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Propaganda publication posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Oct 10, 2020): Bigwas | September 2020
Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Oct 10, 2020): NDF Negros calls on the international community to collectively investigate and call for an end into the worsening human rights abuses in the country
BAYANI OBREROPropaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Oct 10, 2020): Bello displays zero ounce of sympathy to workers
INFORMATION BUREAUPosted to Kalinaw News (Oct 10, 2020): Team ISUDA 5ID nagsanib pwersa laban sa insurhensiya at CoVid19
Ang Agri-based Technology Extension Project ay isang konsepto na maghahatid ng mas mahusay na pamamaraan upang mapalago ang agrikultura sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng makabagong teknolohiya. Layunin din nito na maipaabot sa mga liblib na lugar na apektado ng insurhensiya ang naturang proyekto upang maipagkaloob sa mga residente ang libreng pangkabuhayan sa ilalim naman ng Community Support Program.
Ayon kay Dr. Roberto Busania, Regional Technical Director for Operations ng Kagawaran ng Agrikultura ng Rehiyon 2, bagamat hindi nagkukulang sa tustus ng pagkain ang Rehiyon Dos, batid nilang mayroon pa ring mga pamilya ang nagkukulang ng pagkukunan ng makakain dahil sa kahirapan na dulot na rin ng insurhensiya. “Adhikain ng Kagawaran ng Agrikultura na mai-ahon ang bawat komunidad sa kahirapan na siyang susi sa katiwasayan ng bansa, kung kaya lubos ang aming pasasalamat sa pamunuan ng 5th Infantry Division at ng ISU na kami ay makasama sa inyong bayanihan. Katuwang ang aming ahensya sa pagtugon sa problema sa insurhensiya sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay sa inyo ng buong suporta bilang isa sa mga miyembro ng Task Force ELCAC.”
Nilagdaan din ang kasunduan sa paglulunsad ng Health Guard System para sa paglaban kontra CoVid 19. Ito ay sistema upang mapadali ang contact tracing para mapigilan naman ang pagkalat ng naturang sakit. Ang nasabing sistema ay mas mabisa kaysa sa ginagawang manual recording sa kasalukuyan. Kakailanganin lamang ang mobile number at address ng isang indibdiwal na kung saan malilimitahan nito ang galaw ng bawat isa. Base sa kasunduan, ang ISU ang magbibigay ng software, data storage, at technical assistance sa pag o-operate sa naturang sistema. Habang ang 5ID naman ang magbibigay ng ilan pang mga kagamitan.
Sa ilalim naman ng Education and Skills Training na pangungunahan ng ISU, madagdagan pa ang kaalaman at kahusayan ng bawat miyembro ng 5ID sa pagganap ng kani-kanilang mga tungkulin sa pamamagitan ng mga pagsasanay at pagtuturo.
Sinabi ni Dr. Ricmar Aquino, Presidente ng Isabela State University, na kaisa ang kanilang unibersidad sa pagkontrol ng pagkalat ng CoVid 19. Bukod dito, nakahanda rin sila sa pagsuporta sa hanay ng kasundaluhan laban naman sa insurhensiya. Aniya, pagpapakita ng kanilang suporta ang paglagda sa naturang kasunduan. “Ang laban sa insurhensiya ay hindi lamang laban ng Philippine Army at Armed Forces of the Philippines kundi laban ng bawat Pilipino. Ang pagbigay solusyon sa ugat nito ay tungkulin ng lahat. Kaya ang pagtitipon ng mga ahensiya tulad ng 5th Infantry Division, Isabela State University at Department of Agriculture sa paghatid ng mga programang nabangit ay halimbawa ng pagbigay solusyon sa mga problema ng ating bayan.”
Sa naging pahayag naman ni BGen Laurence E Mina PA, Commander ng 5ID, ang naturang aktibidad ay ilan lamang sa mga nauna ng hakbang ng gobyerno upang magkaroon ng pag-unlad sa bawat komunidad. “Ang pagtutulungan ng iba’t ibang mga ahensiya ng pamahalaan, akademya at pati na rin ang mga pribadong sector ng lipunan maging ang mga non-government organizations ay nagsisilbing mahusay na plataporma upang mai-ahon ang antas ng pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino sa mga komunidad. Katugunan na rin ito sa problema ng ating mga kababayang magsasaka upang mas lumago pa ang kanilang pangkabuhayan at maging sapat ang kanilang naihahain sa kanilang hapag-kainin,”
Dagdag pa rito, sinabi rin ni BGen Mina na ito rin ay isa lamang sa mga paraan upang mawaksan ang terorismo, pang-aapi at panlilinlang ng mga teroristang New People’s Army. “When the road begins, insurgency ends. Kaya natin ipinaparating ang serbisyo at mga programang pangkabuhayan sa kanayunan. Dahil kung mayroong kaunlaran ang isang lugar, mawawala ang mga teroristang grupo na nagpapahirap sa mga residente. Hangad natin ang patuloy na pag-unlad sa bawat lugar upang umangat ang antas ng pamumuhay ng bawat Pilipino.”
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Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 10, 2020): JTF Central Commander joins 601st Brigade Anniversary Celebration
The Commander of Joint Task Force Central and 6th Infantry (KAMPILAN) Division attended the 42nd founding anniversary celebration of 601st Infantry (Unifier) Brigade in Camp Leono, Barangay Kalandagan, Tacurong City on October 9, 2020.
Major General Juvymax R. Uy was welcomed by 601st Brigadier General Roy Galido along with the other guests.
In his speech, Maj. Gen. Uy commended the Unifier Brigade troops for their accomplishments and upholding peace in their area of responsibility.
“Sa ating mga kababayan, ang tagumpay po namin ay tagumpay din po ninyo. Tunay na makakamit natin ang pangmatagalang kapayapaan at kaunlaran sa ating patuloy na pagtutulungan” Maj. Gen. Uy said in his message during the anniversary program.
The activity was highlighted with the donning of ranks to newly promoted enlisted personnel, pinning of military awards and giving of plaques of recognition to the troops of 601st Brigade.
Sultan Kudarat Governor Suharto ‘Teng’ Mangudadatu graced the event together with the local chief executives of the province of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao and South Cotabato.
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Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 10, 2020): Teroristang NPA, nanunog at hinadlangan ang pag-unlad ng Lal-lo, Cagayan
Camp Melchor F Dela Cruz, Upi, Gamu, Isabela- Isa nanamang teroristang gawain ang ipinaranas ng rebeldeng Henry Abraham Command- New People’s Army sa mga manggagawa matapos sunugin ang kanilang tinutuluyang Bunk House sa Barangay Dagupan, Lal-lo, Cagayan noong ika-9 ng Oktubre taong kasalukuyan.
Pahirap sa mga manggagawa ang epekto ng hindi makataong gawain ng mga rebeldeng NPA at patunay na ayaw nilang umangat ang antas ng pamumuhay ng mga residente sa nasabing lugar.
Sa naging pahayag ng mga residente, patatayuan ng imprastraktura para sa pangkabuhayan ang mga lupang nabili ng negosyanteng si Danilo Tamayo na siya namang sinusuportahan ng mga residente ngunit tinutulan ng mga teroristang NPA. Nais lamang ng mga manggagawa na magkaroon ng pagkakakitaan para sa kanilang pamilya ngunit mas pinahirapan sila ng mga rebeldeng NPA matapos na sunugin ng mga ito ang kanilang bunkhouse. Nagpapakita ito ng pagiging makasarili ng mga teroristang grupo dahil kanilang hinahadlangan ang nakatakdang pag asenso ng mga mamamayan sa bayan ng Lal-lo.
Ayon sa salaysay ng mga security guards na nakasaksi sa pangyayari, nagtungo ang hindi mabatid na bilang ng mga indibdiwal sa bakuran na pagmamay-ari ni Tamayo at biglaan na lamang silang piniringan at iginapos. Matapos nito, sinunog ng naturang grupo ang tatlong mga kubo at tinangay ang isang shotgun at 9mm pistol na baril.
Agad itong ipinagbigay alam sa tanggapan ng 501st Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army na nakatalaga sa nasabing lugar na kung saan, mabilisan naman ang ginawang pagresponde ng naturang hanay.
Sa ngayon ay patuloy ang isinasagawang imbestigasyon ng mga otoridad sa pangyayari habang nagsasagawa na ng manhunt operation ang kasundaluhan kasama ang kapulisan para sa agarang pagkakahuli ng mga salarin. Natukoy naman sa inisyal na imbestigasyon na ang biktimang si Tamayo ang nagmamay-ari ng DDT Construction Inc.
Dahil sa hindi makataong ginawa ng mga rebeldeng NPA, apektado ngayon ang pangkabuhayan ng mga trabahante sa naturang kompanya.
Kinokondena ng Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Lal-lo at ng buong Cagayan maging ng 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army ang ginawang pananabotahe ng mga rebeldeng NPA sa pag-unlad sa bayan ng Lal-lo.
Ayon kay BGen Laurence E Mina PA, Commander ng 5ID, na taliwas sa kanilang ipinaglalaban, ang panununog na ito ang mismong patunay na sila ang lumalabag sa karapatang pantao. Nagpapakita lamang ito ng kanilang kasakiman at pagkagahaman sa kapangyarihan dahil sa takot na kanilang idinudulot sa mga tao sa bayan ng Lal-lo.
” Ang panununog na ito ay isang desperadong hakbang ng mga komunistang grupo ng Henry Abraham Command upang hadlangan ang patuloy na pag-unlad sa probinsya ng Cagayan at dahil sa unti unting paghina ng kanilang pwersa na dulot din sa malakas na pagsuporta ng mga mamamayan na unti unti nang namumulat sa mga kasinungalingan at maling idiolohiyang pinapalaganap ng rebeldeng NPA”
Dagdag pa ni BGen Mina, “Maging ang kanilang pagtangay ng mga baril ay isang paglabag sa Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunitions. Nagpapatunay lamang ito na walang kinikilalang batas ang teroristang NPA na nangangahulugang ayaw nila sa maayos na sistema sa pamamalakad ng pamahalaan.”
Aniya, maging ang ginawang pagsunog ng mga rebeldeng NPA sa tatlong mga kubo ay nagpapakita ng kaduwagan sapagkat kanilang idinadaan sa dahas ang kanilang laban. “Kailan man ay hindi kukunsintihin ng ating pamahalaan ang mga ganitong gawain ng teroristang NPA. Sila ay hadlang sa kaunlaran ng bawat bayang nagsusumikap tulad ng La-lo, Cagayan. Higit pang papaigtingin ng ating kasundaluhan ang Focused Military Operation (FMO) upang matugis at mahadlangan ang mga Terroristang grupo na walang ng ginawa kundi ang manggulo at maghasik ng takot.”
Hinikayat ng heneral ang publiko na makipagtulungan sa kasundaluhan at kapulisan sa Lambak ng Cagayan at Cordillera Region upang tuluyan ng masupil ang karahasan ng mga rebeldeng NPA.
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From Panay News (Oct 10, 2020): 20 ex-rebels to benefit from gov’t integration program
Posted to MindaNews (Oct 10, 2020): ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: Pamalandong sa Bangsamoro Self-determination via RCC-MM (5) (By RUDY BUHAY RODIL)
Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 10, 2020): Indon bomber, 2 Sayyafs captured in Sulu
SULU - Philippine authorities are holding an Indonesian suicide bomber and 2 Filipino terrorists after security forces raided an Abu Sayyaf hideout Saturday in the southern province of Sulu.Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 10, 2020): USAID exec honored in Zambo
THE LOCAL government of Zamboanga thanked the United States Agency for International Development and Dr. Reynaldo Navacilla, Field Site Manager of USAID Protect Wildlife Project following the completion of management plans for Islas de Santa Cruz, Pasonanca Park and Watershed, the assessment of Once Islas here.Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 10, 2020): China’s Disinformation Campaign in the Philippines
IN U.S.-China relations, “coordinated inauthentic behavior” is no longer just a polite description for bilateral summits, but the latest tactic in the on-going competition for power and influence in the Indo-Pacific.Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 10, 2020): Sayyaf atrocities condemned
MUSLIM VILLAGERS in the southern province of Sulu have condemned the murder of a farmer who was attacked by Abu Sayyaf militants in Patikul town where residents declared the pro-ISIS group as “persona non grata”.From the Philippine Information Agency (Oct 10, 2020): Army promotes 524 soldiers (By Merlito G. Edale, Jr.)
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela, Oct. 10 (PIA) - At least 524 soldiers were promoted by the 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army command based in Gamu town.From the Philippine Information Agency (Oct 10, 2020): CTG affected barangays in Ilocos Sur get livelihood assistance (By Joyah Mae C. Quimoyog)
CANDON CITY, Oct. 10 (PIA) - Forty-three recipients of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa – Livelihood Seeding Program (PBG-LSP) from the two communist-terrorist group (CTG) affected barangays in Candon City received goat/hog raising livelihood starter kits on Thursday, October 8.From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 9, 2020): Tip from locals leads to arrest of NPA gunsmith in Iloilo (By Perla Lena)
From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 10, 2020): 6 BIFF combatants in Maguindanao yield to military (By Noel Punzalan)
From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 10, 2020): Suspected female Indonesian terrorist, 2 others nabbed in Sulu (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)
From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 10, 2020): 'Disgruntled' NPA leader yields in Zambo Sur (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)
From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 10, 2020): MILF to help pursue killers of 4 family members in NoCot (By John Andrew Tabugoc)
From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 10, 2020): PH Army keen to end terror threat with arrest of 3 terrorists (By Priam Nepomuceno)
From the Journal Online (Oct 9, 2020): 3 rebs get tired of NPA lies, deception: yield in Ecija (By Steve A. Gosuico)
ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija – Three suspected members of the New People’s Army rebel group surrendered to government forces here on Tuesday.From the Manila Bulletin (Oct 9, 2020): Alias ‘Admiral’ of NPA-Bohol surrenders (By Calvin Cordova)
Another member of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Bohol province has surrendered to authorities.
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Oct 9, 2020): Armed men burn agri firm’s vehicles in Misamis
Armed men believed to be communist rebels burned four vehicles owned by an agricultural company in Claveria town, Misamis Oriental province, on Tuesday, a military report said.
First Lt. Jefferson Mariano, spokesperson for the Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion, said three dump trucks and a bus owned by Del Monte Philippines Inc. were set on fire by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) at Sitio Talambao in Barangay Bulahan, Claveria.From the Manila Bulletin (Oct 9, 2020): Officials to bring cases of NPA atrocities before ICJ (By Mike Crismundo)
BUTUAN CITY – Along with some local government units (LGUs) here, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is now working on bringing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands the series of killings of indigenous peoples (IPs) allegedly perpetrated by the Communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Caraga region, particularly in the province of Surigao del Sur.Commentary posted to the Manila Times (Oct 9, 2020): COMMENTARY//Satur et al. fighting at ground level and under
THE communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Albay and Mindoro ambushed Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel recently. They also killed two Indigenous People (IP) leaders who were known rabid anti-communist advocates in Surigao.
These are isolated incidents and have been part of a bigger Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) plan, which they failed to execute for more than 10 months now, thanks primarily to the support of the people to the efforts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).
The incidents were statements: “Bago man lang tayo malaos na nang husto, makabawi man lang kahit papaano (Before we really become so dated, let’s eke out some little gains).”
This is what the droves of surrenderees are saying. “Wala na ang dati naming suporta mula sa masa (Gone is the support we used to enjoy from the masses).” The recent surrender by groups of three or four or more is also a statement: many of these fighters are convinced that they are a dying breed, and that now is the time to lay down their arms.
Meantime, while the attacks of underground units wane, the efforts of the CPP cadres aboveground persist, out of desperation to keep the movement afloat. At ground level, CPP cadres Ka Satur Ocampo, Rep. Carlos Zarate, and the “Kamatayan” bloc, including Karapatan, continue with their attacks on the bureaucracy, keeping hostage the agencies’ budget. After the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), it’s the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency’s (NICA) turn.
‘Kamatayan’ bloc
NICA chief Alex Monteagudo has spoken in absolute terms about the Kamatayan bloc being members of the CPP. What could be truer than this truth? As head of the repository of all intelligence of every government agency, he should know. He is the most credible person to declare what PCCO Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy and all have been saying all along. One cannot be nominated by the CPP to any of the Kamatayan bloc party-list if they are not card-carrying members of this terrorist organization.
As members of the CPP they are responsible for everything that the terrorist NPA has done like the recent killing of Datu Bocales and Zaldy Maca, both former NPA members but have since helped many NPA rebels return to the fold of the law and live peaceful lives. They were also instrumental in exposing the real agenda of the CPP alternative learning schools like Tribal Indigenous Peoples Surigao Sur (TRIFPSS) which were eventually closed by DepEd.
Just like what Jose Ma Sison did, former NPA members like Datu Jumar Bucales and Datu Rico Maca have tagged the Kamatayan bloc as part of the terrorist organizations. It is not NICA or any of the government officials who red-tagged them; they are simply echoing what needs to be known by our people in order to protect their children from the exploitation of these groups, as well as prevent the IPs from further exploitation. These counter-revolutionary acts of the two IP leaders so enraged the CPP/NPA leadership that they have been sentenced to die, adding to the deaths of thousands more victims of CPP/NPA attacks in the past years.
We demand that Rep. Eufemia Cullamat comment on these IP killings. Can she offer any justification for the killing of her constituents? Or will she be mum about this, knowing that her own siblings who are NPA members, or her husband who is also facing criminal cases, are responsible for the killings.
These members of the Kamatayan bloc have forgotten that they too are public officials who have sworn allegiance to the Philippine flag. Their duality, however, requires them to take an oath too to the CPP constitution, with an M16 bullet gripped in a closed fist, to signify that they embrace the use of violence to achieve their end: to overthrow our democratic government and supplant it with a “democratic dictatorship” (CPP Constitution Art 3 Sec 7).
Terrorist actions
Rep. Zarate, when you invoke Republic Act 6713, and require public officials like DG Monteagudo of NICA, to act with professionalism and the highest degree of integrity, should that not in fact remind you that we are all in the same boat? Shouldn’t it tell you that as elected officials, even if nominated by the CPP, you should do what you can to protect our citizens from the atrocities being committed by the NPA? Shouldn’t it be your job too, to expose the identity of these terrorists who pose a big threat to our children? To our IPs? To the poor and marginalized? If you don’t because of your oath to the CPP, then you will be liable under Sec 15 of the Anti-Terrorism Law for grave misconduct and disloyalty to the Republic and the Filipino people.
So with Satur Ocampo. In his At Ground Level column (Philippine Star, Oct.3, 2020), he asserts that the NTF-Elcac is the prime purveyor of tagging activists and progressive people’s organizations as terrorists and enemies of the state. He cites United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s deep concern about these incidents (red tagging leading to the killing of targeted individual groups or organs). But with his involvement in the CPP underground, Ka Satur knows that all of these tagged organizations are indeed red. By virtue of their plans and actions, they all conspire to commit terrorist action and violate Sec 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL). The Kamatayan bloc all incite to commit terror acts by their speeches, writings, banners, in violation of Section 9 of the ATL. They also know they are guilty of violating Section 10 — recruitment to a terror organization.
All of them also know that most of the fabricated information provided to the UN came from CPP affiliates in the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, including Ibon and Karapatan, the objective of which is to continue to project that the Philippine government displays a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant abuse of authority — a tyrant. To what end? For Jose Ma Sison to invoke non-refoulement and evade the possibility of being sent home to answer for his continuing crimes of genocide and murder?
Karapatan called on the AFP, PNP and NTF-Elcac to disclose the advocacy groups and the Facebook accounts they are supporting, asking, “how much of peoples’ taxes they are spending on government fake online prop machinery taken down by Facebook.” Cristina Palabay of Karapatan has heaps of issues to explain about NPA violations of human rights.
Meantime, let the Kamatayan bloc explain their involvement in the CPP. Their membership in the CPP is legal so why deny it? But does it justify as well the illegal, murderous actions of the CPP/NPA? Let’s hear it from them.
BY LT. GEN. ANTONIO PARLADE JR.
The author is chief of the AFP Southern Luzon Command and spokesman for the NTF-Elcac.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/10/09/opinion/analysis/satur-et-al-fighting-at-ground-level-and-under/778151/
From ABS-CBN (Oct 7, 2020): Government troops seize BIFF lair in Maguindanao
From the Manila Bulletin (Oct 9, 2020): AFP wants stronger military cooperation with Thailand (By Martin Sadongdong)
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is adamant to strengthen its already robust military ties with Thailand amid prevailing security concerns in the Southeast Asian region and the threat of COVID-19 pandemic around the world.From Panay News (Oct 10, 2020): Miag-ao villagers hold peace rally vs Reds (By Ruby Silubrico)
Some 200 residents of barangays Pudpud and San Jose in Miag-ao, Iloilo held a peace rally to condemn the attacks, recruitment of minors and extortion activities of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).