More aggressive drive vs. NPA up, Army says

From the Visayan Daily Star (Feb 18, 2019): More aggressive drive vs. NPA up, Army says
More aggressive combat operations against the New People’s Army and the implementation of Community Support Programs are to be expected by the hinterlands populace of Negros Oriental.

This was the response of the 94th Infantry Battalion headed by Lt. Col. Randu Pagunuran to the challenge of Governor Roel Degamo to push the NPA out of Negros Oriental.

Pagunuran said they will have to double their efforts, in tandem with the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, to hasten the defeat of the rebel movement.

During the recent meeting of the Provincial Joint Coordinating Security Coordinating Center, Degamo was enraged by the numerous atrocities perpetrated by the CPP-NPA, especially in Guihulngan City, that included liquidations of government officials and innocent civilians and burning of heavy equipment.

Pagunuran said that the five decades of sowing terror by the CPP-NPA have affected the economic growth and development of Negros Oriental.

He also said that the declaration of the CPP-NPA by the 15-member European Union (EU) as a foreign terrorist group, will result in the cut of any funds and other support from EU member states.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2019/February/18/topstory6.htm