Saturday, May 14, 2022

CPP/NPA-Sorsogon: Mga biktima ng tanim baril-granada ng AFP at PNP umabot na sa 12 sa Sorsogon

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 10, 2022): Mga biktima ng tanim baril-granada ng AFP at PNP umabot na sa 12 sa Sorsogon (Victims of the AFP and PNP planted grenades have reached 12 in Sorsogon)




Mga biktima ng tanim baril-granada ng AFP at PNP umabot na sa 12 sa Sorsogon

Samuel Guerrero
Spokesperson
NPA-Sorsogon (Celso Minguez Command)
Bicol Regional Operational Command (Romulo Jallores Command)
New People's Army

May 10, 2022

Mariin naming kinukundena ang serye ng pagtatanim ng baril at bomba/granada modus at ang pagbibintang na NPA o MB na ginagawa ng PNP at AFP laban sa mga sibilyan sa probinsya ng Sorsogon. Sinisira ng pakanang ito ang buhay ng mamamayang walang kalaban-laban.

Mula 2021 ay umabot na sa 24 na sibilyan ang walang pakundangang pinaratangang kasapi ng NPA o MB. Labindalawa rito ang tinamnan ng ebidensyang baril at granada/bomba at sinampahan ng gawa-gawang kaso (tingnan ang tala mula sa pahayag ng CMC noong Setyembre 23, 2021 para sa dagdag na impormasyon).

Nito lamang Mayo 4, bandang alas-7:00 ng umaga ay tinaniman ng bomba, inaresto at sinampahan ng gawa-gawang kasong illegal possession, manufacture, acquisition of firearms, and explosives at pinaratangang myembro ng milisyang bayan si Danilo Fombuena Hapa, 49, isang magsasaka at panapanahong nagtatrabaho bilang construction worker sa Sityo Parad, Brgy. Fabrica, Barcelona. Ang dumakip sa kanya ay mga elemento ng Barcelona PNP sa pangunguna nina PSSgt Michael Estavillo, PSSgt Erwin Estaras at kanilang intelligence asset na si Philip H. France. Kasama rin sa naturang operasyon ang mga tropa ng 31st IBPA Alpha Coy, 9th ID at 92nd SAC-SAF.

Pinalalabas ngayon na si Hapa ang #6 Municipal Most Wanted Person ng Barcelona PNP. Matagal na siyang pinag-iinitan at pinararatangang tagasuporta ng NPA. Kabilang sya sa mahigit kumulang na 50 residente ng Brgy. Fabrica na sapilitang “pinasurender” noong 2020 nang maglunsad ng RCSP ang 31st IBPA sa naturang barangay.

Ang modus ng AFP at PNP na pagtatanim ng pekeng ebidensya at walang batayang pagpaparatang sa mga sibilyan ay naglalayong gipitin at takutin ang mga mamamayang Sorsoganon upang hadlangan ang kanilang paglaban sa tiranikong pasistang paghahari ng rehimeng US-Duterte at ng mga alipores nito na sa pamumuno ng NTF-ELCAC. Bahagi rin ito ng kanilang kampanyang misimpormasyon upang palabasing humihina na ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa probinsya habang umaani ng “accomplishments” at kumikita ng pera ang hanay ng PNP sa pagdedeklarang kabilang sa mga “most wanted” ang kanilang mga nadadakip sa ilalim ng operasyong “Manhunt Charlie” ng PNP.

Mas maalwan para sa AFP at PNP na sirain ang buhay ng mga sibilyan gamit ang kanilang pekeng mga ebidensya kaysa kumprontahin ang kanilang tunay na kalaban, ang NPA. Hindi pinag-iiba ng PNP at AFP ang mga armadong pwersa at mga sibilyan sa kanilang walang habas na paglabag sa mga karapatan ng mamamayang Sorsoganon.

Nananawagan kami sa mga kagawad ng midya, sa Commission on Human Rights at mga organisasyong nagtataguyod sa karapatang tao na siyasatin ang mga kasong ito. Sa paglala ng pasismo at kawalang-pakundangan ng mga pwersa ng estado sa probinsya, higit na kailangan ng mga inaapi ang mapagdudulugan ng kanilang mga reklamo at magiging kakampi sa pagkakamit ng hustisya.

Hinahamon namin ang mga nanalo na mga kandidato na suportahan ang mga biktima. Pagkakataon ito para patunayan ang sinasabi ninyong intensyon na magsilbi sa interes ng mamamayan.

https://cpp.ph/statements/mga-biktima-ng-tanim-baril-granada-ng-afp-at-pnp-umabot-na-sa-12-sa-sorsogon/

CPP/CIO: Duterte and Marcos are stealing the elections

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 10, 2022): Duterte and Marcos are stealing the elections



This article is available in HiligaynonPilipinoBisaya

Duterte and Marcos are stealing the elections

Marco Valbuena
Chief Information Officer
Communist Party of the Philippines

May 10, 2022

The Marcoses and the Dutertes, in collusion with the tyrant’s henchmen in the Commission on Elections (Comelec), are robbing the 2022 elections right before the very eyes of the Filipino people. The stealing is being carried out brazenly by rigging the automated elections and the Comelec’s “unofficial quick count” fed to the media, to perpetuate the six-year Duterte tyranny and bring back the thieving Marcoses to power.

The almost nightly mass rallies of hundreds of thousands of people across the country and the widespread outpouring of support both from the middle classes and toiling masses during the past several months are proof that the Robredo-Pangilinan opposition tandem are the real winners of the vote.

Thus, a great number of people are justified in their outrage against the Comelec over the thousands of malfunctioned vote counting machines. The bigger steal, however, was carried out by the Duterte-appointed Comelec preprogramming of the Smartmatic vote counting machines that shaved and padded votes in Marcos’ favor. This was combined with massive vote-buying, preshading of ballots, as well as armed coercion, harassment and red-tagging especially in the rural areas.

With absolute control over the electoral system, Duterte is stealing the 2022 elections with the same ease as he stole the 2019 elections. As we have pointed out earlier, the May 2022 elections are stacked up for Marcos with the system of “automated counting” under the control of Duterte, his Comelec appointees and their Smartmatic programmers.

The results have been preprogrammed to make it appear that Marcos won by a “wide margin” and make his “victory” appear “beyond question.” The rapid release of “unofficial” results was meant to overwhelm and paralyze the people with awe, and preempt election protests and street protest actions.

Duterte and the Comelec, however, are overweaving the illusion of a Marcos “landslide victory” over opposition leader Leni Robredo. It has left the people incredulous. Statisticians looking into the results released by the Comelec’s “transparent” server are seeing the machine-pattern of vote count increments and distribution of votes, which they believe to be inconsistent with mathematical laws.

Marcos’ preprogrammed “victory” grossly obscures the fact that the Filipino people are disenchanted with tyranny and dictatorship, and have had enough of the oppressive policies and repression under the Duterte regime which Marcos Jr. promotes and praises. The broad masses of workers and peasants, the unemployed masses, the rank-and-file employees and small professionals, who have been at the frontlines of the anti-tyranny movement, are all fed up with corruption, military and police overspending, extrajudicial killings, abductions, torture, unlawful arrests, red-tagging and terrorist-labelling, national treachery, unmitigated government borrowing, increasingly burdensome taxes, low wages and unemployment, rising prices and economic crisis due to neoliberal policies.

Because the right to count the vote has been taken away by the automated elections, the people, opposition political parties and the media have no way of independently verifying or challenging the results of the elections. Many, especially among the pettybourgeoisie (middle classes), are dismayed by the outcome of the Comelec’s “quick count.” They tend to lay the blame on “the masses” for “voting a thief.” They harbored the illusion of a “fair elections” under Duterte’s tyranny. They discount the basic fact that the elections were stolen, and that in the final analysis, the people’s votes did not matter. They must be encouraged to break out of their individual shells, get organized, unite with the broader movement of workers and peasants and help wage widespread mass resistance.

Even as the broad democratic sectors question the results of the elections, they need to come together to express the people’s collective disgust over the prospect of Marcos’ return to power through deceit and disinformation. They must denounce Duterte and the Comelec and work to frustrate their attempts to usher Marcos back to power.

Through the years, the ruling reactionary system has allowed the political and financial rehabilitation of the Marcoses. For several decades now, and especially during the past several years, historical facts were distorted and people fed with false information which not only pervaded social media, but promoted as well in textbooks which poison the minds of schoolchildren about the “golden days” of the Marcos dictatorship. Imelda and the Marcos family have evaded punishment despite conviction over a number of cases of corruption and human rights violations. The tyrant Duterte, himself, has been a key peddler of the Marcos lie.

The battle to stop the return of the Marcoses to power has not yet ended. Knowing who really won the May 9 elections, the people must be aroused, organized and mobilized to expose and fight election rigging and prevent the cheaters from seizing power.

The broad democratic sectors have to gather all their strength and courage to unite and mobilize the greatest number of people in marches and demonstrations to block the Marcos’ path back to Malacañang. They must remain indefatigable and militantly pursue their quest to make the Marcoses and the Dutertes pay for years of plunder and oppression.

The Marcos-Duterte stealing of the elections clearly show the further deterioration of the rotten ruling system. Thus, people are being drawn to join the revolution. Since last night, we have received reports how many young people are asking how to join the revolutionary underground and the New People’s Army. Conditions for wider civil war are arising in the country. The Party is determined to unite and lead the Filipino people in their struggle for democracy against tyranny and dictatorship, and carry forward the national democratic revolution with utmost resolve.

https://cpp.ph/statements/duterte-and-marcos-are-stealing-the-elections/

CPP/NDF-Negros Island: Transform people’s outrage over Marcos-Duterte election steal into revolutionary resistance

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 11, 2022): Transform people’s outrage over Marcos-Duterte election steal into revolutionary resistance



Transform people’s outrage over Marcos-Duterte election steal into revolutionary resistance

Bayani Obrero
Spokesperson
NDF-Negros Island
National Democratic Front of the Philippines

May 11, 2022

The recent elections go down in history as one of the most fraudulent ever held. It is being rigged at the highest level with the outgoing tyrant Duterte at the helm.

Wielding absolute control of the automated electoral system through a cabal of appointed top Comelec officials, Duterte is stealing the 2022 elections to ensure the imminent “landslide victory” of Marcos Jr. and his daughter.

With the devious “unofficial quick count” setting the stage and conditioning the public for the eventual Marcos Jr.- Sara Duterte win, it’s only a matter of time that the they will be proclaimed as the new highest leaders of the Philippine neocolonial state in grand contravention to the real will of the people.

The people are seething in anger fully aware that the Leni Robredo-Kiko Pangilinan opposition tandem are the real winners of the vote. Rightfully, they are protesting about malfunctioning and missing vote counting machines, massive vote buying, pre-shading of ballots, widespread threat and intimidation, red-tagging especially in the countryside.

Thousands of famers and local voters in Mabinay, Negros Oriental staged a protest a day after the elections demanding that the Comelec to investigate the numerous incidents of barefaced cheating.

But the much bigger rob is the preprogramming of VCMs by the Duterte-controlled Comelec to shave and pad votes in favor of Marcos Jr. It can be cleaned from “quick count” figures an almost uniform increment votes for Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte indicative of preprogrammed machine pattern.

Despite of this, the people of Negros Occidental managed to deliver a victory for Robredo and Duterte’s bet for governor in Negros Oriental lost by sizeable margin. Several local candidates who are openly or discreetly supportive of Robredo won in an upset against much more entrenched political families allied with Duterte.

The people did not elect the son of a dictator contrary to the common narrative circulating in the media and social media platforms, but the preprogrammed machines of Duterte’s Comelec. The fight to stop the Marcoses from returning to power and the perpetuation of the Duterte dynasty has not ended with the rigging of election results knowing who the real winners are.

Mammoth mass actions, street demonstrations and other form of protests must be mounted. We call on Negrosanon whose votes has been stolen to rise up and get organized and prevent the cheaters from taking power.

While the various revolutionary underground organization must draw more people to the revolution and the NPA must intensify tactical offensives to weaken the Duterte regime and defend the people from its fascist onslaught.

We must prepare for hard battles ahead of us and gather all our strength and courage to unite and mobilize greater number of Negrosanons to block the path of Marcos Jr back to Malacañang.

We must remain indefatigable and resolute in advancing the struggle against tyranny and dictatorship and carry forward the people’s democratic revolution to greater heights. ###

https://cpp.ph/statements/transform-peoples-outrage-over-marcos-duterte-election-steal-into-revolutionary-resistance/

CPP/NDF-CPDF: Electoral fraud again proves superiority of armed revolution//Reject another Marcos tyranny!

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 12, 2022): Electoral fraud again proves superiority of armed revolution//Reject another Marcos tyranny!
  


Electoral fraud again proves superiority of armed revolution//Reject another Marcos tyranny!

Cordillera People's Democratic Front
National Democratic Front of the Philippines

May 12, 2022

The Filipino people are angry and rightly so. The Commission on Elections, representative of the current political system, has failed them once again by facilitating a possible return of the Marcos family into the highest position in the land. Though not totally surprising, it is a betrayal so great and blatant that the people are prepared to take more radical actions to ensure that this will not proceed.

The Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF) thus pledges to unite with the rest of the Filipino nation in preventing another regime of Marcos brand of greed, tyranny and fascism. The right to elect leaders is of utmost importance for the people in a democratic society, even in a country where the democratic forces of peasants and workers are constantly undermined. The CPDF supports the people’s call for electoral integrity, albeit in a process already historically steeped in inequality, fraud and violence. The Comelec must be held accountable and the electoral results should reflect the genuine will of the people.

A Marcos win will not stop at six years and the Filipino people must do everything to completely disable them from seeking power once again. Cordillera is both witness and victim to the greed and brutality of the Marcos family. It was during the senior Marcos’ dictatorial rule when the Chico River was targeted to become a megadam to serve the rapacity of Ferdie, Meldy, their progenies and their cronies. Also, during his term, Cellophil Resources Corporation almost denuded 200,000 hectares of mostly Tingguian territory. In the process of defending ancestral lands, Macliing Dulag and many other defenders of indigenous and peasant rights were killed by state forces. The Kaigorotan remembers.

Electoral fraud and the Comelec’s refusal to concretely address the issues sharpens the difference between reform and revolution. Any change controlled by the ruling class, such as electoral ones, will certainly fall short of the people’s expectations and needs. If anything, the elite and powerful uses this season for their own power-shuffling and position-shifting. Meanwhile, it becomes ever clearer that armed revolution is the only way towards genuine societal changes. The Filipino people should take courage in the fact that despite disenfranchisement, violence and deception miring the elections, there is always an armed revolution in the countryside. Here, democracy is exercised not every three years, but in every day of waging a war for the sake of the oppressed and exploited masses. ###

Fight for genuine democracy! Reject a Marcos-Duterte administration!
Kaigorotan, makikaykaysa iti intero nga umili a Pilipino! Labanan ti panagsubli dagiti Marcos!
Advance the people’s war! Join the New People’s Army!

https://cpp.ph/statements/reject-another-marcos-tyranny/

CPP/NDF-MAKIBAKA: Kabulukan ng reaksyunaryong eleksyon, ilantad! Rebolusyon ang solusyon! Kababaihan, sumapi sa Makibaka at sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan!

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 12, 2022): Kabulukan ng reaksyunaryong eleksyon, ilantad! Rebolusyon ang solusyon! Kababaihan, sumapi sa Makibaka at sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan! (Corruption of reactionary elections, exposed! Revolution is the solution! Women, join Makibaka and the New People's Army!)




Kabulukan ng reaksyunaryong eleksyon, ilantad! Rebolusyon ang solusyon! Kababaihan, sumapi sa Makibaka at sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan!

Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (Makibaka)
National Democratic Front of the Philippines

May 12, 2022

Napatunayan sa katatapos na reaksyunaryong eleksyon kung paanong ninakawan ng boto ang mamamayang Pilipino. Ang kanilang boto, na para sa masang anakpawis ay kapangyarihan nila para baguhin ang kinasasadlakang kahirapan.

Bukod sa automatic dayaan ng smartmatic , pre-programmed na rin ang buong paghahanda sa eleksyon. Mula sa mga Comelec appointees ni Duterte, sa malaganap na pagpapakalat ng disimpormasyon sa social media, pangongondisyon sa masa sa pamamagitan ng false survey at iba pang kasinungalingan, kontratang nakuha ng kroni ni Duterte na may kinalaman sa halalan, hanggang sa mga iregularidad sa aktwal na halalan. Lahat ng mga pakanang ito ay para sa pagtitiyak ng pangkating MAD na maibalik sa Malakanyang ang mga Marcos at pagtutuloy ng paghahari ng mga Duterte.

Hindi kailanman magiging demokratiko ang halalan sa isang mala-kolonyal at malapyudal na lipunan. Hangga’t may kontrol ang imperyalismong US at Tsina, hangga’t namamayagpag ang mga panginoong maylupa sa kanayunan, at hanggang ang mga burukrata kapitalista ay naghahari sa estado, hindi nila hahahayang makamit ng mamamayan ang pagbabago na kakalinga sa mamamayan.

Taliwas dito, pinakita ng masa, sa nagdaang ilang buwan ang kanyang lakas at kapangyarihan. Pinatunayan ng sama-samang pagkilos ang kakayahan ng masa na magpayanig sa kasalukuyang naghahari. At ang lakas na ito ay kayang magpatumba ng ilan pang rehimen. Ang lakas na ito ay kayang dalhin ang rebolusyon sa kanyang ganap na tagumpay.

Mga kabaro, tumanaw tayo lagpas pa sa halalan! Lumubog sa masa. Magmulat, mag-organisa, magmobilisa!

Sa kabulukan ng reaksyunaryong eleksyon, walang ibang landas ang dapat tunguhin kundi ang pagsusulong ng Demokratikong Rebolusyong Bayan! Sa pagtatagumpay lang ng rebolusyon, makakamit ang tunay na pagbabago. Sa pagtatag ng lipunang sosyalista lamang makakamit ang tunay na demokrasya.

https://cpp.ph/statements/kabulukan-ng-reaksyunaryong-eleksyon-ilantad-rebolusyon-ang-solusyon-kababaihan-sumapi-sa-makibaka-at-sa-bagong-hukbong-bayan/

CPP/NPA-Sorsogon: Pagpupugay kila Ka Arking at Ka Bitri, mga magigiting na anak ng bayan!

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 13, 2022): Pagpupugay kila Ka Arking at Ka Bitri, mga magigiting na anak ng bayan! (Salutations to Ka Arking and Ka Bitri, the brave sons of the nation!)



Pagpupugay kila Ka Arking at Ka Bitri, mga magigiting na anak ng bayan!

Samuel Guerrero
Spokesperson
NPA-Sorsogon (Celso Minguez Command)
Bicol Regional Operational Command (Romulo Jallores Command)
New People's Army

May 13, 2022

Pinakamataas na pagpupugay ang ginagawad ng Celso Minguez Command at buong rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa Sorsogon kila Ka Arking at Ka Bitri na nag-alay ng kanilang talino, talento, husay at puso para sa sambayanan. Nasawi sa labanan si Ka Arking nitong Marso 10, 2022, sa edad na 30 at si Ka Bitri nitong Abril 13, 2022.

Si Erwin “Ka Arking” Broñola ay nagmula sa pamilya ng maralitang magsasaka sa Brgy Bato, Bacon District, Sorsogon City. Tulad ng tipikal na kabataan mula sa kanayunan ay lumaki siya sa kahirapan. Maagang naghiwalay ang kaniyang mga magulang kaya silang magkakapatid ay mag-isang itinaguyod ng kanilang ina. Dahil sa kawalan ng trabaho sa Pilipinas ay naobligang mangibang-bansa ang kaniyang ina. Hindi na nakapagtapos ng hayskul si Ka Arking. Agad siyang nasabak sa pagtatrabaho sa Kamaynilaan bilang construction worker at pintor upang makatulong sa kanyang pamilya. Pag-uwi niya sa Sorsogon noong 2016, sumapi sya sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan.

Matalino, masipag, magiliw, makulit, madaldal at maalaga sa mga kasama at masa. Ito ang mga katangian ni Ka Arking na tumatak sa mga kasama at masang kanyang nakadaupang-palad.

Hindi mahiyain si Ka Arking. Madali siyang makihalubilo at makipagpalagayan ng loob sa mga kasama at masa dahil sa pagiging mabait at madaldal. Bilang may mga kapatid na babae at may piniling kasarian, hindi siya nakahon sa dikta ng lipunan kung ano ang dapat na kilos ng isang lalake. Malambing siya at maalaga sa mga kasama. Di siya nahihiya na sabihing pink ang kanyang paboritong kulay, na mahilig siya sa mga sticker na makintab at may mga bulaklak.

Gusto niya matutunan lahat ng gawain sa loob ng kilusan. Mapangahas at malakas ang kanyang loob- mula sa gawaing militar, gawaing edukasyon at gawaing pangkultura ay magiliw niyang ginampanan. Sabi nga niya dati, ang paborito niyang gawain ay gawaing militar at gawaing kultura. Wala siyang inaatrasang pangkulturang pagtatanghal, mag-rap man o magsayaw. Lagi siyang may nakahandang piyesa para itanghal sa harap ng mga kasama at masa.

Magmula sa pagiging supply officer ng iskwad ay umunlad siya hanggang sa maging vice platoon leader. Nang idestino siya sa ibang probinsya noong 2017, walang pag-aatubili niyang tinanggap ang atas.

Puno ng buhay at kasabikan sa gawaing hukbo si Ka Bitri. Nagmula siya sa pamilya ng maralitang magsasaka sa Brgy. Gabao, Irosin, Sorsogon. Bilang tenante na naka asa sa pag ko-kopras, ay agad niyang nakita ang pang-aapi at kawalan ng hustisya sa lipunan kaya’t naging madali para sa kanya na yakapin ang paliwanag ng mga kasama hinggil sa ugat ng kahirapan at sa rebolusyon bilang sagot dito. Taong 2018 ay nagdesisyon siyang sumampa sa BHB. Pagkalipas ng ilang buwan ay inatasan siyang tumulong sa pag-oorganisa sa ibang probinsya at agad naman siyang tumalima. Ang biro noon ng mga kasama ay baka agad din siyang babalik sa Sorsogon dahil sa lungkot na mawalay sa kanyang pamilya, ngunit nagmantini siya at lalo pang nagpakahusay bilang isang kasama.

Mabait, palabiro, mapangahas, matalino at malikhain si Ka Bitri. Bukas siya na gampanan lahat ng gawain bilang isang kasama, mula sa paghahakot ng suplay, pagkukusina, pagbibigay ng pag-aaral, gawaing militar at gawaing pangkultura. Dahil mapangahas at malakas ang kanyang loob, ay naging madali para sa kanya na matuklasan ang mga talento at kasanayan na meron pala siya- mahusay pala siyang sumayaw, mag rap, mag-emcee sa mga programa, magpropaganda, mag-organisa ng mga aktibidad at gumawa ng mga handikrap. Sabi nga ni Ka Bitri ay sa kilusan niya lang nalaman na may talento siya at marami pala siyang pwedeng gawin.

Taglay nina Ka Arking at Ka Bitri ang diwang mapanlaban at mapangahas na taglay ng mga kabataan. Di nila inalintana ang lungkot na malayo sa kanilang mga pamilya upang tumugon sa panawagan na mag-ambag ng lakas sa ibang probinsya. Maaga man silang nag-alay ng buhay ay habang buhay nang nakaukit ang kanilang ala-ala at diwa sa lahat ng masa at kasama na magpapatuloy sa kanilang tinahak na pakikibaka.

Taas-kamaong pagpupugay sa inyo Ka Arking at Ka Bitri!

https://cpp.ph/statements/pagpupugay-kila-ka-arking-at-ka-bitri-mga-magigiting-na-anak-ng-bayan/

CPP: Reject and resist the Marcos II illegitimate regime

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 14, 2022): Reject and resist the Marcos II illegitimate regime
 

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Reject and resist the Marcos II illegitimate regime

Communist Party of the Philippines
May 13, 2022

In one of the most brazen power grab in recent Philippine history, the Marcos-Duterte clique stole the May 9 national elections by rigging the Comelec’s automated election system, vote-buying, armed coercion, systematic disinformation, mind manipulation, political deceit and historical distortion.

The campaign was run by big-ticket PR firms running media campaigns and social media troll farms, funded by Marcos’ ill-gotten wealth and Duterte’s state funds, and financial contributions from big business tycoons, big landlords, political dynasties and warlords. Under the pretext of counterinsurgency, military and police units were used to actively campaign for Marcos and Duterte.

The dictator’s son, Ferdinand Jr., is set to assume the presidency, while the tyrant’s daughter, Sara Duterte, is set to become vice-president. In the eyes of the Filipino people, the incoming Marcos-Duterte regime is an illegitimate regime established on the foundations of electoral fraud and deceit.

The Filipino people anticipate that, like his tyrant father, Marcos Junior will establish a despotic and corrupt regime that will be at the behest of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism, and which will cause gross suffering on the broad masses of the people. He is set to become chief of the neo-colonial state under US imperialism and oversee the further aggravation of the semicolonial and semifeudal system.

The Marcos-Duterte clique represents the worst of the tyrants, fascists and corrupt bureaucrat capitalists of the ruling reactionary classes. Marcos Junior is an unrepentant beneficiary and defender of the 14-year Marcos fascist dictatorship (1972-1986). He combines with Sara Duterte, a power-hungry authoritarian who ruled Davao City with military and police power.

To pave its way back to Malacañang, the Marcoses used its billions of pesos of illegally acquired wealth to capture local political power in Ilocos Norte and Leyte, run and win seats in the reactionary congress, and reestablish and cultivate political loyalties and financial ties with the big bourgeois compradors and foreign banks. Their steady return to power was allowed by successive reactionary regimes since 1988 under the advice of their US imperialist masters with the aim of ironing out factional conflicts.

The Marcoses used their renewed political clout to carry out a widespread campaign of disinformation to distort or delete historical records. Over the years, they sought to whitewash the crimes of plunder and corruption, and gross violations of human rights perpetrated during the Marcos dictatorship. The Marcos’ scheme to return to Malacañang was boosted over the past six years under Duterte who authorized the hero’s burial for Marcos, repeatedly praised his dictatorial rule, claimed that the Marcoses have no ill-gotten wealth, and finally connived to rig the elections.

The results of the elections were manipulated to make it appear that Marcos won a “landslide” victory in order to overshadow the fact that millions across the country joined mass demonstrations to reject the Marcoses and support the political opposition. It aims to give his regime a veneer of “legitimacy.” In classic Hitlerite fashion, the lie of the Marcos “landslide victory” was deliberately made so colossal to make people think it could not be such a gross distortion of the truth.

With the aim of preserving the stability of the ruling system, majority of the reactionaries, their political parties, the US imperialists, the military and police, and big bourgeois compradors have now all turned a blind eye to the systematic election steal and gave their recognition to a Marcos II presidency. They all wish to stabilize the ruling system, and have the interests of the ruling classes protected and promoted under Marcos.

A Marcos II regime promises to be a continuation of the past six years of tyrannical rule, state terrorism and puppetry to foreign imperialist powers, and a return to the Marcosian-levels of corruption and plunder, 50 years since Marcos Senior declared martial law and established one-man rule in 1972. Its emergence through deceit and fraud is a clear indication of how the moribund ruling semicolonial and semifeudal system is rotten to the core and dominated by the vilest of the reactionaries.
Prospects under Marcos II

Marcos Junior is the greatest apologist of his father’s one-man dictatorship and their family’s corruption. He is expected to be no less a tyrant and thief. He and his family belong to the top-ranks of the bureaucrat capitalists who have accumulated scandalous amounts of wealth by serving as agents of the imperialists, and the ruling classes of big bourgeois compradors and big landlords.

For the Filipino people, the impending six years of Marcos rule is set to become a period marked by rapid socioeconomic deterioration, intense hardship and oppression, and heightened political repression. They have no other recourse but to defend their democratic rights and interests through all forms of struggle.

The looming menace of six years under Marcos Junior compels the Filipino people and their democratic, progressive and patriotic forces to strengthen and multiply their ranks. It is also generating conditions for strengthening the revolutionary armed struggle as the people, especially the youth, are being roused in numbers to join the New People’s Army.

1. Once Marcos Junior assumes power, the Filipino people will completely lose their money which the Marcoses pocketed during their 14-year reign. As president, Marcos Junior will have all the means to have the properties and monies claimed by the Marcoses released from sequestration, to put an end to the government policy of recovering the ill-gotten wealth, order the abolition of the Presidential Commission on Good Government or simply make it ineffectual.

2. A Marcos presidency will effectively render moot and academic all the 40 civil cases related to their illegally-acquired wealth that is estimated to be at least $10 billion, only less than half of which has been seized and returned to the government. Marcos Junior, himself, has been convicted at least twice for failure to pay taxes, and is facing demands to pay ₱203 billion in taxes.

• He is also facing contempt charges in the US over his refusal to cooperate with the Hawaii court which in 1995 ordered the Marcoses to pay $2 billion to victims of human rights. His mother, Imelda, was convicted in at least seven criminal cases of graft carrying 11 years each, and who has so far evaded imprisonment. She will likely live the rest of her life never ever stepping foot in jail.

3. Marcos wants the next generation of Filipinos to grow up with zero knowledge of the unprecedented scale of corruption, plunder and abuses perpetrated during the 14-year Marcos dictatorship, and make them believe in the mythical “golden age” under martial law. Marcos can mobilize the vast resources of government to completely purge schoolbooks of any traces of the truth about martial law, and heighten further the revision, distortion or deletion of historical records. He can even order the government to acquire the area where the Bantayog ng mga Bayani stands and use it for some sort of government infrastructure project.

4. Marcos has declared plans to continue Duterte’s Build Build Build program which has served as one of the biggest milking cows of corrupt government officials and primary reason for the doubling of the country’s indebtedness under Duterte. There is superfluous construction of bridges and roads, as well as land reclamation. Marcos has established ties with Chinese officials and financial institutions and will most likely push the implementation of the Kaliwa Dam, the Gened Dam, the Chico River dam project and other infrastructure projects that are being opposed by people because of the detrimental effects on the environment, the people’s livelihood and land rights.

5. In the mold of his dictator father, and with the template set by Duterte, Marcos Junior is set to establish authoritarian rule that is intolerant of dissent and criticism. He will wield the draconian Anti-Terrorism Law against anyone who dares rise up and oppose his regime. As his father used the communist bogey to justify the declaration of martial law in 1972, policy of red-tagging and terrorist-labelling will likely further intensify under Marcos Junior.

• To consolidate the support of the military, Marcos plans to continue the National Task Force-Elcac or establish some other similar agency. Under the sway of military generals who have been pocketing billions from weapons purchase contracts with the US, it is likely that Marcos will continue to carry out the militarist and fake localized peace talks, aerial bombing campaign and brutal counterinsurgency war as central state policy. The chances of Marcos engaging in serious peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front is nil or close to nil.

• The political opposition has been decimated. The Senate and Congress is now filled with Marcos and Duterte allies and, as before, are likely to serve as rubberstamp to Marcos authoritarian rule.

• There will be less freedom of information and of the press as Marcos has displayed lack of interest in answering critical questions from journalists. Instead of the truth, Marcos will continue to feed the people with fake news and false images as part of stage-managing his rule, in the same way that his mother Imelda used government money to build edifices and walls to hide the gross ills of society and the ugly secrets of the Marcoses.

6. The Marcoses return to power is set to further intensify the contradictions between rival factions of the ruling classes. Marcos will take full advantage of his six-year term to demand a percentage of the profits or take over control of the operations of the big bourgeois compradors, either through threats of legal or extralegal action, such as what Duterte did to the Lopezes and other big business interests.

• While the Marcoses and Dutertes project themselves as allies, they are also, in fact, bitter rivals due to their mutual thievery, treachery and distrust. While the Marcoses owe Duterte for giving Marcos Senior a hero’s burial, they also resent the fact that Duterte refused to lend a hand in his six-year electoral protest over his 2016 loss in the vice presidential race. On the other hand, Duterte is disgruntled over how Marcos Junior and Gloria Arroyo preempted his daughter Sara from running as president and refused to accept offers of “power sharing.” While Marcos sits on the throne, he is also keenly aware how Duterte is fully capable of stabbing him in the back.

• To preserve their alliance, Marcos will likely prevent the investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into charges of crimes against humanity filed against Duterte.

7. Marcos is set to further bury the country deeper in debt in the face of growing fiscal deficit as a result of rampant government corruption, military and police overspending, overpriced infrastructure projects, and corporate tax cuts. To pay for the gargantuan debt, Marcos is set to continue pursuing the policies “recommended” by the International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions to “expand the tax base” which means imposing more and more taxes on the people. He is set on continuing the now decades-long policies of import and investment liberalization, low wages, land-use conversion, cuts in social spending (education and health), and other neoliberal measures which have pulled the country from one crisis to another.

8. In exchange for the support given him by big business tycoons, Marcos Junior will continue with the policy of wage repression and the suppression of unions and workers associations. The Filipino working class will suffer even greater exploitation and hardships amid rising prices, low wages, unfair working conditions and loss of income.

9. In exchange for the support given him by big landlords, Marcos Junior will continue to suppress demands for genuine land reform and ignore the plight of the peasant masses and minority people who have been suffering from land grabbing and forced dislocations.

10. Marcos Junior is set to continue Duterte’s policy of dual puppetry or double subservience to the US and China. On the one hand, in exchange for Chinese loans and bribe money, he will likely not challenge China’s military aggression and intrusion into Philippine waters, nor demand China to recognize Philippine sovereignty over its exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf as defined under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) and the decision of the International Arbitral Tribunal. Like Duterte, Marcos has surrendered this claim on the basis that China does not recognize the UNCLOS nor the decision of the IAT.

• On the other hand, to consolidate the support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Marcos will continue to carry out US-IMF-WB economic neoliberal policy dictates (which also benefit Chinese big monopoly companies). He will also continue to uphold the Mutual Defense Treaty, the Visiting Forces Agreement, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and other unequal military agreements with the US, which together with the Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines, allow the US military to use the country as a large military base for prepositioning troops and weapons.

• Marcos’ policy of dual puppetry will likely serve to turn the country into a magnet that will pull it into the middle of an increasingly probable armed conflict between the US and China.
Tasks under the Marcos II regime

The Marcos-Duterte power grab through deceit, fraud and automated stealing of the May 9 elections are stirring the Filipino people to rise up and defend their democratic rights and welfare through all forms of struggle. The Party calls on the Filipino people and their revolutionary forces to carry out the following general tasks.

Wage a broad democratic resistance against the illegitimate regime of Marcos Junior that was established on the basis of systematic fraud and violence. Build the anti-Marcos and anti-Duterte broad united front of all democratic forces. Mount an international campaign to expose the Marcos II government as an illegitimate regime.

Resist all policies of the Marcos II regime that promote authoritarianism, state terrorism, corruption and puppetry. Resist all policies that impinge on the people’s basic democratic rights, including the right to organize, peaceably assemble, press freedom, academic freedom and so on.

Campaign against disinformation and attempts to reverse the people’s historical judgement against the Marcos dictatorship. Wage an educational campaign and cultural revolution to help the people, especially the youth, recall and never forget the crimes perpetrated against the Filipino people by the 14-year US-Marcos dictatorship, and how the people courageously and militantly resisted through all forms of struggle.

Carry forward the fight for justice for all the victims of human rights abuses under the Duterte regime. Support the push for the investigation and prosecution of Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court, and the demand that he be punished for the innumerable cases of extrajudicial killings, abductions and torture perpetrated by police and military forces in the course of the sham war on drugs, as well as in the brutal counterinsurgency war in the countryside.

Fight to end the militarized state and push for the dismantling of the NTF-Elcac. Demand the removal of all former military officers in the bureaucracy.

Strengthen the local and international campaign to end the US-sponsored aerial bombing campaign, military presence in communities, “surrender” drive and other tactics that systematically target civilians.

Build and strengthen workers unions and all other forms of democratic mass organizations in schools, offices, workplaces, in urban and rural communities, in order to collectively push for their democratic rights and welfare.

Arouse, organize and mobilize the broad masses to raise the demand for wage increases, better working conditions, an end to contractualization and other forms of flexible labor, genuine land reform, increased state spending for public health and education, an end to all-out import liberalization and smuggling of agricultural goods, respect for the ancestral land and the right to self-determination of national minorities, an end to aggressive entry of mining operations and expansion of plantations, and so on.

Fight to defend the country’s national sovereignty against US and Chinese intervention. Demand an end to Chinese intrusions into Philippine maritime territories. Demand the pull-out of all American military forces and advisers, the dismantling of US military facilities, and the removal of all US prepositioned military weapons across the country.

Conditions have become exceedingly favorable for the further intensification of the people’s democratic revolution through protracted people’s war. In this civil war, the enemy wants to crush the people’s armed resistance against fascist oppression. The people and the revolutionary forces have no choice but to do their best to defeat and destroy the armed counterrevolution.

Party cadres and all revolutionary forces must persevere and untiringly strengthen the Party, the New People’s Army and all other revolutionary mass organizations in order to advance the struggle for the national and social liberation of the people.

https://cpp.ph/statements/reject-and-resist-the-marcos-ii-illegitimate-regime/

Kalinaw News: Anim napu’t anim (66) na Dating Rebelde nakatanggap ng mahigit na P5. 1 Milyong Cash Assistance galing sa E-Clip

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 14, 2022): Anim napu’t anim (66) na Dating Rebelde nakatanggap ng mahigit na P5. 1 Milyong Cash Assistance galing sa E-Clip



Mati City, Davao Oriental – Nakatanggap ng E-CLIP Cash Assistance at Firearms Renumeration ang 66 na dating rebeldeng New People’s Army (NPA) bilang parte ng kanilang pangkabuhayan na ginanap sa Happy Home, (Half Way House), sa Brgy Don Martin Marundan, Mati City, Davao Oriental ngayong araw Mayo 12, 2022.

Anim Naput Anim (66) na mga dating rebelde na sumuko sa taong 2021 sa lalawigan ng Davao Oriental ay nabigyan ng kabuoang PhP 5, 184, 456.00 para sa kanilang E-CLIP Financial Assistance as seed money sa pagbabagong buhay at sa mga sinuko nilang mga armas o firearms remuneration.

Nagpasalamat ang mga dating rebelde sa tulong na ibinigay ng gobyerno para sa kanila. Malaking bagay ito upang makapundar sila ng hanapbuhay para sa kanilang mga pamilya. Dagdag pa nila, hindi totoo yung sinabi ng mga leader na papatayin sila pag sumurrender. Bagkos inalagaan at binigyan pa sila ng pangkabuhayan.

Pinangungunahan nila Davao Oriental, Probinsyal Director ng DILG na si Orle Cabaobao, BGEN OLIVER C MAQUILING PA, Bde Commander ng 701st Infantry “Kagitingan” Brigade, LTC JULIUS M MUNAR,Commander ng 66IB, MAJ JERRY S LAMOSAO, Executive Officer ng 67IB, Ms Sarah Gudes ang PSWD Head ng Davao Oriental, at Ms Marlyn Casibua ang Happy Home Administrator. Kasama din sa pagsaksi sa aktibidad ay si Emmalyn Oliveros ang dating Happy Home Administrator.

Sa pahayag ni PD Cabaobao, sinabi nya na “nais kong matamasa ninyo ang tulong at programa ng gobyerno lalo na dito sa Davao Oriental. Gamitin ninyo ito ng maayos para umunlad ang buhay ninyo kasama ang mga mahal ninyo.Inaasahan namin na sa pamamagitan nito maging kontributor kayo sa kapayapaan at kaunlaran ng ating inang bayan.”

Samantala sa pahayag ni BGEN OLIVER C MAQUILING, pinapabatid nya na sa pamamagitan ng pagbahagi ng mahigit Limang Milyong piso para sa mga nagbalik loob, seryoso ang gobyerno sa programa nito para sa mga mamamayan. Nanghikayat pa sya at sinabing,
“nananawagan ako sa mga natitirang pang mga rebeldeng NPA na sumuko na sila at tanggapin ang mga programa ng gobyerno upang makapamuhay ng mapayapa at magkaroon ng magandang kinabukasan”, dagdag pa ni BGEN MAQUILING.



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Kalinaw News: NPA squad leader captured by Government forces yields 6 firearms and war materiel

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 14, 2022): NPA squad leader captured by Government forces yields 6 firearms and war materiel



MAWAB, Davao De Oro – Joint Intelligence Operations composed of troops from the 10th Infantry “Agila” Division and Philippine National Police recovered six (6) firearms along with an anti-personnel mine following the capture of a New People’s Army Squad Leader in Brgy. Simulao, Boston, Davao Oriental on May 12, 2022.

The capture of Cayetano Santos Jr alias “Juning”, squad leader under Regional Operations Command and Regional Headquarters (ROC/RHQ) of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) yielded one (1) Carbine Rifle, one (1) M1 Garand Rifle, one (1) USAS-12 Shotgun, one (1) RPG-2 Grenade Launcher, one (1) KG-9 Sub-Machine Gun, one (1) M16 Rifle, and (1) Anti-Personnel mine.

Alias “Juning” went on lie-low status due to his knee condition making him unable to walk long distances. Thus, he left the armed group at Brgy. Badiangon, Arakan, North, Cotabato in 2018 but did not surrender to the government forces.

The special intelligence operation was the result of combined efforts of the 67th Infantry Battalion, 104th Military Intelligence Company, Davao Oriental Police Provincial Office, and the 115th Special Action Company of the PNP Special Action Force under the supervision of the 701st Infantry Brigade.

10th Infantry “Agila” Division Commander, MGen Nolasco A Mempin commended the troops for its successful conduct of the joint intelligence operation. He said, “To those NPA members who went on lie-low and didn’t surrender, you cannot forever stay in your hideout. Surrender now while you still have a chance, don’t wait for the government forces to catch you.”



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Kalinaw News: AFP-NPA clash kills 2 communist leaders, yields 4 firearms in ZamboNorte

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 12, 2022): AFP-NPA clash kills 2 communist leaders, yields 4 firearms in ZamboNorte



IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay – The Army’s 102nd Infantry Brigade (102Bde) clashed with the communist terrorist group killing two communist leaders in Barangay Midatag, Leon B. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte, today.

At around 3:40 in the afternoon, the combined forces of the 102Bde encountered the regional leadership and the remnants of defunct guerilla fronts of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC).

“This is a result of the pursuit operations launched following the encounter with the same group in Barangay Tinuyop of the same municipality last May 9 during the National and Local Election,” said Brig. Gen. Leonel Nicolas, the Commander of the 102Bde who has operational jurisdiction in Zamboanga del Norte.

The 30-minute firefight resulted in the neutralization of Loreto Dagpin alias Elyong, former Commanding Officer of the defunct Main Regional Guerilla Unit, and Rolando Maglasang alias Mobin, former Commanding Officer of the defunct Guerilla Front-BBC. Both are members of the Executive Committee of the WMRPC.

“For several months, we have intensified our call for the remnants of these defunct guerilla fronts to lay down their arms and return to the folds of the law, but unfortunately, they chose otherwise,” Brig. Gen. Nicolas added.

Captured after the firefight are one AK 47 (CZ Type), two 5.56mm M653, and one 5.56mm M16 rifle, with five backpacks and personal belongings.

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Gene Ponio, Commander, 1ID, extended his sympathies to the families and friends of the casualties.

“We have not failed to convince them to lay down their arms and surrender to the government while they can,” said the commander. “The Army will continue to fight for peace and is always ready to use its force against peace spoilers.”

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Kalinaw News: Armed personalities apprehended in Lanao del Norte

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 12, 2022): Armed personalities apprehended in Lanao del Norte



Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – Six armed personalities were apprehended in a joint checkpoint operation in Sultan Naga Dimaporo (SND), Lanao del Norte a day after the election (May 10, 2022)

According to Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, Commander of the 1st Infantry Division/Joint Task Force ZamPeLan, a dump truck loaded with 40 personalities, and a Toyota Hilux of the local government unit of Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur were flagged down by the combined elements of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, SND Municipal Police Station, 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company, and the intelligence units during the conduct of a checkpoint operation in Barangay Tagulo, same municipality.

Upon inspection, government forces discovered that some of the passengers violated the election gun ban and were subsequently apprehended. They were identified as Esmail Wali, a.k.a. Commander, 42 years old and known as the leader of the Macari Group; Adam Tando, 58 years old; Fausto Guinita, 40 years old; Sangbaan Acut, 58 years old, all residents of Barangay Koreo, SND; and Tristan Baguio and Resil Revillas, both employed at the LGU of Midsalip.

Seized from their possession were three 5.56mm M16A1 rifles, one 5.56mm M4 rifle, one 7.62mm M14 rifle, one cal. 45 submachine gun, one cal. 50 Barret rifle, one rocket-propelled grenade launcher, one 9mm submachine gun, four cal. 45 pistol, one 9mm pistol, one cal. 38 revolver, one rifle grenade, and assorted magazines and ammunition. Other confiscated items include one hunting knife, one RPG booster, and a total amount of PHP42, 9000.00 incash.

Based on the report, the flagged down vehicles were traversing the Malabang-Dableston Tukuran Road from the municipality of Midsalip bound to SND.

Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario, Jr., Commander of Western Mindanao Command said that the COMELEC Gun Ban is still in effect. “The COMELEC Resolution No. 10728 prohibits bearing, carrying, or transporting firearms or deadly weapons outside of the residence and in all public places from January 9 until June 8.”



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Kalinaw News: NPA leader kills comrade in Davao De Oro

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 12, 2022): NPA leader kills comrade in Davao De Oro



MAWAB, Davao De Oro – Top ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader Eric Jun Casilao alias “Elian” killed and buried his comrade at Purok 8, Libuton, Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro sometime in April 2022.

Alias “Vina”, squad supply officer of Regional Operations Command (ROC) of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) who surrendered to the government forces on April 27, revealed that Crispin Rollon alias “Jeffrey”, 52 years old, was murdered by their NPA leader because he was considered to be a burden to their movement while they were fleeing from Focused-Military Operations by the 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army.

“Dahil sa sobrang gutom, nanghina si Jeffrey, hindi na makalakad. Kaya naging pabigat, binugbog nalang siya at sinakal ni Ka Elian hanggang sa mamatay, then nilibing sa may Andap (Because of extreme starvation, Jeffrey was exhausted and could no longer walk. He became a burden to us, that is why he was beaten and choked to death by Elian and buried him in Andap.),” Alias Vina said.

After her revelation, a joint operation was immediately launched by the 66th Infantry Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Julius M Munar, together with personnel from New Bataan Municipal Police Station and Municipal Disaster Response Team respectively, on May 11, 2022. Consequently, the said operations resulted to the successful exhumation of the cadaver of Rollon.

MGen Nolasco A Mempin, 10ID Commander condemned this savage atrocities of the Communist Terrorist Group. “The barbaric act of NPA leaders is unacceptable. If only they chose to surrender, this would not have happened that they need to kill each other just for them to survive. Once again, we are calling them to lay down their arms, return to their families and live a peaceful and meaningful life ahead.” MGen Mempin added.

Casilao is currently the secretary of the CTG’s Southern Mindanao Regional Committee and has a wide array of criminal cases ranging from kidnapping and serious illegal detention to several counts of murder. He also has a P5.4-million bounty from the Department of National Defense – Department of Interior and Local Government Joint Order of Reward.

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Kalinaw News: 77IB troops encounter CNTs in Baggao town; recovery of firearm

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 11, 2022): 77IB troops encounter CNTs in Baggao town; recovery of firearm



CAMP MELCHOR F DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela- Army troops of the 77th Infantry Battalion encountered a group of Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) at Sitio Sacat, Barangay Asinga Via, Baggao, Cagayan on May 11, 2022.

The firefight that lasted for 30 minutes resulted in the recovery and confiscation of one 5.56mm assault rifle left by the CNTs.

Before this, the troops are conducting combat operations to verify the information about the presence of the CNTs in the said place based on the revelation of the locals. While the troops were verifying the report, more or less 20 CNTs belonging to East Front Committee, Komiteng Probinsya Cagayan, Komiteng Rehiyon-Cagayan Valley fired upon the troops. Said government troops immediately retaliated causing the CNTs to scamper into different directions leaving behind one 5.56 rifle.

LtCol Magtangol Panopio, Battalion Commander of 77IB said that they alerted and deployed composite teams from their unit to block possible enemy withdrawal. “We are still scouring the encounter site and will conduct pursuit operations to ensure the safety of the residents against the atrocities of the CNTs.” He then clarified that the armed encounter is not an election-related incident.

Meanwhile, MGen Laurence E Mina, Commander of the 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army thanked the residents for informing the troops of the presence of the CNTs. He then encouraged the locals to be more vigilant and immediately coordinate with the troops to prevent the CNTs. “Let us all stand against the abuses and terroristic acts of the CNTs. We will finish them off with everybody’s support.”

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Kalinaw News: Tangkang Pangugulo ng CTG sa Halalan Napigilan ng 49IB sa Albay

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 10, 2022): Tangkang Pangugulo ng CTG sa Halalan Napigilan ng 49IB sa Albay (CTG's Attempt to Disrupt Elections Stopped by 49IB in Albay)



CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Pili, Camarines Sur – Napigilan ang tangkang panggugulo ng mga miyembro ng Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) matapos makasagupa ang tropa ng 49th Infantry (GOOD SAMARITANS) Battalion sa Sitio Lilibdon, Barangay Maogog, Jovellar, Albay, alas-singko (5) ng umaga, nitong Mayo 09, Lunes.

Kaugnay ito ng mas pinalawig na seguridad ng gobyerno ngayong National and Local Election 2022.

Ayon sa report, ikinasa ng 49IB sa tulong ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang isang operasyon matapos magbigay ng impormasyon ang mga nagngangalit na residente, ukol sa presensya ng limang (5) armadong kalalakihan sa nasabing barangay, na nagtatangkang manggulo sa proseso ng halalan.

Ayon kay Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Tapnio, Commander ng 49IB, nagbunga ang nasabing operasyon sa walong (8 ) minutong palitan ng putok at pagkakakuha sa ilang mga kagamitan at armas; kabilang na ang isang (1) M16 rifle, isang (1) Cal. 45, ilang mga bala, sari-saring kagamitang pang komunikasyon, at mga maka-teroristang kagamitan pang propaganda at personal na kagamitan ng mga terorista.

Sa ngayon mahigpit na pinababantayan ni Colonel Edmundo Peralta, Commander ng 902nd Infantry (FIGHT and SERVE) Brigade, ang nasabing lugar.

Samantala, nagpahayag naman si Police Brigadier General Mario Reyes, Regional Director ng Police Regional Office 5 (PRO5) ng kanilang mas pinaigting na suporta sa kampanya ng army sa rehiyon kontra sa panggugulo ng CTG.

“Ang pangyayaring ito ay patotoo lamang sa mas pinatibay na pakikipag-ugnayan at suporta ng komunidad laban sa CTG, gayundin sa mas pinalakas na seguridad ng gobyerno ngayong Halalan 2022. Sa ating mga botante, mas maging masiyasat tayo sa pagbabantay sa ating kalayaan sa pagboto; wag nating hayaan na mangibabaw ang pananakot ng mga teroristang NPA, lagi pong nakahanda ang tropa ng gobyerno na kayo’y protektahan maging ang proseso ng National and Local Election 2022,” ani Major General Alex Luna, Commander ng 9th Infantry (SPEAR) Division at ng Joint Task Force Bicolandia (JTFB).

Kung maaalala, pinamunuan ni Maj. Gen. Alex Luna ang pagtatalaga sa mga personahe ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Bicol nitong May 04; na siyang magsisilbing mga tagapamayapa at tagapangalaga sa proseso ng eleksyon kontra sa presensya ng mga nagtatangkang manggulo, lalong lalo na ang CTG.



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Kalinaw News: LGU Arakan inaugurates public school in former NPA-influenced barangay

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 8, 2022): LGU Arakan inaugurates public school in former NPA-influenced barangay



MAWAB, Davao De Oro – The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Arakan, in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the 10th Infantry “Agila” Division led the inauguration of a new two-classroom building in Brgy. Maria Caridad, Arakan, North Cotabato on May 5, 2022.

The LGU of Brgy. Maria Caridad issued Barangay Resolution No. 37 supporting the transfer of students of Father Fausto Tentorio Memorial School Inc. (FFTMSI) to a local public school after the community petitioned to transfer their children to a public school. Moreover, FFTMSI failed to secure a permit to operate from DepEd for Calendar Year 2021 – 2022.

In a separate interview with Mr. Roberto Rosete alias Bobby/Alex, former Commanding Officer of Pulang Bagani Battalion, Regional Operations Command, and former Secretary of Guerilla Front 53 of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee of the Communist Terrorist Group, FFTMSI schools in Brgy. Maria Caridad, Arakan and in Brgy. Mahongcog, Magpet used to be the wellspring of New People’s Army (NPA) recruitment. Ka Bobby said that FFTMSI was established to strengthen the NPA’s mass base in its predominantly Indigenous People (IP) populated area. “Ang NPA dili lang more on armado, nagahatag pud siya ug programa. Naay parte diha sa pagtuon sa mga bata na dahan-dahan gina dawat ning armado, mao na siya ang BAGER (Baseng Guerilla) services. Laktod pa, indirect pagpakusog sa armed struggle.” (The NPA does not only perform military functions, it also provides programs. Part of it includes teaching students to accept armed struggle which is part of their guerilla base services. In short, it serves to indirectly support the armed struggle.) Rosete added.

With this, LGU Arakan prioritized the construction of a school building, worth Php300,000 for secondary students in order to deliver quality education to the people and children thereat who was once deceived by the CTG. Moreover, an additional Php1,300,000 from LGU Arakan including Php800,000 from the Provincial LGU of North Cotabato will be further allocated for the construction of an additional two (2) four-classroom buildings which will be released after the election period. Also, LGU Arakan allocated an additional Php800,000 for the pay and allowances of the teachers that will be employed in the said school.

In his speech, Agila Division Commander MGen Nolasco A Mempin said that the government through NTF ELCAC is at the peak of its success in fighting insurgency. He said that the school building is proof that our government is doing its best to provide quality education to our youth.

Barangay Maria Caridad was once one of the CTG-influenced barangays in Arakan, but now it was declared “cleared” through the 10ID Area Clearing Validation Board on April 26, 2022.



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Kalinaw News: NPA Child Warrior killed, firearms seized in Negros encounters

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 7, 2022): NPA Child Warrior killed, firearms seized in Negros encounters



A 16-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) member died in a clash between the troops of the 15th Infantry (Molave Warrior) Battalion and the members of Platoon 3, South West Front ( Weakened) of KR-NCBS on May 3, 2022, at Sitio Tigmaya, Brgy Gatuslao, Candoni, Negros Occidental.

Three encounters happened after the troops received a tipped-off from the local populace about the presence of the armed group in the area. The first encounter was between the Alpha Company and the NPA rebels at about 5:30 pm. It was followed by two encounters between the blocking forces, which is the Scout Platoon, and the withdrawing terrorist group at about 5:48 pm and 6:46 pm.

The encounter resulted to the death of Anthony Tecson alias @KISAP/@BOYCA, a Medical Officer of SQD 1, SDG PLTN 2/Sqd 2, Pltn 3, SWF-W, from Sitio Maabon, Brgy Cabadiangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.

Recovered from the encounter site where one (1) M16 Rifle, one (1) Caliber .45 pistol, one (1) Anti-Personnel Mine (APM); four (4) magazines, ammunition, a commercial radio, a cellphone, and NPA personal belongings.

In his statement, Major General Benedict Arevalo, 3rd Infantry Division Commander, commended the persistent support and cooperation of the local populace by giving the troops correct and timely information about the presence of the NPAs in the area.

Likewise, he congratulated the operating troops for a successful operation against the CPP-NPA and for their burning passion and dedication to end this decade-long insurgency not only in Negros island but as well as to the areas of Western and Central Visayas.

“We strongly condemn the continuous recruitment of innocent minors by the CPP-NPA terrorists. Using them in their senseless armed struggle is a clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL)”, said MGen Arevalo.



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FACT CHECK: Bangsamoro Parliament Member and MILF commander Jack Abas hits false FB post

From MindaNews (May 5, 2022): FACT CHECK: Bangsamoro Parliament Member and MILF commander Jack Abas hits false FB post (Fact Check)



Bangsamoro Member of Parliament (MP) Akmad Abas has not endorsed local candidates in five towns in Maguindanao as claimed by a false post circulating on Facebook.

“Let us not spread lies and falsehood,” said Abas, who is popularly known as Commander Jack, chief of the Eastern Mindanao Front of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the armed wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Abas denied affixing his signature to an undated document circulating on Facebook and addressed to reelectionist Maguindanao Gov. Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu.

The bogus document endorsed to Sangki-Mangudadatu (Nacionalista Party) the “consensus of the Matalam-Pendatun-Mangelen Family Alliance, the Southern Ligawasan Alliance of Municipalities and the MILF Alliances / Bangsamoro Ligawasan Development Corp.” to include some local candidates in her party.

The letter endorsed certain candidates vying for mayors and vice mayors in the towns of Pagalungan, Datu Paglas, Gen. SK Pendatun, Paglat and Sultan sa Barongis to become Sangki-Mangudadatu’s partymates.

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Abas vehemently denied he affixed his signature to the political endorsement.

He admitted affixing his signature, along with some others in the fake document, but noted that it was for a letter addressed to Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim requesting for the establishment of an office for the development of Liguasan Marsh.

Abas, a member of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the MILF’s political party, said he is fully committed to their political party.

The UBJP is fielding Maguindanao Second District Rep. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu against Sangki-Mangudadatu and four other gubernatorial aspirants.

This is the first election that the MILF fielded and supported candidates in the local and national scene.

As with all our other reports, MindaNews welcomes leads or suggestions from the public to potential fact-check stories. (Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)

(This fact-check piece was produced with the support of Internews’ Philippine Fact-Checker Incubator Project.)

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Army steps up info drive to counter CPP-NPA recruitment

From the Philippine News Agency (May 9, 2022): Army steps up info drive to counter CPP-NPA recruitment (By Jason De Asis)



LECTURES VS. CPP-NPA. The Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion (91IB) conducts a lecture to 104 students of the Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT) in Barangay Zabali main campus, Baler, Aurora on Friday (May 6, 2022) against the recruitment efforts of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). The activity is being done to address the deceptive recruitment of the youth, especially in universities and colleges, and at the same time invite students to join the Philippine Army. (Photo courtesy of the Army's 91IB)

BALER, Aurora –The Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion (91IB) is stepping up its information and education campaign to counter the recruitment efforts of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), particularly among students.

Lt. Col. Julito B. Recto Jr., acting commanding officer of 91IB, said on Saturday they will not sit down in the conduct of the information drive until all students, parents, and teachers are aware of the deceptive propaganda of the CPP-NPA.

Recto said the 91IB troops held lectures to some 104 students of the Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT) in Barangay Zabali main campus in this town on May 6 upon the request of the school officials.

“This activity is being done to address the deceptive recruitment of the youth, especially in universities and colleges, and of course, we are inviting the students to join the Philippine Army,” he said in an interview.


He added that there is compelling evidence that some of these so-called youth groups have been recruiting and infiltrating schools to deceive students.

Thus, Recto said there is a need for a more massive and aggressive information campaign in different schools and indigenous people (IPs) communities in the province.

“With this kind of activity, our children would be aware of the actions by the leftist groups so that their future will not be destroyed. We should act to end the terrorist recruitments,” the military official said.

He added that the 91IB, in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and other government agencies, will continue to do its mandated task by conducting similar activities so that students will not be deceived by terrorist groups.

“We will continue to inculcate to the students the importance of patriotism, nationalism, and other basic desirable values to infuse in them, faith in the creator, belief in the sanctity and dignity of life, conviction, and unity of the family, and adherence to the truth and justice. We are encouraging them to join us in serving the people with dignity,” Recto added.

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.

The NDF has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1173883

Slain ASG member yields bomb components after Basilan clash

From the Philippine News Agency (May 9, 2022): Slain ASG member yields bomb components after Basilan clash (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)


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Troops recovered bomb components following a clash that resulted in the death of an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member in Basilan province, a top police official said Monday.

Brig. Gen. Franco Simoborio, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, said
the slain ASG fighter, 34-year-old Adzhar Alih Anding, was killed in an encounter with the Army’s Special Forces around 3:10 a.m. Saturday in Barangay Baluno, Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province.

Simborio said the troops recovered from the slain ASG member bomb components consisting of a kilogram of C4 explosive, six blasting caps, four nine-volt batteries, one digital timer, iron fillings, and electric wires.

Government troops also recovered a motorcycle, two cellular phones, a .45 caliber pistol with seven rounds of ammunition, PHP5,000 cash, empty .45 caliber shells, 9mm pistol and 5.56mm caliber ammunition.

Meanwhile, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan troops recovered an M-16 Armalite rifle and more than a hundred rounds of ammunition Saturday in Barangay Bohe Suyak, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan.

Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, JTF-Basilan commander, said Monday the firearm was recovered by the joint team of the 64th Infantry Battalion and 5th Scout Ranger Battalion who responded to a report of indiscriminate firing in Bohe Suyak.

Gobway said the suspect, identified as Amil Palu, fled upon sensing the arrival of the troops.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1173948