VIGILANCE VS. CPP-NPA. Col. Audrey Pasia, Army’s 702nd Infantry Brigade commander (middle), recently conducted a lecture for the youth at Camp Lt. Tito Abat in Manaoag, Pangasinan. The Brigade held forums all over the Ilocos Region to discourage the young people against joining the terrorist group. (File photo courtesy of Juro Malazo)
MANAOAG, Pangasinan -- The 702nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army here is urging citizens to report immediately sightings of any armed group or individuals, as it intensified monitoring on possible attacks by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) on its upcoming founding anniversary celebration.
“We also ask for the cooperation of the entire citizenry to report to us sighting/s of any armed group or individuals so that we can act appropriately,” brigade commander, Col. Audrey Pasia said in an interview Wednesday.
He said barangay officials are mandated to report any suspected CPP-NPA activity to the municipal police stations.
“We wish the barangay officials will do their job. That is one of our expectations on our barangay officials, particularly now that we have our whole-of-nation approach or "TF-ELCAC" (Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict). Once the report reaches our police stations, we have existing mechanisms for the AFP- PNP (Armed Forces of the Philippines-Philippine National Police) to conduct operations, jointly or independently. In some areas, we also have contact numbers of our units appropriately displayed for the people to see,” he said.
In the past years, Pasia said alert status has always been heightened, particularly days immediately before or after Dec. 26, the CPP-NPA’s anniversary.
“This year, no heightened alert status yet, but the leadership has encouraged our units and soldiers to be extra cautious and to intensify our monitoring of the CPP plans,” he said.
He added the troops in the AFP, together with the PNP, are prepared to thwart any violent or hostile plan in the region by the terrorist group.
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who is also vice-chairperson of NTF ELCAC, said they have received reports that the CPP-NPA has operationalized its Special Partisan Units to conduct assassinations and terrorist activities in urban areas to take advantage of the Yuletide season.
“Even as Christendom celebrates Christmas to remember the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, these atrocious communist terrorists seek to continue their attacks against our peace-loving people,” Esperon said in a recent statement.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1089087
“We also ask for the cooperation of the entire citizenry to report to us sighting/s of any armed group or individuals so that we can act appropriately,” brigade commander, Col. Audrey Pasia said in an interview Wednesday.
He said barangay officials are mandated to report any suspected CPP-NPA activity to the municipal police stations.
“We wish the barangay officials will do their job. That is one of our expectations on our barangay officials, particularly now that we have our whole-of-nation approach or "TF-ELCAC" (Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict). Once the report reaches our police stations, we have existing mechanisms for the AFP- PNP (Armed Forces of the Philippines-Philippine National Police) to conduct operations, jointly or independently. In some areas, we also have contact numbers of our units appropriately displayed for the people to see,” he said.
In the past years, Pasia said alert status has always been heightened, particularly days immediately before or after Dec. 26, the CPP-NPA’s anniversary.
“This year, no heightened alert status yet, but the leadership has encouraged our units and soldiers to be extra cautious and to intensify our monitoring of the CPP plans,” he said.
He added the troops in the AFP, together with the PNP, are prepared to thwart any violent or hostile plan in the region by the terrorist group.
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who is also vice-chairperson of NTF ELCAC, said they have received reports that the CPP-NPA has operationalized its Special Partisan Units to conduct assassinations and terrorist activities in urban areas to take advantage of the Yuletide season.
“Even as Christendom celebrates Christmas to remember the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, these atrocious communist terrorists seek to continue their attacks against our peace-loving people,” Esperon said in a recent statement.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1089087
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