion in Brgy. Palacapao. One policeman
was killed while seven others were wounded.
Col Jess Alvarez, Commander of the 403rd Brigade based in
Malaybalay, Bukidnon, reported that a 30-minute fire fight ensued after the
pursuing troops were fired upon by the NPAs.
“They were on their way to verify the report on the presence
of an armed group in the area when they were fired upon,” Alvarez said.
On March 10, around 2:00 am, an NPA guerrilla platoon
engaged in a three-hour skirmish the troops of the 84th IB operating in Upper Minalong , Brgy. Kahusayan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon. Two
soldiers were killed and an undetermined number were wounded, Juanito said.
“Two Red fighters heroically gave their lives and three of
our rifles were seized,” he said.
At around 6:00 in the morning, a team of NPA detonated the
CDeX towards enemy operating troops in Log Deck 6, Brgy. Linabo, Quezon. Two
were reported killed and an undetermined number of soldiers were wounded.
“All five offensive actions were jointly launched by Front 6
of the NPA-North Central Mindanao Region and Front 53 of Southern Mindanao
Region,” Juanito said.
Meanwhile, on the evening of March 14, military troops from
the 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion also figured in a firefight with the NPAs in Los
Arcos, Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur.
In a statement last Sunday, Lt General Aurelio Baladad,
commander of Eastmincom, said the military convoy is composed of two KM250 and
three KM450 trucks who were on their way to respond to a reported presence of
NPAs “when they were landmined and ambushed by undetermined number of NPAs.”
The incident resulted to the killing of three soldiers and
the wounding of five others whose identities are being withheld pending the
notification of their families.
The armed forces were able to recover an undetonated
landmine after a 30-minute exchange of fire with the NPAs.
In a separate incident, policemen of Cortes Municipal Police
Station, Surigao del Sur on board a patrol car escaped an ambush staged by the
NPA along Brgy. Tigao.
The ambush resulted to the wounding of one policeman
identified as PO1 Boado.
Juanito said the NPA offensives are part of the “conscious
effort to extend support and sympathy to the Moro people who are being
victimized by the AFP’s all-out war against the BIFF (Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters), now running more than three weeks.”
As of Thursday (March 12), reports from local government of
the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said a total of 93,402 persons or 19,
075 families have evacuated from 12 towns in Maguindanao as the offensive of
the armed forces against the Moro fighters continue.
“We encourage the oppressed and exploited Moro people to
persevere in their struggle for the right to self-determination and against the
fascist government under the reins of US
Juanito said they are reminding the contractors of hauler
trucks to refrain from forging contracts with foreign companies who are
“targets of the revolution.”
“We call upon Filipino entrepreneurs to treat their workers
fairly by giving them fair wages, good working conditions, benefits and a
guarantee to their right to union. We hope they will not lay the blame on the
ordinary truck workers and lay them off as punishment for the incident,” he
said.
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