From Panay News (Mar 29, 2022): Cops brace for NPA offensives as Reds mark anniv today (By Ruby Silubrico)
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The New People’s Army (NPA) is celebrating its 53rd anniversary today.
“We expect offensives against our men and police stations. They are ready and alert,” said Police Brigadier General Flynn Dongbo, director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6).
The NPA is known to mark its anniversary by attacking government forces and installations.
“We issued directives to our lower units last week yet, especially in areas where there are rebels, to press on with the offensives and prepare themselves from possible attacks from the enemies,” Dongbo added.
The NPA that is the arm wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
On Saturday afternoon, two rebels were killed in an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
According to the progress report of the Himamaylan City police station, Barangay Carabalan councilman Rochie Sabanal identified the fatalities as Arnulfo Sabanal, 41, and Jayson Sabanal, 30, both residents of Purok Lunoy in Sitio Cunalom.
As of Monday, the remains of the two, who were believed to be siblings, were still in a local funeral parlor, the 94IB said.
The two fatalities were among those who engaged the soldiers conducting a pursuit operation in the afternoon of March 26.
On March 25, the 94IB troops also clashed with the rebels twice in the same area that led them to seize the NPA hideout, where they recovered firearms, explosives, mobile phones, rice supply and suspected shabu, among others.
The anniversary of the NPA means nothing but lives lost and suffering due to its meaningless cause, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday
“Over the years, the NPA took pride in committing lawless activities such as extortion, destruction of civilian-owned properties, and undermining the government, all in the name of their so-called ideology,” Lorenzana said in a statement,
The NPA was established on March 29, 1969
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
In a statement, Brigadier General Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303rd Infantry Brigade, commended the 94IB troops for their successful encounters with the NPA rebels in Himamaylan City.
“We will not give them breathing space as they continuously refuse to heed our call to surrender, abandon the life of violence and embrace the path of peace,” he said./
https://www.panaynews.net/cops-brace-for-npa-offensives-as-reds-mark-anniv-today/
The New People’s Army (NPA) is celebrating its 53rd anniversary today.
“We expect offensives against our men and police stations. They are ready and alert,” said Police Brigadier General Flynn Dongbo, director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6).
The NPA is known to mark its anniversary by attacking government forces and installations.
“We issued directives to our lower units last week yet, especially in areas where there are rebels, to press on with the offensives and prepare themselves from possible attacks from the enemies,” Dongbo added.
The NPA that is the arm wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
On Saturday afternoon, two rebels were killed in an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
According to the progress report of the Himamaylan City police station, Barangay Carabalan councilman Rochie Sabanal identified the fatalities as Arnulfo Sabanal, 41, and Jayson Sabanal, 30, both residents of Purok Lunoy in Sitio Cunalom.
As of Monday, the remains of the two, who were believed to be siblings, were still in a local funeral parlor, the 94IB said.
The two fatalities were among those who engaged the soldiers conducting a pursuit operation in the afternoon of March 26.
On March 25, the 94IB troops also clashed with the rebels twice in the same area that led them to seize the NPA hideout, where they recovered firearms, explosives, mobile phones, rice supply and suspected shabu, among others.
The anniversary of the NPA means nothing but lives lost and suffering due to its meaningless cause, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday
“Over the years, the NPA took pride in committing lawless activities such as extortion, destruction of civilian-owned properties, and undermining the government, all in the name of their so-called ideology,” Lorenzana said in a statement,
The NPA was established on March 29, 1969
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
In a statement, Brigadier General Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303rd Infantry Brigade, commended the 94IB troops for their successful encounters with the NPA rebels in Himamaylan City.
“We will not give them breathing space as they continuously refuse to heed our call to surrender, abandon the life of violence and embrace the path of peace,” he said./
https://www.panaynews.net/cops-brace-for-npa-offensives-as-reds-mark-anniv-today/
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