From the Visayan Daily Star (Jun 30): Army, cops intensifying security
In anticipation of possible increased armed activity of the New People’s Army, following the withdrawal of communist rebels from peace talks, both the Philippine Army and National Police in Western and Central Visayas are now intensifying security measures in all police and military units.
Supt. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 6, said yesterday that they have already received advice from Camp Crame on the termination of the peace talks.
PNP units from regional offices down to the municipal level have been advised to strictly observe security procedures and standard operating procedures in all administrative and operational movement of troops, as well as personnel.
Capt. Eduardo Precioso, Army’s 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office chief, said yesterday that the military operations against communist rebels in Negros, are being conducted without let-up.
The 15th and 94th Infantry Battalions from Mindanao and Panay, have augmented the two Army battalions deployed in Negros Island, following stepped-up violent activities of the New People’s Army, especially in central Negros.
Senior Supt. Benigno Durana, PNP spokesman, yesterday said that all regional police offices were ordered to implement the Enhancing Managing Police Operations (E-MPO) through regular law enforcement activities, security measures, information operations, Red teaming, contingency planning, simulation exercises, feedback and offensive stance.
Based on historical data, Durana said the local communist movement is known to launch high-profile raids, ambuscades, and attacks on isolated government posts and soft targets, to project an image of strength and influence, and prop up its bargaining stand in negotiations.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday said that the table is now set for localized peace talks, after the announcement of self-exiled CPP leader Jose Maria Sison that they will no longer seek peace negotiations with the government.
The localized peace talks being proposed by the military in the past several years in Negros Island, have repeatedly been rejected by the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros.
While he cannot say if the localized peace talks are still being pursued in Negros, Precioso, however, said that they are encouraging rebels in Negros to surrender and avail of the Comprehensive Local Integration Program of the government.
On the other hand, Durana said PNP units were instructed to adopt the policy of “no surprise”, unannounced inspection, or visits to PNP posts and patrol bases.
“Unexpected visitors shall be treated with extreme caution and suspicion by PNP units as the NPA has been known to disguise themselves clad in military and police uniforms, when conducting raids on isolated government posts”, Durana added in a statement he issued.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2018/June/30/topstory3.htm
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Soldier wounded in Sulu blast, 7 Sayyaf yields
From the Mindanao Examiner (Jul 1): Soldier wounded in Sulu blast, 7 Sayyaf yields
A government soldier was wounded in a bomb explosion in the southern Filipino province of Sulu where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf militants tied to the Islamic State.
A government soldier was wounded in a bomb explosion in the southern Filipino province of Sulu where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf militants tied to the Islamic State.
Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, a spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said soldiers from the 21st Infantry Battalion were patrolling the village when the explosion occurred.
There was no report of civilian casualties from the weekend blast. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the Abu Sayyaf was believed behind the attack.
Besana did not release the name and rank of the soldier, but said the wounded infantryman was rushed to a military hospital in the capital town of Jolo.
Just recently, five militants surrendered to the mayor of Sulu’s Mainbung town, Samier Tan, and handed over their rifles to the politician and Lt. Col. Martin Daiz Jr, of the 41st Infantry Battalion.
The militants – who were identified as Utong Hatib Insah, Bensar Hatib Insah, Akag Hatib Insah, Kajang Uro and Atim Mandangan - said they returned to the fold of the law to avail of the government’s amnesty program and live peacefully with their families.
Two other Abu Sayyaf fighters, identified only throught their alieses Iddoh and Pogie, also yielded to the military in Zamboanga City over the weekend. The duo surrendered their rifles to Col. Leonel Nicolas, commander of Joint Task Force Zamboanga; and Colonel Teofilo Bailon Jr, of the Philippine Air Force. But details of their surrender were not made public by the military.
DWDD: PNP-AVSEGROUP personnel undergoes Aircraft Counter Hijacking Course
From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Jun 29): PNP-AVSEGROUP personnel undergoes Aircraft Counter Hijacking Course
PNP AVSEGROUP HQ, Pasay City (DWDD) – Fifty (50) members of the Philippine National Police – Aviation Security Group (PNP-AVSEGROUP underwent the Aircraft Counter Hijacking Course at the Headquarters, PNP AVSEGROUP in Pasay City.
According to PNP AVSEGROUP Director Police Chief Supt Dionardo Carlos, the second batch of trainee commenced last June 18, 2018 and would last 45 days.
Among the 50 police trainees are two (2) female police officer.
The aim of the training is to raise the skills and capabilities of the PNP AVSEGROUP personnel in the performance of their mission to secure the countries various airports from any unlawful interference like incidents of shootings, bombings, hijacking and terrorism.
It can be recalled that last March, the first batch of 79 police officer trainees finished their Aircraft Counter Hijacking Course.
C Supt Carlos added that the 79 Police officer belong to the Special Reaction Teams of the Special Operations Unit ang are now deployed in different international airports in the country.
“The training is conducted to continuously develop the capabilities and skills of AVSEGROUP personnel to attain its mission of securing all airports from any acts of unlawful interference such as active shooting, bombing, hijacking and terrorism” PNP AVSEGROUP / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/06/29/pnp-avsegroup-personnel-undergoes-aircraft-counter-hijacking-course/
PNP AVSEGROUP HQ, Pasay City (DWDD) – Fifty (50) members of the Philippine National Police – Aviation Security Group (PNP-AVSEGROUP underwent the Aircraft Counter Hijacking Course at the Headquarters, PNP AVSEGROUP in Pasay City.
According to PNP AVSEGROUP Director Police Chief Supt Dionardo Carlos, the second batch of trainee commenced last June 18, 2018 and would last 45 days.
Among the 50 police trainees are two (2) female police officer.
The aim of the training is to raise the skills and capabilities of the PNP AVSEGROUP personnel in the performance of their mission to secure the countries various airports from any unlawful interference like incidents of shootings, bombings, hijacking and terrorism.
It can be recalled that last March, the first batch of 79 police officer trainees finished their Aircraft Counter Hijacking Course.
C Supt Carlos added that the 79 Police officer belong to the Special Reaction Teams of the Special Operations Unit ang are now deployed in different international airports in the country.
“The training is conducted to continuously develop the capabilities and skills of AVSEGROUP personnel to attain its mission of securing all airports from any acts of unlawful interference such as active shooting, bombing, hijacking and terrorism” PNP AVSEGROUP / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/06/29/pnp-avsegroup-personnel-undergoes-aircraft-counter-hijacking-course/
MILF: Editorial - This is worrisome!
Editorial posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Jul 1): Editorial - This is worrisome!
If statements from both government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) are to be taken at face value, the peace process between them is dead! But we have no reason to doubt their truthfulness. They were speaking in their respective official capacity.
For peace-loving people, especially civilians, this is worrisome. This means, in the absence of peace process, the flip side is war. And in war, the civilians will suffer, as well as properties damaged or lost.
But truth to say that except during the time of the late President Corazon Aquino in the 80s, there had never been a formal ceasefire between government and the NDFP. The latter had never agreed to such, except on very limited durations, mostly unilateral declarations, especially during Christmas.
We have no way to find out the reasons – and we don’t interfere. We are not adopting a position to criticize and evaluate things based on our perspective. That to us would be unfair. We respect their respective decisions, especially of government.
But we have been following up the GPH-NDFP peace process for decades with utmost diligence, and we have come to almost definitive conclusion that finding a compromise solution, as all negotiations are, is almost nil and absent. The final objective of the NDFP/CPP/NPA, i.e., to overthrow the government, change its system, and replace all the men and women in government, cannot be the subject of negotiation. No government will ever agree to such proposal. Only a final victory through armed struggle can effect such a reality. But the Philippines is not Vietnam or China, which were most rural areas and the outside supports were almost limitless.
But there is still a ray of light in the current impasse or termination. First, it does not mean that when a peace talks collapses, it cannot be revived anymore. Termination or revival is at the behest of the parties. And second, the staying power of the parties determine the long-term possibility of ending the conflict in the negotiation table.
For the moment, which has the upper hand, government or the NDFP/CPP/NPA, in the protracted warfare?
In full guerrilla warfare, the NDFP/CPP/NPA can survive and possibly inflict heavy casualties on the government. But certainly, they cannot win a decisive military victory through conventional means. That means, it is still a long travel for them to reach that level, if ever they can. On the other hand, government has hard time conscripting or containing the communist insurgency, because the people still have much grievances to grind against it. They still enjoy some degree of support from the people especially among the indigenous tribes in Mindanao. In fact, around 70% of the NPA guerrilla force are recruits from the indigenous tribes.
For the moment, let us just cross our fingers and hope for the best in the future.
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1391/this-is-worrisome-
If statements from both government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) are to be taken at face value, the peace process between them is dead! But we have no reason to doubt their truthfulness. They were speaking in their respective official capacity.
For peace-loving people, especially civilians, this is worrisome. This means, in the absence of peace process, the flip side is war. And in war, the civilians will suffer, as well as properties damaged or lost.
But truth to say that except during the time of the late President Corazon Aquino in the 80s, there had never been a formal ceasefire between government and the NDFP. The latter had never agreed to such, except on very limited durations, mostly unilateral declarations, especially during Christmas.
We have no way to find out the reasons – and we don’t interfere. We are not adopting a position to criticize and evaluate things based on our perspective. That to us would be unfair. We respect their respective decisions, especially of government.
But we have been following up the GPH-NDFP peace process for decades with utmost diligence, and we have come to almost definitive conclusion that finding a compromise solution, as all negotiations are, is almost nil and absent. The final objective of the NDFP/CPP/NPA, i.e., to overthrow the government, change its system, and replace all the men and women in government, cannot be the subject of negotiation. No government will ever agree to such proposal. Only a final victory through armed struggle can effect such a reality. But the Philippines is not Vietnam or China, which were most rural areas and the outside supports were almost limitless.
But there is still a ray of light in the current impasse or termination. First, it does not mean that when a peace talks collapses, it cannot be revived anymore. Termination or revival is at the behest of the parties. And second, the staying power of the parties determine the long-term possibility of ending the conflict in the negotiation table.
For the moment, which has the upper hand, government or the NDFP/CPP/NPA, in the protracted warfare?
In full guerrilla warfare, the NDFP/CPP/NPA can survive and possibly inflict heavy casualties on the government. But certainly, they cannot win a decisive military victory through conventional means. That means, it is still a long travel for them to reach that level, if ever they can. On the other hand, government has hard time conscripting or containing the communist insurgency, because the people still have much grievances to grind against it. They still enjoy some degree of support from the people especially among the indigenous tribes in Mindanao. In fact, around 70% of the NPA guerrilla force are recruits from the indigenous tribes.
For the moment, let us just cross our fingers and hope for the best in the future.
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1391/this-is-worrisome-
NDF/CPP: Situation and prospects as Duterte terminates peace talks
Communist Party of the Philippines propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front Website (Jun 30): Situation and prospects as Duterte terminates peace talks
Communist Party of the Philippines
June 29, 2018
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) acknowledges the advise of Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), that the NDFP can no longer negotiate with the GRP under Duterte. As allied members of the NDFP, the Party and the NPA awaits the convening of the NDFP National Council and the issuance of its decision soon.
From the start, Duterte did not budge an inch in demanding the NDFP to sign a bilateral ceasefire agreement while not committing himself to basic socio-economic reforms demanded by the people. He is interested only in creating the illusion of peace, not attaining just and lasting peace. Duterte’s concept of peace is acquiescence to oppression and exploitation.
In contrast, the NDFP exercised flexibility in agreeing to a one-week stand-down prior to resumption of talks and to a bilateral ceasefire agreement as part of a package of agreements which include agreements on agrarian reform and rural development and national industrialization and economic development, as well as a general amnesty proclamation.
Duterte, however, will not have any of it. To him, peace talks is merely a tool to subdue and paralyze the people’s armed resistance and not a means to address the issues at the root of the civil war. In the end, he cancelled the scheduled peace negotiations in order not to disrupt the 2018 campaign of intensified military offensives being mounted by the AFP and PNP.
Duterte plans to mount a road show of so-called “peace consultations” which are a mere public spectacle to pretend that he is for peace. In essence, these so-called consultations will be nothing but Duterte and his minions talking to their own shadows, not much different from Duterte’s endless public babbling.
Oplan Kapayapaan is set to fail
Duterte’s Oplan Kapayapaan aim to crush the New People’s Army (NPA) before the end of 2018. He is rushing the recruitment of 15,000 additional troops. Since the start of the year, the AFP launched all-out offensives and total war against civilians and laying siege on civilian communities. He has deployed close to one hundred battalions (with ten new battalions) of combat troops across the country, 75% of which cover the entire Mindanao with around 50% of which deployed against the NPA forces. A mere 25% of AFP battalions cover the rest of the guerrilla zones in Luzon and Visayas.
Duterte’s Oplan Kapayapaan is set to fail. Politically, he is antagonizing the broad masses of peasants and minority peoples as a result of unmitigated killings, illegal arrests and detention, conscription, forcing people to “surrender” and rampant military abuses. He is alienating himself from the rural masses by seeking to convert thousands of hectares of land to commercial plantations and mining sites.
Militarily, Duterte is overstretching his forces (with at least 15-20 troops in every barrio conducting so-called “peace and development” operations) in a futile plan to lay siege on thousands of barrios across the country all at the same time. However, even with all its combat troops, the AFP can cover less than half the total number of barrios within the NPA’s area of operations. Even with the AFP’s all-out offensive, there remains substantial room for NPA units to maneuver, mount tactical offensives, carry out mass work, build the organs of political power, recruit and train more Red fighters and carry out overall strengthening.
Going by reports that the AFP expended around P3 billion in the military’s 5-month Marawi siege, Duterte will likely spend at least P20-30 billion in public money to sustain its self-defeating military offensives against the NPA as well as other Moro armed fighters in the next six months. The AFP is increasingly dependent on the US for its foreign military financing.
AFP and PNP misencounters and encounters are likely to happen repeatedly, not only as a result of miscoordination, but also because of bureaucrat capitalist and criminal rivalries which continue to intensify between military and police officers seeking exclusive control of areas of operations as well as control of local drug trade, gambling operations, bribes and so on.
The Filipino people clamor for an end to the military occupation of rural communities and total war policy of targeting civilians. The local and international community demand respect for human rights and international humanitarian law which the AFP and PNP are trampling on with impunity under Duterte’s orders.
After half a year of all-out offensives, and more than a year of Mindanao martial law, the AFP has failed to cause significant damage to the NPA. The NPA has quickly adapted to the swarm tactics and other tactics of the AFP, applying guerrilla tactics of dispersal, shifting and concentration, quick movements and counter-encirclement to keep the enemy blind and deaf and causing it to waste energy and resources in prolonged operations. The broad masses of peasants and national minorities are rising up against the abuses of the AFP, the PNP and paramilitaries.
The Party’s central leadership and National Operations Command (NOC) have already issued orders and directives to the NPA to frustrate Oplan Kapayapaan. Despite setbacks earlier and in some areas, the NPA can expect to continue its steady national growth this year.
High probability of Duterte’s ouster
In his drive to accelerate his bureaucrat capitalist plunder and establish his autocratic rule, the tyrant Duterte has trampled upon the broad democratic sectors in the Philippines resulting in its extreme isolation from the people. Everyday, the clamor for his ouster grows loud and reverberates across the country. Amid worsening crisis and fascist oppression, the Filipino people are increasingly determined to push for Duterte’s resignation or removal by any means.
With every exercise of absolute power, he invites hostility and incites more people to resist his heightening autocratic rule and plans to impose nationwide martial law and establish a fascist dictatorship. He has employed the state armed forces and police to unleash widespread violence and repression against the people.
Duterte has antagonized the broad democratic sectors in words and deeds. He has alienated himself from the Filipino people, especially the poor, with his utter disdain for human rights and rampant fascist abuses;
The Party reiterates its call on all revolutionary, progressive and democratic forces to exert all-out effort to further strengthen and expand the broad united front, and bring together all sectors which have suffered under the Duterte regime and rouse the Filipino people in their millions to resist Duterte’s bureaucratic plunder, puppetry and fascism, and overthrow his tyrannical rule.
https://www.ndfp.org/situation-and-prospects-as-duterte-terminates-peace-talks/
Communist Party of the Philippines
June 29, 2018
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) acknowledges the advise of Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), that the NDFP can no longer negotiate with the GRP under Duterte. As allied members of the NDFP, the Party and the NPA awaits the convening of the NDFP National Council and the issuance of its decision soon.
Indeed, it has been starkly clear that peace talks with the GRP under Duterte was going nowhere. Duterte has proved himself a stubborn anti-peace president and warmonger. He showed complete unwillingness to listen to the clamor for substantive socio-economic reforms. He has practically terminated peace negotiations by insisting that talks be held in the Philippines, which the NDFP justly rejects because this violates the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) which stipulates that talks must be held in a foreign neutral venue. Otherwise, this will only allow the GRP to hold the talks hostage and subject NDFP negotiators to the GRP and AFP’s armed attacks.
From the start, Duterte did not budge an inch in demanding the NDFP to sign a bilateral ceasefire agreement while not committing himself to basic socio-economic reforms demanded by the people. He is interested only in creating the illusion of peace, not attaining just and lasting peace. Duterte’s concept of peace is acquiescence to oppression and exploitation.
In contrast, the NDFP exercised flexibility in agreeing to a one-week stand-down prior to resumption of talks and to a bilateral ceasefire agreement as part of a package of agreements which include agreements on agrarian reform and rural development and national industrialization and economic development, as well as a general amnesty proclamation.
Duterte, however, will not have any of it. To him, peace talks is merely a tool to subdue and paralyze the people’s armed resistance and not a means to address the issues at the root of the civil war. In the end, he cancelled the scheduled peace negotiations in order not to disrupt the 2018 campaign of intensified military offensives being mounted by the AFP and PNP.
Duterte plans to mount a road show of so-called “peace consultations” which are a mere public spectacle to pretend that he is for peace. In essence, these so-called consultations will be nothing but Duterte and his minions talking to their own shadows, not much different from Duterte’s endless public babbling.
Oplan Kapayapaan is set to fail
Duterte’s Oplan Kapayapaan aim to crush the New People’s Army (NPA) before the end of 2018. He is rushing the recruitment of 15,000 additional troops. Since the start of the year, the AFP launched all-out offensives and total war against civilians and laying siege on civilian communities. He has deployed close to one hundred battalions (with ten new battalions) of combat troops across the country, 75% of which cover the entire Mindanao with around 50% of which deployed against the NPA forces. A mere 25% of AFP battalions cover the rest of the guerrilla zones in Luzon and Visayas.
Duterte’s Oplan Kapayapaan is set to fail. Politically, he is antagonizing the broad masses of peasants and minority peoples as a result of unmitigated killings, illegal arrests and detention, conscription, forcing people to “surrender” and rampant military abuses. He is alienating himself from the rural masses by seeking to convert thousands of hectares of land to commercial plantations and mining sites.
Militarily, Duterte is overstretching his forces (with at least 15-20 troops in every barrio conducting so-called “peace and development” operations) in a futile plan to lay siege on thousands of barrios across the country all at the same time. However, even with all its combat troops, the AFP can cover less than half the total number of barrios within the NPA’s area of operations. Even with the AFP’s all-out offensive, there remains substantial room for NPA units to maneuver, mount tactical offensives, carry out mass work, build the organs of political power, recruit and train more Red fighters and carry out overall strengthening.
Going by reports that the AFP expended around P3 billion in the military’s 5-month Marawi siege, Duterte will likely spend at least P20-30 billion in public money to sustain its self-defeating military offensives against the NPA as well as other Moro armed fighters in the next six months. The AFP is increasingly dependent on the US for its foreign military financing.
AFP and PNP misencounters and encounters are likely to happen repeatedly, not only as a result of miscoordination, but also because of bureaucrat capitalist and criminal rivalries which continue to intensify between military and police officers seeking exclusive control of areas of operations as well as control of local drug trade, gambling operations, bribes and so on.
The Filipino people clamor for an end to the military occupation of rural communities and total war policy of targeting civilians. The local and international community demand respect for human rights and international humanitarian law which the AFP and PNP are trampling on with impunity under Duterte’s orders.
After half a year of all-out offensives, and more than a year of Mindanao martial law, the AFP has failed to cause significant damage to the NPA. The NPA has quickly adapted to the swarm tactics and other tactics of the AFP, applying guerrilla tactics of dispersal, shifting and concentration, quick movements and counter-encirclement to keep the enemy blind and deaf and causing it to waste energy and resources in prolonged operations. The broad masses of peasants and national minorities are rising up against the abuses of the AFP, the PNP and paramilitaries.
The Party’s central leadership and National Operations Command (NOC) have already issued orders and directives to the NPA to frustrate Oplan Kapayapaan. Despite setbacks earlier and in some areas, the NPA can expect to continue its steady national growth this year.
High probability of Duterte’s ouster
Photo: Philstar.com
In his drive to accelerate his bureaucrat capitalist plunder and establish his autocratic rule, the tyrant Duterte has trampled upon the broad democratic sectors in the Philippines resulting in its extreme isolation from the people. Everyday, the clamor for his ouster grows loud and reverberates across the country. Amid worsening crisis and fascist oppression, the Filipino people are increasingly determined to push for Duterte’s resignation or removal by any means.
With every exercise of absolute power, he invites hostility and incites more people to resist his heightening autocratic rule and plans to impose nationwide martial law and establish a fascist dictatorship. He has employed the state armed forces and police to unleash widespread violence and repression against the people.
Duterte has antagonized the broad democratic sectors in words and deeds. He has alienated himself from the Filipino people, especially the poor, with his utter disdain for human rights and rampant fascist abuses;
- his obsession with murder and campaign of mass killings under the “anti-drug” banner;
- his crackdown against so-called “tambays” in the cities and urban slums;
- his involvement in drug smuggling and trafficking and use of state forces against rival drug lords;
- his imposition of burdensome taxes which has caused the sharp rise in the cost of living;
- his corruption in government contracts for infrastructure projects;
- his refusal to heed the demand of workers for wage increases and to end contractualization;
- his use of police force to supress workers strikes;
- his contempt for millions of homeless people and threats of violence against them;
- his indifference to the plight of hundreds of thousands of jeepney drivers; his narcissism and misogyny; his bigotry against the religious;
- his war of destruction in Marawi and the continuing military offensives against the Moro people to seize control and establish dominance over the Bangsamoro;
- his Oplan Kapayapaan and total war against civilians in the rural areas to quell their struggle for genuine land reform and defend their ancestral lands; and so on.
Duterte is hated by the Filipino people for pulling down the country’s national dignity to the lowest levels amid the saber-rattling of the world military giants in the country’s maritime territory and claimed areas. He has allowed China to build its military facilities and entrench itself in the South China Sea and within the country’s maritime claims. At the same time, he has allowed the US military to strengthen its foothold in the Philippines by building its facilities in Palawan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Cagayan de Oro and others for prepositioning and stockpiling of weapons.In less than two years, he has become isolated domestically and internationally. Thus, there is high probability that Duterte will not be able to complete his six-year term of office and will be forced out of Malacañang by way of a surge in anti-fascist protest actions or some other means. Far weaker than the Marcos dictatorship, the US-Duterte regime will likely be ousted in a shorter period of time.
The Party reiterates its call on all revolutionary, progressive and democratic forces to exert all-out effort to further strengthen and expand the broad united front, and bring together all sectors which have suffered under the Duterte regime and rouse the Filipino people in their millions to resist Duterte’s bureaucratic plunder, puppetry and fascism, and overthrow his tyrannical rule.
https://www.ndfp.org/situation-and-prospects-as-duterte-terminates-peace-talks/
NDF/CPP-IB: ‘Duterte ouster is highly possible’ – CPP
Information Bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front Website (Jun 30): ‘Duterte ouster is highly possible’ – CPP
Information Bureau | Communist Party of the Philippines
June 30, 2018
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said “it is highly probable” that Duterte will not be able to complete his term as his acts have resulted in his regime’s rapid and extreme isolation from the people. The CPP isssued this statement as Duterte marks his second year in office today.
The CPP explained thar Duterte has antagonized the broad democratic sectors in so many levels – from forcing the passage and implementation of the reviled Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), that has spiked prices to levels that ordinary Filipinos cannot afford, down to the relentless fascist attacks against the people, both in the countryside and in the cities through a series of tyrannical operation plans including “Tokhang,” “Tanggal-Tambay,” and the bloody counterinsurgency Oplan Kapayapaan.
“His regime has attacked the people in almost every level possible. He has alienated himself from the Filipino people, not only with his killing campaign, but also with his corruption in government contracts for infrastructure projects;
“With every exercise of absolute power, he invites hostility and incites more people to resist his heightening autocratic rule and plans to impose nationwide martial law and establish a fascist dictatorship. In the face of all these, the Filipino people are increasingly determined to push for Duterte’s resignation or removal by any means, at the soonest possible time,” the CPP stressed.###
https://www.ndfp.org/duterte-ouster-is-highly-possible-cpp/
Information Bureau | Communist Party of the Philippines
June 30, 2018
Photo from Bulatlat.com
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said “it is highly probable” that Duterte will not be able to complete his term as his acts have resulted in his regime’s rapid and extreme isolation from the people. The CPP isssued this statement as Duterte marks his second year in office today.
“In less than two years, he has become isolated domestically and internationally. Thus, there is high probability that Duterte will not be able to complete his six-year term of office and will be forced out of Malacañang by way of a surge in anti-fascist protest actions or some other means. Far weaker than the Marcos dictatorship, the US-Duterte regime will likely be ousted in a shorter period of time,” the CPP said.“Everyday, the clamor for his ouster grows loud and reverberates across the country. In his drive to accelerate his bureaucrat capitalist plunder and establish his autocratic rule, his regime has exercised hostile moves that subjected the Filipino people to deepening crisis and oppression,” the CPP stressed.
The CPP explained thar Duterte has antagonized the broad democratic sectors in so many levels – from forcing the passage and implementation of the reviled Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), that has spiked prices to levels that ordinary Filipinos cannot afford, down to the relentless fascist attacks against the people, both in the countryside and in the cities through a series of tyrannical operation plans including “Tokhang,” “Tanggal-Tambay,” and the bloody counterinsurgency Oplan Kapayapaan.
“His regime has attacked the people in almost every level possible. He has alienated himself from the Filipino people, not only with his killing campaign, but also with his corruption in government contracts for infrastructure projects;
- his refusal to heed the demand of workers for wage increases and to end contractualization;
- his use of police force to suppress workers strikes;
- his contempt for millions of homeless people and threats of violence against them;
- his indifference to the plight of hundreds of thousands of jeepney drivers;
- his narcissism and misogyny; his bigotry against the religious;
- his war of destruction in Marawi and the continuing military offensives against the Moro people to seize control and establish dominance over the Bangsamoro; and so on,” the CPP explained.
“With every exercise of absolute power, he invites hostility and incites more people to resist his heightening autocratic rule and plans to impose nationwide martial law and establish a fascist dictatorship. In the face of all these, the Filipino people are increasingly determined to push for Duterte’s resignation or removal by any means, at the soonest possible time,” the CPP stressed.###
https://www.ndfp.org/duterte-ouster-is-highly-possible-cpp/
NDF/Sison: Duterte is the terminator of the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations
Jose Maria Sison propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front Website (Jun 30): Duterte is the terminator of the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
June 30, 2018
Duterte himself is the biggest spoiler of the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. He continues to repeat ad nauseam his demand that the venue of negotiations should be in Manila under his control, surveillance, manipulation and duress. And lately his sidekick and barking dog Lorenzana has already expressed total opposition to the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations upon the dictates of his imperialist masters in Washington.
He misrepresents the level of mutual agreement by the negotiating panels on social and economic reforms as socialism even as these are bourgeois-democratic in character. He also misrepresents the efforts of the NDFP to prevent Duterte from misusing charter change to federalism as a way of establishing a fascist dictatorship. He imagines maliciously that the NDFP is merely wishing to place the GRP under a new coalition government led by the CPP. It is truly impossible to negotiate with a regime that is dominated by pathologically rabid anti-communists.
https://www.ndfp.org/duterte-is-the-terminator-of-the-grp-ndfp-peace-negotiations/
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
June 30, 2018
NDFP archive photo
Duterte is clearly the one on record who as GRP Principal has terminated the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations since November 23, 2017. He has never revoked Proclamation 360 by which he has terminated said peace negotiations. He has also canceled and aborted the June 28-30 resumption of formal peace talks in Oslo and has thereby continued his termination of the peace negotiations.In my presentation to the Forum of Peace under Siege on June 28, I merely took note of the continuing termination of the peace negotiations by Duterte and gave the estimate that the so-called three-month suspension of back channel talks for Duterte to review the entire peace process and all previous agreements since 1992 would result in demands by Duterte that would render impossible the resumption of peace negotiations.
Duterte himself is the biggest spoiler of the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. He continues to repeat ad nauseam his demand that the venue of negotiations should be in Manila under his control, surveillance, manipulation and duress. And lately his sidekick and barking dog Lorenzana has already expressed total opposition to the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations upon the dictates of his imperialist masters in Washington.
He misrepresents the level of mutual agreement by the negotiating panels on social and economic reforms as socialism even as these are bourgeois-democratic in character. He also misrepresents the efforts of the NDFP to prevent Duterte from misusing charter change to federalism as a way of establishing a fascist dictatorship. He imagines maliciously that the NDFP is merely wishing to place the GRP under a new coalition government led by the CPP. It is truly impossible to negotiate with a regime that is dominated by pathologically rabid anti-communists.
There is no need for the NDFP National Council to make a decision to suspend, cancel or terminate the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. The NDFP should simply allow Duterte to have the distinct dishonor of having sabotaged and terminated these negotiations so many times within a short period since May 2017.It is enough for the NDFP to take note of the repeated terminations that Duterte has done to sabotage the peace negotiations and frustrate the people´s desire for a just and lasting peace. In as much as Duterte is in danger of being ousted before 2022, the NDFP can look forward to the resumption of peace negotiations and reaffirmation of agreements with a GRP under a new administration.
https://www.ndfp.org/duterte-is-the-terminator-of-the-grp-ndfp-peace-negotiations/
CPP/Ang Bayan: CPP releases historic documents
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): CPP releases historic documents
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) recently released historic documents including the Constitution of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Program for the People’s Democratic Revolution (PPDR). The two documents were produced by the Second Congress of the CPP that took place during the second half of 2016.
The Constitution is divided into 13 parts, including the Preamble and other important articles. The CPP explicated on its primary task of applying Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to concrete conditions of the country and combining it with the concrete practice of Philippine revolution. The CPP is confident that it will succeed in the people’s democratic revolution because the revolutionary forces are growing in strength amid continuing and unrelenting local social crisis, while US imperialism is weakening strategically.
Meanwhile, the PPDR lays down the task of every revolutionary: Accomplish National Liberation and Democracy and Pave the Way for a Bright Socialist Future. In this light, the PPDR identified the particular tasks in the fields of politics, economics, military, culture, and international relations. The document also discussed the victories of the CPP, its relationship with the armed revolution and the united front, and self-reliance and international support. The document also discussed the essential critique on the semicolonial and semifeudal society.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of thePhilippines
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-cpp-releases-historic-documents/
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) recently released historic documents including the Constitution of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Program for the People’s Democratic Revolution (PPDR). The two documents were produced by the Second Congress of the CPP that took place during the second half of 2016.
The Constitution is divided into 13 parts, including the Preamble and other important articles. The CPP explicated on its primary task of applying Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to concrete conditions of the country and combining it with the concrete practice of Philippine revolution. The CPP is confident that it will succeed in the people’s democratic revolution because the revolutionary forces are growing in strength amid continuing and unrelenting local social crisis, while US imperialism is weakening strategically.
Meanwhile, the PPDR lays down the task of every revolutionary: Accomplish National Liberation and Democracy and Pave the Way for a Bright Socialist Future. In this light, the PPDR identified the particular tasks in the fields of politics, economics, military, culture, and international relations. The document also discussed the victories of the CPP, its relationship with the armed revolution and the united front, and self-reliance and international support. The document also discussed the essential critique on the semicolonial and semifeudal society.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-cpp-releases-historic-documents/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Onslaught of Duterte’s fascism
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): Onslaught of Duterte’s fascism
The Duterte regime has once again released a barrage of violent attacks against activists and common civilians these past two weeks. Glaring cases include the killing of three farmers in just one day, violence against workers, and militarization of communities. Over 30,000 residents were forced to evacuate from their communities due to Duterte’s all-out war that mainly victimized civilians.
Killings. Three farmers were killed on June 6 in separate incidents. In Compostela Valley, elements of the 46th IB shot and killed Lando Perdicos while he was resting in the balcony of their home in Barangay Cabuyo-an, Mabini. According to the victim’s wife, she was inside their house, along with their two children, when she suddenly heard shots successively fired. Perdicos was already dead when his wife went out to look for him.
Perdicos is a member of Hugpong sa Mag-uuma sa Mabini-Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Humabin-KMP). He actively joined mobilizations against militarization and the campaign to support fellow farmers who pushed for the reclamation of lands seized by Lapanday Foods Corporation in Tagum City.
On the same day, Humabin-KMP also reported the killing of another member in Montevista. The victim was identified as Jovie Jose.
In Agusan del Norte, another farmer was shot and killed on the same day at around 8:30 p.m. in Sitio Tagbakon, Barangay Culit, Nasipit. The victim, Jose Unahan, a Lumad Higaonon who was an active member of Mag-uuma sa Agusan del Norte-KMP. He was involved in defending their ancestral land against the entry of big mining companies and other destructive industries.
On June 10, at around 5:20 p.m. in Davao Oriental, agents of the 67th IB killed Nestor Dagatan Sacote, 29, a resident of Purok San Vicente Lambajon, Baganga.
Sacote was riding his motorcycle on the way home when blocked by two men riding another motorcycle. One of the men alighted and shot Sacote to death. The victim was an active member of the Alyansa sa mga Mag-uuma sa Sidlakang Davao. Before his death, Sacote bravely criticized the intensifying militarization in many communities of Lumads and farmers in their area.
In North Cotabato, three residents were killed, including a minor, while three others were injured when operating troops of the 34th IB fired successive shots at houses in Sitio Makantal, Barangay Olandang, Midsayap, at around 3:40 a.m. The victims were identified as Pinindiya Tumagantang, 68, migrant worker Aida Datumama, and student Norman Zainal Mangakop. After the incident, the soldiers took Datumama’s cash savings.
On June 16, a bomb killed five-month pregnant farmer Naano Mangintas while she was in her farm in Lower Idtig, General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao. A kid accompanying Mangintas was also injured from the said incident. (See related article on page 4.)
In Nueva Ecija, two unidentified men shot and killed Fr. Richmond Nilo, a priest serving Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish in Zaragoza, last June 10, around 5 p.m.. Fr. Nilo was killed in front of his parishioners while he was preparing for mass. His death sparked condemnation from various groups, including the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, Holy Angel University (HAU) in Pampanga, the Diocese of Cabanatuan, and San Carlos Seminary, where Fr. Nilo graduated.
According to Karapatan, Fr. Nilo’s death heavily confirms the prevailing impunity in the country, where the government itself has normalized killings, and rarely do suspects face prosecution. Fr. Nilo was an ardent critic of Duterte, according to HAU.
On June 8, five residents of Barangay Nabongsoran, Aroroy, Masbate, were massacred. Suspected CAFGU members who were assigned in Barangay Cabangcalan, Aroroy and under the command of the 2nd IB fired fatal shots at Ariel Madrilejos, John Paul Cristobal, and Dijie Cabarles. Two other residents, Jeo Cabarles and Ricky Alejo, were also shot, and and later died in the hospital. A barangay tanod, Jury Cabarles, was also injured from the incident.
Militarization. Arriving in three military trucks, soldiers from the 1st IB occupied the camp-out organized by farmers of Sitio Balacbacan, Barangay Laiya Aplaya, San Juan, Batangas at around midnight of June 4. The soldiers destroyed the fence surrounding the camp-out and rammed their trucks into the farms of the residents. On June 9, the soldiers attempted to build a structure for their headquarters right beside the camp-out’s kitchen. Elements of the PNP also arrived.
Residents, who organized under Habagat-Laiya, have long been defending their farmlands from the land-grabbing attempts of Federico Campos III.
In Hindang, Leyte, militarization has plagued Barangay Mahilom since March. Some 80 soldiers of the 78th IB under Capt. Bard Caezar P. Mazo occupied the houses near the barangay hall and prohibited residents from spending the night in their farms, even if they have to walk five hours home. The soldiers are also strictly monitoring the residents’ every move by having them sign a logbook. A curfew and strict control on the quantity of rice that can be bought were also imposed. The residents who are resisting the entry of troops are also being accused of being supporters of the NPA.
In Quezon, 18 barangays in South Quezon-Bondoc Peninsula have been militarized beginning the second week of June. The 85th IB and other troops of the 2nd ID occupied three barangays in General Luna, six in Macalelon and nine in Lopez.
Residents of Km 9 Semowao, Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur reported that in the morning of June 14, some 100 soldiers suddenly appeared in their community.
In Batangas, farmers of Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca confronted a unit of combined forces of the PNP, Air Force and Philippine Army who camped out in their community starting June 17. This sparked fear and unease among residents.
Evacuation. In Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, 72 Lumad Mamanwa families and 50 peasant families from Sitio Zapanta Valley, Barangay Bangayan were forced to evacuate. Up to 500 individuals were forced to evacuate their homes due to the occupation of their community by the 29th IB. They said that they were still being closely monitored by the soldiers even if they were already staying in the barangay hall. The soldiers did not allow anyone to come near the evacuees, and at one point in June 14, the soldiers also prohibited church people from distributing relief goods to the evacuees.
On June 17, soldiers loaded and transported evacuees to Little Baguio, Barangay San Roque, with the promise that they will be given food. When they arrived in the area, they were displayed to the public and made to appear as NPA surrenderees. They were then detained by the soldiers for one whole day.
Harassment. In Capiz, seven farmers were threatened and harassed by troops from the 61st IB under the command of Lt. Col. Sisenando Magbalot Jr. last June 9 in Sitio Sap-ong Tigpaka Daku, Barangay San Antonio, Cuartero.
Carlito delos Santos, along with four other companions, went to his hut to find out that it was ransacked by the soldiers. He was accused of safekeeping the NPA’s backpacks and explosives, and was forced to surrender. The soldiers tried to forcibly take him but they were impeded by his companions. The soldiers held delos Santos and company in custody for about four hours. After the incident, two other residents—JC and JR delos Santos were strangled and held at gunpoint by the soldiers and were accused as Carlito’s accomplices.
In Bohol, the regime launched subsequent repressive attacks against farmers’ organizations. On June 13, at around 1:40 p.m., agents of the state open-fired at the training center of La Swerte Farmers Association (LASFA) in Barangay La Swerte, Pilar. Saniel Pilegro and his two minor children were then inside the building. After the shoot-out, armed men searched the premises. The next day, in the town of Mabini, while the PNP Regional Mobile Group was operating in Barangay San Jose, police were at the same time distributing leaflets contaning black propaganda against the Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa San Jose and Humabol-KMP.
Meanwhile, the fact-finding mission (FFM) headed by Karapatan Central Visayas last June 6 in Barangay Campagao, Bilar was also harassed and intimidated by soldiers of the 47th IB. The FFM aimed to document the human rights violations perpetrated against residents following the encounter between the NPA and AFP last May 15.
The group just arrived at the barangay when they were blocked by the military and the police. The soldiers insisted on joining the FFM in going around the community. When the group declined, the soldiers still followed them around. The soldiers were also accompanied by personnel from the provincial government.
On June 12, while the “Hindipendence” Day protest was ongoing in Cebu City, the military distributed flyers containing black propaganda against progressive organizations. Meanwhile, members of Kabataan Partylist who were protesting in Magay Public Market in Zamboanga City were forcibly driven away by the police and were threatened to be handcuffed if they will not leave.
In Quezon, police harassed farmers and their supporters who were conducting mobile propaganda in Barangay San Jose, Gen. Luna. The police took photos and videos of activists, and even grabbed the cellphone of one of the protesters.
Illegal arrest. Maria Theresa Cabales, 61, was charged with trumped-up rebellion cases after she was illegally arrested by intelligence agents of the PNP and AFP for supposedly joining an NPA offensive back in 2017. She was arrested in Molo, Iloilo last June 8. Cabales was an organizer and staff of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Western Visayas. She was arrested in Tanza-Timawa Village in Iloilo City.
In Bohol, Pedro Lumantas, 54, was illegally arrested on June 17 while he was being treated in Ramiro Memorial Hospital in Tagbilaran City. Lumantas, who was a former political prisoner, was charged with a trumped-up case of attempted murder and is now under tight supervision of the elements of PNP-Bohol.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of thePhilippines
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-onslaught-of-dutertes-fascism/
The Duterte regime has once again released a barrage of violent attacks against activists and common civilians these past two weeks. Glaring cases include the killing of three farmers in just one day, violence against workers, and militarization of communities. Over 30,000 residents were forced to evacuate from their communities due to Duterte’s all-out war that mainly victimized civilians.
Killings. Three farmers were killed on June 6 in separate incidents. In Compostela Valley, elements of the 46th IB shot and killed Lando Perdicos while he was resting in the balcony of their home in Barangay Cabuyo-an, Mabini. According to the victim’s wife, she was inside their house, along with their two children, when she suddenly heard shots successively fired. Perdicos was already dead when his wife went out to look for him.
Perdicos is a member of Hugpong sa Mag-uuma sa Mabini-Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Humabin-KMP). He actively joined mobilizations against militarization and the campaign to support fellow farmers who pushed for the reclamation of lands seized by Lapanday Foods Corporation in Tagum City.
On the same day, Humabin-KMP also reported the killing of another member in Montevista. The victim was identified as Jovie Jose.
In Agusan del Norte, another farmer was shot and killed on the same day at around 8:30 p.m. in Sitio Tagbakon, Barangay Culit, Nasipit. The victim, Jose Unahan, a Lumad Higaonon who was an active member of Mag-uuma sa Agusan del Norte-KMP. He was involved in defending their ancestral land against the entry of big mining companies and other destructive industries.
On June 10, at around 5:20 p.m. in Davao Oriental, agents of the 67th IB killed Nestor Dagatan Sacote, 29, a resident of Purok San Vicente Lambajon, Baganga.
Sacote was riding his motorcycle on the way home when blocked by two men riding another motorcycle. One of the men alighted and shot Sacote to death. The victim was an active member of the Alyansa sa mga Mag-uuma sa Sidlakang Davao. Before his death, Sacote bravely criticized the intensifying militarization in many communities of Lumads and farmers in their area.
In North Cotabato, three residents were killed, including a minor, while three others were injured when operating troops of the 34th IB fired successive shots at houses in Sitio Makantal, Barangay Olandang, Midsayap, at around 3:40 a.m. The victims were identified as Pinindiya Tumagantang, 68, migrant worker Aida Datumama, and student Norman Zainal Mangakop. After the incident, the soldiers took Datumama’s cash savings.
On June 16, a bomb killed five-month pregnant farmer Naano Mangintas while she was in her farm in Lower Idtig, General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao. A kid accompanying Mangintas was also injured from the said incident. (See related article on page 4.)
In Nueva Ecija, two unidentified men shot and killed Fr. Richmond Nilo, a priest serving Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish in Zaragoza, last June 10, around 5 p.m.. Fr. Nilo was killed in front of his parishioners while he was preparing for mass. His death sparked condemnation from various groups, including the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, Holy Angel University (HAU) in Pampanga, the Diocese of Cabanatuan, and San Carlos Seminary, where Fr. Nilo graduated.
According to Karapatan, Fr. Nilo’s death heavily confirms the prevailing impunity in the country, where the government itself has normalized killings, and rarely do suspects face prosecution. Fr. Nilo was an ardent critic of Duterte, according to HAU.
On June 8, five residents of Barangay Nabongsoran, Aroroy, Masbate, were massacred. Suspected CAFGU members who were assigned in Barangay Cabangcalan, Aroroy and under the command of the 2nd IB fired fatal shots at Ariel Madrilejos, John Paul Cristobal, and Dijie Cabarles. Two other residents, Jeo Cabarles and Ricky Alejo, were also shot, and and later died in the hospital. A barangay tanod, Jury Cabarles, was also injured from the incident.
Militarization. Arriving in three military trucks, soldiers from the 1st IB occupied the camp-out organized by farmers of Sitio Balacbacan, Barangay Laiya Aplaya, San Juan, Batangas at around midnight of June 4. The soldiers destroyed the fence surrounding the camp-out and rammed their trucks into the farms of the residents. On June 9, the soldiers attempted to build a structure for their headquarters right beside the camp-out’s kitchen. Elements of the PNP also arrived.
Residents, who organized under Habagat-Laiya, have long been defending their farmlands from the land-grabbing attempts of Federico Campos III.
In Hindang, Leyte, militarization has plagued Barangay Mahilom since March. Some 80 soldiers of the 78th IB under Capt. Bard Caezar P. Mazo occupied the houses near the barangay hall and prohibited residents from spending the night in their farms, even if they have to walk five hours home. The soldiers are also strictly monitoring the residents’ every move by having them sign a logbook. A curfew and strict control on the quantity of rice that can be bought were also imposed. The residents who are resisting the entry of troops are also being accused of being supporters of the NPA.
In Quezon, 18 barangays in South Quezon-Bondoc Peninsula have been militarized beginning the second week of June. The 85th IB and other troops of the 2nd ID occupied three barangays in General Luna, six in Macalelon and nine in Lopez.
Residents of Km 9 Semowao, Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur reported that in the morning of June 14, some 100 soldiers suddenly appeared in their community.
In Batangas, farmers of Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca confronted a unit of combined forces of the PNP, Air Force and Philippine Army who camped out in their community starting June 17. This sparked fear and unease among residents.
Evacuation. In Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, 72 Lumad Mamanwa families and 50 peasant families from Sitio Zapanta Valley, Barangay Bangayan were forced to evacuate. Up to 500 individuals were forced to evacuate their homes due to the occupation of their community by the 29th IB. They said that they were still being closely monitored by the soldiers even if they were already staying in the barangay hall. The soldiers did not allow anyone to come near the evacuees, and at one point in June 14, the soldiers also prohibited church people from distributing relief goods to the evacuees.
On June 17, soldiers loaded and transported evacuees to Little Baguio, Barangay San Roque, with the promise that they will be given food. When they arrived in the area, they were displayed to the public and made to appear as NPA surrenderees. They were then detained by the soldiers for one whole day.
Harassment. In Capiz, seven farmers were threatened and harassed by troops from the 61st IB under the command of Lt. Col. Sisenando Magbalot Jr. last June 9 in Sitio Sap-ong Tigpaka Daku, Barangay San Antonio, Cuartero.
Carlito delos Santos, along with four other companions, went to his hut to find out that it was ransacked by the soldiers. He was accused of safekeeping the NPA’s backpacks and explosives, and was forced to surrender. The soldiers tried to forcibly take him but they were impeded by his companions. The soldiers held delos Santos and company in custody for about four hours. After the incident, two other residents—JC and JR delos Santos were strangled and held at gunpoint by the soldiers and were accused as Carlito’s accomplices.
In Bohol, the regime launched subsequent repressive attacks against farmers’ organizations. On June 13, at around 1:40 p.m., agents of the state open-fired at the training center of La Swerte Farmers Association (LASFA) in Barangay La Swerte, Pilar. Saniel Pilegro and his two minor children were then inside the building. After the shoot-out, armed men searched the premises. The next day, in the town of Mabini, while the PNP Regional Mobile Group was operating in Barangay San Jose, police were at the same time distributing leaflets contaning black propaganda against the Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa San Jose and Humabol-KMP.
Meanwhile, the fact-finding mission (FFM) headed by Karapatan Central Visayas last June 6 in Barangay Campagao, Bilar was also harassed and intimidated by soldiers of the 47th IB. The FFM aimed to document the human rights violations perpetrated against residents following the encounter between the NPA and AFP last May 15.
The group just arrived at the barangay when they were blocked by the military and the police. The soldiers insisted on joining the FFM in going around the community. When the group declined, the soldiers still followed them around. The soldiers were also accompanied by personnel from the provincial government.
On June 12, while the “Hindipendence” Day protest was ongoing in Cebu City, the military distributed flyers containing black propaganda against progressive organizations. Meanwhile, members of Kabataan Partylist who were protesting in Magay Public Market in Zamboanga City were forcibly driven away by the police and were threatened to be handcuffed if they will not leave.
In Quezon, police harassed farmers and their supporters who were conducting mobile propaganda in Barangay San Jose, Gen. Luna. The police took photos and videos of activists, and even grabbed the cellphone of one of the protesters.
Illegal arrest. Maria Theresa Cabales, 61, was charged with trumped-up rebellion cases after she was illegally arrested by intelligence agents of the PNP and AFP for supposedly joining an NPA offensive back in 2017. She was arrested in Molo, Iloilo last June 8. Cabales was an organizer and staff of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Western Visayas. She was arrested in Tanza-Timawa Village in Iloilo City.
In Bohol, Pedro Lumantas, 54, was illegally arrested on June 17 while he was being treated in Ramiro Memorial Hospital in Tagbilaran City. Lumantas, who was a former political prisoner, was charged with a trumped-up case of attempted murder and is now under tight supervision of the elements of PNP-Bohol.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-onslaught-of-dutertes-fascism/
CPP/Ang Bayan: The Pangayaw in Talaingod
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): The Pangayaw in Talaingod
In 1993, Twenty-Five Lumad datus of Talaingod gathered to form Salupungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon (Solidarity in Defense of the Ancestral Land) to fight the ALSONS’s land grabbing of 19,000 hectares which form part of the Lumad’s ancestral lands and which would have evicted 40 communities. The datus selected Datu Guibang Apoga to lead Salupungan.
They earned the support of organizations who stand in solidarity with the Lumad’s struggle, and compelled ALSONS to sign an agreement that set the boundaries of the company’s operations and the scope of the ancestral lands of the Ata-Manobo.
ALSONS violated the agreement and encroached on their ancestral lands, formed armed guards and incited other Lumads to fight against their kin. Crops were poisoned, ancestral cemeteries of communities were bulldozed, and the culture and identity of the Lumads were violated. Meanwhile, the AFP deployed additional detachments within the ancestral lands.
After the October 1995 harvest, Datu Guibang and his fellow Lumad leaders declared a pangayaw (tribal war) against ALSONS. Using traditional weapons, up to 400 bagani (Lumad warriors) grouped in three areas—Duryan, Nasilaban, and Tambuko—and proceeded to ambush the soldiers and guards employed by ALSONS.
At the areas they set for the pangayaw, arrows and bangkaw (spear) silently rained, catching the soldiers of the 64th IB and the ALSONS guards by surprise, resulting in six deaths and four injuries. The bagani were able to retreat safely.
Since then, ALSONS halted their operations and the 64th IB and the hired guards retreated from the ancestral lands of the Ata-Manobo in Talaingod.
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-the-pangayaw-in-talaingod/
In 1993, Twenty-Five Lumad datus of Talaingod gathered to form Salupungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon (Solidarity in Defense of the Ancestral Land) to fight the ALSONS’s land grabbing of 19,000 hectares which form part of the Lumad’s ancestral lands and which would have evicted 40 communities. The datus selected Datu Guibang Apoga to lead Salupungan.
They earned the support of organizations who stand in solidarity with the Lumad’s struggle, and compelled ALSONS to sign an agreement that set the boundaries of the company’s operations and the scope of the ancestral lands of the Ata-Manobo.
ALSONS violated the agreement and encroached on their ancestral lands, formed armed guards and incited other Lumads to fight against their kin. Crops were poisoned, ancestral cemeteries of communities were bulldozed, and the culture and identity of the Lumads were violated. Meanwhile, the AFP deployed additional detachments within the ancestral lands.
After the October 1995 harvest, Datu Guibang and his fellow Lumad leaders declared a pangayaw (tribal war) against ALSONS. Using traditional weapons, up to 400 bagani (Lumad warriors) grouped in three areas—Duryan, Nasilaban, and Tambuko—and proceeded to ambush the soldiers and guards employed by ALSONS.
At the areas they set for the pangayaw, arrows and bangkaw (spear) silently rained, catching the soldiers of the 64th IB and the ALSONS guards by surprise, resulting in six deaths and four injuries. The bagani were able to retreat safely.
Since then, ALSONS halted their operations and the 64th IB and the hired guards retreated from the ancestral lands of the Ata-Manobo in Talaingod.
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-the-pangayaw-in-talaingod/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Siege and military attacks in civilian communities
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): Siege and military attacks in civilian communities
Duterte’s armed minions continue to sow terror throughout the country. Using massive swarm tactics, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deployed battalions upon battalions of troops in target communities and areas where projects favoring foreigners are to be built, in an effort to subjugate the people and drive them away from their farmlands and ancestral lands. This is most prevalent in Mindanao, where 75% of the Philippine Army’s combat battalions are deployed.
Initial data from Ang Bayan show that eight battalions of the AFP are deployed in Caraga, six are focused in Marawi, while three battalions are deployed in the three barangays of Talaingod, Davao del Norte. In Maguindanao, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur and in the whole Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), there are as many as 27 battalions focused on Moro communities.
Outside Mindanao, troops have also occupied many barangays in Quezon province, Southern Tagalog. Military and police forces are also pouring into Boracay Island after it was closed to the public to give way to the construction of casinos, hotels and other tourism infrastructures that will be built by Duterte’s favored foreign businessmen.
In cities, violence is also Duterte’s response to striking workers and urban poor who are asserting their right to affordable housing.
Talaingod attack
The AFP is currently employing Marawi-style tactics to forcibly displace farmers and Lumad people. In the small town of Talaingod, Davao del Norte, which has a population of only around 30,000, three AFP battalions are deployed—56th IB, 72nd IB and 88th IB, besides the paramilitary group Alamara. Already, hundreds have become victims of human rights violations, with the troops camping on Lumad schools and forbidding these schools to open. Due to the military’s strict control of the residents’ movements, the life and livelihood of the communities have been adversely affected.
Leaders and residents are also being harassed and intimidated by the AFP, and many are being forced to surrender as members of the NPA. One of the starkest cases recorded involves the forcible surrender of Lumad leader Datu Guibang Apoga, who is now frail and sickly. He was made to appear in a public assembly and was portrayed as a surrenderee.
The datus of Salupungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon strongly condemned the public assembly organized by the military in Sitio Nasilaban, Batangay Palma Gil, explaining that even in Apoga’s remarks during the assembly, the leader called for the continued campaign to protect Lumad schools. Apoga even apologized for his limitations as leader of their tribe largely due to his ailments and advanced age. The datus also emphasized that there was no mention whatsoever in Apoga’s short speech about giving up their struggle.
Widespread bombing in Maguindanao
After the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in both chambers of Congress, the military launched clearing operations through airstrikes and combat operations in towns of Maguindanao and Cotabato to force residents to flee and leave areas within and near Liguasan Marsh.
Last June 10, the AFP Joint Task Force Central launched an offensive at the southern part of Liguasan Marsh, which includes the towns of Pagalungan, Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun, Datu Montawal, and Rajah Buayan, even reaching some communities in Pikit, North Cotabato. The attacks happened during the period of Eid’l Fitr, the conclusion of Ramadan. These offensives pave the way for foreign capitalists and local burgeois compradors of the regime to freely plunder the riches of Liguasan Marsh.
Forcible eviction in Lanao del Sur
Under the guise of running after remaining members of the Maute group, troops of Joint Task Force Ranao viciously rained bullets and bombs last June 14-17 in the towns of Tubaran, Pagayawan and Binidayan in Lanao del Sur. This prompted the mass evacuation of some 11,000 individuals. Meanwhile, some families residing in Barangay Padas and Diampaca in the town of Pagayawan were caught in the middle of the bombing as they were prevented by soldiers to evacuate.
The AFP is making it appear that the Maute-ISIS group has already reached the farthest parts of Tubaran and Pagayawan, even claiming that an encounter occured between their troops and Maute. Such claims disguise their ultimate goal of tightening control over Lake Lanao and allowing foreign busineses to further exploit the natural resources of the region.
After besieging Marawi, the AFP next targeted the communities south of Lake Lanao. This lake is the main source of electricity in Mindanao through the Agus Hydro-Electric Power Plant Complex. In 2017, the regime offered the power plants to Chinese businesses who allegedly pledged P20.35 billion for their rehabilitation.
Militarization in Quezon
Since January, the 80th IB has been conducting intensive combat operations in Barangay Umiray, General Nakar and along its coast. Each sitio was covered by a platoon of soldiers. Residents, primarily indigenous Dumagat and Remontados, are being harassed and intimidated. One of Umiray’s sitios—Sitio Dadiangao—has been completely abandoned by residents out of fear from militarization.
Some 18 barangays in three towns in South Quezon-Bondoc Peninsula are also being militarized in an effort to undermine the peasants’ struggle for genuine land reform and campaign against the low price of copra.
South Quezon is being targeted for widescale land use conversion to give way to the construction of power plants, mega dam, and ports. Some 475 farm workers of Hacienda Uy, San Andres, South Quezon are currently experiencing extreme hunger ever since their landlords and their hired goons enforced a four-year prohibition preventing them from tilling the land. Meanwhile, General Nakar is also the planned location of the New Centennial Dam Project, and will also be part of the areas that will be developed under the Pacific Coast City Project—a reclamation project that spans Marikina, Manila and will run up to Infanta, Quezon.
Treachery in Boracay
In the name of rehabilitating Boracay island, Duterte poured no less than 700 elements of the PNP and the AFP to supposedly maintain security in the island. Last April 24, two days before the island’s closure, Joint Task Force Boracay launched exercises on how to handle protests, terrorist attacks, and hostage-taking situations. While this was happening, the media was forbidden from entering the island and even residents of the island were required to show identification. Martial law is virtually being enforced by the regime in the island.
In the six months that Boracay will be closed, no less than 36,000 workers will be retrenched and will be left without livelihood, including thousands of residents who depend on the island’s tourism. Demolition of houses is also rampant presently.
Duterte boasts of his plan to “distribute” land to the indigenous Ati of the island but only to attach titles to their land to make it easier for big business to legally grab land in the island. Two foreign-owned casinos are expected to be built on the island.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of thePhilippines
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-siege-and-military-attacks-in-civilian-communities/
Duterte’s armed minions continue to sow terror throughout the country. Using massive swarm tactics, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deployed battalions upon battalions of troops in target communities and areas where projects favoring foreigners are to be built, in an effort to subjugate the people and drive them away from their farmlands and ancestral lands. This is most prevalent in Mindanao, where 75% of the Philippine Army’s combat battalions are deployed.
Initial data from Ang Bayan show that eight battalions of the AFP are deployed in Caraga, six are focused in Marawi, while three battalions are deployed in the three barangays of Talaingod, Davao del Norte. In Maguindanao, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur and in the whole Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), there are as many as 27 battalions focused on Moro communities.
Outside Mindanao, troops have also occupied many barangays in Quezon province, Southern Tagalog. Military and police forces are also pouring into Boracay Island after it was closed to the public to give way to the construction of casinos, hotels and other tourism infrastructures that will be built by Duterte’s favored foreign businessmen.
In cities, violence is also Duterte’s response to striking workers and urban poor who are asserting their right to affordable housing.
Talaingod attack
The AFP is currently employing Marawi-style tactics to forcibly displace farmers and Lumad people. In the small town of Talaingod, Davao del Norte, which has a population of only around 30,000, three AFP battalions are deployed—56th IB, 72nd IB and 88th IB, besides the paramilitary group Alamara. Already, hundreds have become victims of human rights violations, with the troops camping on Lumad schools and forbidding these schools to open. Due to the military’s strict control of the residents’ movements, the life and livelihood of the communities have been adversely affected.
Leaders and residents are also being harassed and intimidated by the AFP, and many are being forced to surrender as members of the NPA. One of the starkest cases recorded involves the forcible surrender of Lumad leader Datu Guibang Apoga, who is now frail and sickly. He was made to appear in a public assembly and was portrayed as a surrenderee.
The datus of Salupungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon strongly condemned the public assembly organized by the military in Sitio Nasilaban, Batangay Palma Gil, explaining that even in Apoga’s remarks during the assembly, the leader called for the continued campaign to protect Lumad schools. Apoga even apologized for his limitations as leader of their tribe largely due to his ailments and advanced age. The datus also emphasized that there was no mention whatsoever in Apoga’s short speech about giving up their struggle.
Widespread bombing in Maguindanao
After the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in both chambers of Congress, the military launched clearing operations through airstrikes and combat operations in towns of Maguindanao and Cotabato to force residents to flee and leave areas within and near Liguasan Marsh.
Last June 10, the AFP Joint Task Force Central launched an offensive at the southern part of Liguasan Marsh, which includes the towns of Pagalungan, Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun, Datu Montawal, and Rajah Buayan, even reaching some communities in Pikit, North Cotabato. The attacks happened during the period of Eid’l Fitr, the conclusion of Ramadan. These offensives pave the way for foreign capitalists and local burgeois compradors of the regime to freely plunder the riches of Liguasan Marsh.
Forcible eviction in Lanao del Sur
Under the guise of running after remaining members of the Maute group, troops of Joint Task Force Ranao viciously rained bullets and bombs last June 14-17 in the towns of Tubaran, Pagayawan and Binidayan in Lanao del Sur. This prompted the mass evacuation of some 11,000 individuals. Meanwhile, some families residing in Barangay Padas and Diampaca in the town of Pagayawan were caught in the middle of the bombing as they were prevented by soldiers to evacuate.
The AFP is making it appear that the Maute-ISIS group has already reached the farthest parts of Tubaran and Pagayawan, even claiming that an encounter occured between their troops and Maute. Such claims disguise their ultimate goal of tightening control over Lake Lanao and allowing foreign busineses to further exploit the natural resources of the region.
After besieging Marawi, the AFP next targeted the communities south of Lake Lanao. This lake is the main source of electricity in Mindanao through the Agus Hydro-Electric Power Plant Complex. In 2017, the regime offered the power plants to Chinese businesses who allegedly pledged P20.35 billion for their rehabilitation.
Militarization in Quezon
Since January, the 80th IB has been conducting intensive combat operations in Barangay Umiray, General Nakar and along its coast. Each sitio was covered by a platoon of soldiers. Residents, primarily indigenous Dumagat and Remontados, are being harassed and intimidated. One of Umiray’s sitios—Sitio Dadiangao—has been completely abandoned by residents out of fear from militarization.
Some 18 barangays in three towns in South Quezon-Bondoc Peninsula are also being militarized in an effort to undermine the peasants’ struggle for genuine land reform and campaign against the low price of copra.
South Quezon is being targeted for widescale land use conversion to give way to the construction of power plants, mega dam, and ports. Some 475 farm workers of Hacienda Uy, San Andres, South Quezon are currently experiencing extreme hunger ever since their landlords and their hired goons enforced a four-year prohibition preventing them from tilling the land. Meanwhile, General Nakar is also the planned location of the New Centennial Dam Project, and will also be part of the areas that will be developed under the Pacific Coast City Project—a reclamation project that spans Marikina, Manila and will run up to Infanta, Quezon.
Treachery in Boracay
In the name of rehabilitating Boracay island, Duterte poured no less than 700 elements of the PNP and the AFP to supposedly maintain security in the island. Last April 24, two days before the island’s closure, Joint Task Force Boracay launched exercises on how to handle protests, terrorist attacks, and hostage-taking situations. While this was happening, the media was forbidden from entering the island and even residents of the island were required to show identification. Martial law is virtually being enforced by the regime in the island.
In the six months that Boracay will be closed, no less than 36,000 workers will be retrenched and will be left without livelihood, including thousands of residents who depend on the island’s tourism. Demolition of houses is also rampant presently.
Duterte boasts of his plan to “distribute” land to the indigenous Ati of the island but only to attach titles to their land to make it easier for big business to legally grab land in the island. Two foreign-owned casinos are expected to be built on the island.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-siege-and-military-attacks-in-civilian-communities/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Duterte cancels talks anew
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): Duterte cancels talks anew
For the third time, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) cancelled the resumption of formal peace negotiations between them and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) last June 14. This came following four rounds of informal meetings between the panels of both sides. This also developed despite the signing of the two panels of three agreements which sought to hasten the talks. After the cancellation, the NDFP publicized the following agreements: (1) guidelines and procedures towards an interim peace agreement and resumption of formal talks; (2) agreement for a stand down; and (3) timetable for resumption of peace negotiations.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) castigated the Duterte regime for unilaterally cancelling the talks. Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP, dismissed as “bullshit” Duterte’s explanation that more time is needed to consult the public regarding the agreements.
According to the CPP, the cancellation of the formal peace talks seeks to give way for the military to intensify its offensive attacks against the NPA in guerrilla fronts throughout the country.
The CPP explained that the Duterte regime aims to give the AFP more time to complete its military campaign plan for 2018 of mounting bigger offensives under Oplan Kapayapaan in the hope of crippling the New People’s Army and inducing the NDFP to negotiate a surrender in three to six months.
Proof of this motive is Duterte’s recent meeting with officials of the AFP to determine the status of Oplan Kapayapaan, the CPP said.
In fact, the AFP is already mounting large-scale offensives in guerrilla zones nationwide across the country and is adding more soldiers including the recent recruitment of 5,000 and planned recruitment of 10,000 more troops until the end of the year.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of thePhilippines
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-duterte-cancels-talks-anew/
For the third time, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) cancelled the resumption of formal peace negotiations between them and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) last June 14. This came following four rounds of informal meetings between the panels of both sides. This also developed despite the signing of the two panels of three agreements which sought to hasten the talks. After the cancellation, the NDFP publicized the following agreements: (1) guidelines and procedures towards an interim peace agreement and resumption of formal talks; (2) agreement for a stand down; and (3) timetable for resumption of peace negotiations.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) castigated the Duterte regime for unilaterally cancelling the talks. Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP, dismissed as “bullshit” Duterte’s explanation that more time is needed to consult the public regarding the agreements.
According to the CPP, the cancellation of the formal peace talks seeks to give way for the military to intensify its offensive attacks against the NPA in guerrilla fronts throughout the country.
The CPP explained that the Duterte regime aims to give the AFP more time to complete its military campaign plan for 2018 of mounting bigger offensives under Oplan Kapayapaan in the hope of crippling the New People’s Army and inducing the NDFP to negotiate a surrender in three to six months.
Proof of this motive is Duterte’s recent meeting with officials of the AFP to determine the status of Oplan Kapayapaan, the CPP said.
In fact, the AFP is already mounting large-scale offensives in guerrilla zones nationwide across the country and is adding more soldiers including the recent recruitment of 5,000 and planned recruitment of 10,000 more troops until the end of the year.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-duterte-cancels-talks-anew/
CPP/Ang Bayan: NPA seizes 12 firearms
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): NPA seizes 12 firearms
Seven firearms were seized by the New People’s Army (NPA)-Bulacan during its raid against armed guards of the Monte Grande Development Corporation (MGDC) last June 13, at around 11 a.m. at Barangay Ciudad Real, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Seized firearms include five high-powered rifles, two .9mm pistols and ammunition. The raid lasted for an hour.
MGDC is owned by big bourgeois-comprador Lucio Tan. His company is notorious for grabbing 77 hectares of farmlands in the area. Tan employed MGDC’s armed goons to drive farmers away from their lands.
Ka Jose del Pilar, spokesperson of NPA-Bulacan, said that the raid is a punitive action against Tan to give justice against the abuse of MGDC to the farmers and residents.
Negros Oriental. NPA-Negros Oriental successfully raided the residence of Mike Jacosalem last June 12, 4:30 a.m. in Barangay Humay-humay, Guihulngan City. Jacosalem is a notorious druglord in Negros Oriental and Cebu.
Jacosalem eventually died in a hospital while one of his men died in the encounter. Seized firearms from the raid include four .45 calibre pistols, a Browning shotgun, eight radio handsets, magazines and ammunition.
On the same day, at around 7 p.m., units of NPA-Negros simultaneously harassed two CAFGU detachments on Barangay Imelda, Guihulngan and Barangay Guba, Vallehermoso. At the same time, three other military actions were conducted separately by the NPA in Guihulngan, Magallon, and La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of thePhilippines
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-npa-seizes-12-firearms/
Seven firearms were seized by the New People’s Army (NPA)-Bulacan during its raid against armed guards of the Monte Grande Development Corporation (MGDC) last June 13, at around 11 a.m. at Barangay Ciudad Real, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Seized firearms include five high-powered rifles, two .9mm pistols and ammunition. The raid lasted for an hour.
MGDC is owned by big bourgeois-comprador Lucio Tan. His company is notorious for grabbing 77 hectares of farmlands in the area. Tan employed MGDC’s armed goons to drive farmers away from their lands.
Ka Jose del Pilar, spokesperson of NPA-Bulacan, said that the raid is a punitive action against Tan to give justice against the abuse of MGDC to the farmers and residents.
Negros Oriental. NPA-Negros Oriental successfully raided the residence of Mike Jacosalem last June 12, 4:30 a.m. in Barangay Humay-humay, Guihulngan City. Jacosalem is a notorious druglord in Negros Oriental and Cebu.
Jacosalem eventually died in a hospital while one of his men died in the encounter. Seized firearms from the raid include four .45 calibre pistols, a Browning shotgun, eight radio handsets, magazines and ammunition.
On the same day, at around 7 p.m., units of NPA-Negros simultaneously harassed two CAFGU detachments on Barangay Imelda, Guihulngan and Barangay Guba, Vallehermoso. At the same time, three other military actions were conducted separately by the NPA in Guihulngan, Magallon, and La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-npa-seizes-12-firearms/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Defeat Duterte’s fascist motives for cancelling talks
Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Jun 21): Defeat Duterte’s fascist motives for cancelling talks
With flagrant impudence, Rodrigo Duterte shred the agreement to resume formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) this June 28. He scrapped as well the stand down agreement to halt offensive actions from both sides a week before the formal talks.
Duterte’s claim saying he is “not ready” and that he needs more time to “consult the public” are mere excuses. Such brazen lies! Further sabotaging the talks, Duterte is again insisting on holding the peace negotiations in the Philippines, directly contradicting the guidelines set by The Hague Joint Declaration. If Duterte insists on this demand, it will spell nothing but the termination of the peace talks.
Duterte has once again revealed complete lack of interest in seriously negotiating wth the NDFP to discuss and solve the root causes of the civil war in the Philippines. Duterte is running over the fervent demand of the Filipino people for genuine land reform and national industrialization, genuine democracy and ending US imperialist control of and intervention in the nation and government.
Instead of talking to the NDFP, Duterte seeks to intensify the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) war against the NDFP, the Party, and the New People’s Army (NPA), and use this to justify the imposition of martial law in the whole country and establish his dream of a fascist dictatorship.
By cancelling the talks, Duterte intends to remove all impediments against the campaign for large-scale offensives of the AFP under Oplan Kapayapaan and martial law in Mindanao. Ultimately, Duterte seeks to cripple or halve the forces of the NPA using the full military force of the AFP before the end of 2018, vainly thinking that by doing so, the NDFP will be induced to negotiate surrender to the GRP.
Duterte is pouring funds to the AFP and the police to fully accomplish this year the plan to add 15,000 troops which began rolling in 2017. Duterte is using almost 100 battalions to cover large areas in the countryside, including areas of the Bangsamoro in Mindanao; lay siege, overwhelm, and occupy barrios suspected of supporting the revolutionary movement; force citizens to surrender as members of the NPA; cut the NPA off from its mass base; and launch fierce combat operations in the mountains. The enemy is focusing its operations mainly on vast expanses of land that Duterte targets to turn into plantations and mines that will be controlled by big capitalists.
In many places, the AFP is employing Marawi-style tactics of dropping bombs and bombarding civilian communities to sow terror and use fear to force the people to submit to them. The people’s resistance is met with brutal violence. Tokhang-style killings targeting peasant leaders and tribal leaders have become more rampant.
In the cities, the people’s mounting resistance amid crisis and fascism of the Duterte regime has been met with intensified repression. The toiling masses, especially workers and the poor, are the main targets of surveillance and incarceration. A widespread crackdown looms as Duterte exercises the full force of his autocratic powers as prelude to the enforcement of nationwide martial law.
There is a need to valiantly fight fascism, tyranny, and Duterte’s attacks against the people, both in the cities and the countryside.
In the countryside, there is an urgent need to face, fight, and defeat the plan to intensify the AFP’s military offensives against the NPA and the broad struggling masses.
The NPA must launch widespread and intensive guerilla warfare on the basis of an ever-widening and deepening mass base. There is a need to intently study, pinpoint, and exploit the many vulnerabilities of the enemy’s operating troops. Militarily, the AFP is vulnerable for overstretching its forces as it aims to cover large areas all at the same time. Politically, the AFP’s greatest weakness springs from their total isolation from the masses and the people’s seething anger against the troops because of their fascist abuses, scare tactics, the forcible recruitment of spies, forcing people to “surrender”, and ordering civilians around.
The AFP’s military offensive should be met with tactical offensives of the NPA throughout the country. Make the NPA’s solid victories in many parts of the country reverberate. Combine this with the widespread attritive military actions of the NPA to counter the enemy’s massive swarm tactics. NPA commands at various levels should maximize the scope and strength of the NPA in their respective ranges to ensure coordination and cooperation.
The NPA is speedily recovering from the wounds it sustained in the past six months and has overcome some of its weaknesses by adapting to the perils wrought by the AFP’s massive troop concentration, widespread civil-military operations, and other tactics employed by the enemy. The NPA is utilizing guerrilla tactics and techniques and quick movements while the the enemy is left blind and deaf, encircled and made to punch the air.
Adeptness at guerrilla warfare is based on how deep and wide the people’s support is and participation in the people’s war. Continue rousing and mobilizing the peasants and national minorities in their numbers in advancing their anti-feudal struggles and the defense of their ancestral lands.
In the urban areas, the democratic struggle of the toiling masses, the youth and students, and other democratic sectors and classes, is steadily advancing. Strengthen the Filipino people’s unity by widening and strengthening the united front against fascism, tyranny, and dictatorship scheme of the Duterte regime. We must intensively arouse and mobilize all democratic forces throughout the country to overthrow the fascist, puppet, rotten, and criminal Duterte regime.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of thePhilippines
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-defeat-duterte8217s-fascist-motives-for-cancelling-talks/
With flagrant impudence, Rodrigo Duterte shred the agreement to resume formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) this June 28. He scrapped as well the stand down agreement to halt offensive actions from both sides a week before the formal talks.
Duterte’s claim saying he is “not ready” and that he needs more time to “consult the public” are mere excuses. Such brazen lies! Further sabotaging the talks, Duterte is again insisting on holding the peace negotiations in the Philippines, directly contradicting the guidelines set by The Hague Joint Declaration. If Duterte insists on this demand, it will spell nothing but the termination of the peace talks.
Duterte has once again revealed complete lack of interest in seriously negotiating wth the NDFP to discuss and solve the root causes of the civil war in the Philippines. Duterte is running over the fervent demand of the Filipino people for genuine land reform and national industrialization, genuine democracy and ending US imperialist control of and intervention in the nation and government.
Instead of talking to the NDFP, Duterte seeks to intensify the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) war against the NDFP, the Party, and the New People’s Army (NPA), and use this to justify the imposition of martial law in the whole country and establish his dream of a fascist dictatorship.
By cancelling the talks, Duterte intends to remove all impediments against the campaign for large-scale offensives of the AFP under Oplan Kapayapaan and martial law in Mindanao. Ultimately, Duterte seeks to cripple or halve the forces of the NPA using the full military force of the AFP before the end of 2018, vainly thinking that by doing so, the NDFP will be induced to negotiate surrender to the GRP.
Duterte is pouring funds to the AFP and the police to fully accomplish this year the plan to add 15,000 troops which began rolling in 2017. Duterte is using almost 100 battalions to cover large areas in the countryside, including areas of the Bangsamoro in Mindanao; lay siege, overwhelm, and occupy barrios suspected of supporting the revolutionary movement; force citizens to surrender as members of the NPA; cut the NPA off from its mass base; and launch fierce combat operations in the mountains. The enemy is focusing its operations mainly on vast expanses of land that Duterte targets to turn into plantations and mines that will be controlled by big capitalists.
In many places, the AFP is employing Marawi-style tactics of dropping bombs and bombarding civilian communities to sow terror and use fear to force the people to submit to them. The people’s resistance is met with brutal violence. Tokhang-style killings targeting peasant leaders and tribal leaders have become more rampant.
In the cities, the people’s mounting resistance amid crisis and fascism of the Duterte regime has been met with intensified repression. The toiling masses, especially workers and the poor, are the main targets of surveillance and incarceration. A widespread crackdown looms as Duterte exercises the full force of his autocratic powers as prelude to the enforcement of nationwide martial law.
There is a need to valiantly fight fascism, tyranny, and Duterte’s attacks against the people, both in the cities and the countryside.
In the countryside, there is an urgent need to face, fight, and defeat the plan to intensify the AFP’s military offensives against the NPA and the broad struggling masses.
The NPA must launch widespread and intensive guerilla warfare on the basis of an ever-widening and deepening mass base. There is a need to intently study, pinpoint, and exploit the many vulnerabilities of the enemy’s operating troops. Militarily, the AFP is vulnerable for overstretching its forces as it aims to cover large areas all at the same time. Politically, the AFP’s greatest weakness springs from their total isolation from the masses and the people’s seething anger against the troops because of their fascist abuses, scare tactics, the forcible recruitment of spies, forcing people to “surrender”, and ordering civilians around.
The AFP’s military offensive should be met with tactical offensives of the NPA throughout the country. Make the NPA’s solid victories in many parts of the country reverberate. Combine this with the widespread attritive military actions of the NPA to counter the enemy’s massive swarm tactics. NPA commands at various levels should maximize the scope and strength of the NPA in their respective ranges to ensure coordination and cooperation.
The NPA is speedily recovering from the wounds it sustained in the past six months and has overcome some of its weaknesses by adapting to the perils wrought by the AFP’s massive troop concentration, widespread civil-military operations, and other tactics employed by the enemy. The NPA is utilizing guerrilla tactics and techniques and quick movements while the the enemy is left blind and deaf, encircled and made to punch the air.
Adeptness at guerrilla warfare is based on how deep and wide the people’s support is and participation in the people’s war. Continue rousing and mobilizing the peasants and national minorities in their numbers in advancing their anti-feudal struggles and the defense of their ancestral lands.
In the urban areas, the democratic struggle of the toiling masses, the youth and students, and other democratic sectors and classes, is steadily advancing. Strengthen the Filipino people’s unity by widening and strengthening the united front against fascism, tyranny, and dictatorship scheme of the Duterte regime. We must intensively arouse and mobilize all democratic forces throughout the country to overthrow the fascist, puppet, rotten, and criminal Duterte regime.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180621-defeat-duterte8217s-fascist-motives-for-cancelling-talks/
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