Propaganda news story posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Nov 27, 2020): AFP Nolcom bombs rural village in Pangasinan
NEWS STORIESNOVEMBER 27, 2020
The North Luzon Command (Nolcom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) indiscriminately bombed and strafed farmlands in Barangay Lawak Langka, Mangatarem, Pangasinan on November 24 at around 6 a.m. under the guise of counterinsurgency operations. Three bombs were dropped in the area using aerial assets.
The New People’s Army (NPA)-West Central Luzon on Thursday belied Nolcom’s claim that an armed encounter took place in the area to justify this atrocity. It clarified that there was no NPA unit in the area during the AFP offensive. The attack traumatized barriofolk of Lawak Langka and adjacent barangays. Fearing for their lives, farmers and farm workers were forced to forego farmwork, disrupting their livelihoods.
Residents in lowland areas in the said town, as well as in San Clemente, Tarlac, have long been subjected to military abuses. Residents report regular harassment from state forces who have arbitrarily criminalized the practice of slash-and-burn farming. Ironically, their farms and produce are either burned or confiscated by soldiers and agents of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Residents have also been prohibited from farming and harvesting rattan.
In connivance with the AFP, the DENR is aggressively implementing its fake environment program dubbed the Enhanced National Greening Program to encroach in, and grab ancestral and agricultural lands in the towns that have long been tilled by peasants and Aeta minorities. A portion of Mangatarem is also covered by the newly-opened “Daang Kalikasan” ecotourism project. Earlier this year, the Duterte regime announced its plan to put up a dam as well as other infrastructure along the said road network. This will displace more residents and damage the environment.
https://cpp.ph/2020/11/27/afp-nolcom-bombs-rural-village-in-pangasinan/
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