Army: NPA still a threat to security

From the Philippine Information Agency (Feb 14): Army: NPA still a threat to security

The New People’s Army (NPA) still remain as a threat to the security of the province, but the Philippine Army put counter measures in place to curb atrocities.

Col. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade Deputy Commander, said during the Joint Provincial Peace and Order Council and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council meetings that the military’s concentration is on central and northern Negros where there is a substantial number of the rebel group.

Twelve local National Democratic Front organizations were also named to have linked with the CPP/NPA.

Pasaporte commends the efforts of the Department of Agrarian Reform - Negros to resolve agrarian issues in the province as he enjoined all other concerned agencies to address respective issues in their areas where the CPP/NPA thrives.

Pasaporte added that the election period will also be taken advantaged by the CPP/NPA/NDF to generate resources primarily from their extortion activities.

The military also expects that during the summer break, the CPP-NPA will conduct immersions among its new recruits given that the province becomes the training ground and exposure community for the rebel group.

Pasaported noted an increase CPP/NPA/NDF publicity to facilitate their recruitment and generate support to their partylist as the CPP/NPA/NDF continue to conduct Ideological Political Organizational (IPO) works to strengthen their mass base.

Since January of this year to date, the military has recorded two violent activities perpetrated by the NPA in the province.

Based on military records, the Komiteng Rehiyon Negros of the NPA has affected 92 of the 600 barangays in the province.

https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1018430