ANG BAYAN
AUGUST 07, 2020
MILITARY DETACHMENTS ARE sprouting like mushrooms in North Central Mindanao even amid the pandemic. Instead of putting up barangay health clinics, six detachments were constructed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in various parts of the region in the past five months. This includes detachments in Barangay Durian, Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte; Balagnan, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur; Sitio Kipunay, Eureka, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental; Sitio Pangagpungan, Kalabuan, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur; and Sitio Mahayag, Namnam, San Fernando, Bukidnon. Communities in the said areas are not geared to face the Covid-19 pandemic as residents only rely on medical services provided by volunteers who come to their communities.
In a statement released last July 28, the Revolutionary Organization of Lumads (ROL) in the region hit the continuing militarization of Lumad communities. They said that they expect nothing new from Duterte’s “new normal” as terror, hunger and hardship continue unabated under his regime and the AFP’s reign. Sixteen battalions are currently deployed in the area with 189 detachments, 163 of which are CAFGU detachments comprised of peasants forcibly recruited by the AFP.
[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.]
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