Gov't militiaman killed in MILF 'infighting' in Maguindanao Sur

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 25, 2023): Gov't militiaman killed in MILF 'infighting' in Maguindanao Sur (By Edwin Fernandez)

SAFER GROUND. Internally-displaced families from the village of Bakat in Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur, seek refuge in the village's public school facility after Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces figured in armed clashes Tuesday (Jan. 24, 2023). At least 200 families from the village fled their homes to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. (Photo courtesy of Rajah Buayan Vice Mayor Jerry Makalay)

AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – A member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was killed while evacuating his family after clashes erupted Tuesday between two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) groups in the Maguindanao del Sur town of Rajah Buayan.

Capt. Joel Lebrilla, Rajah Buayan municipal police chief, identified those involved in the skirmishes as members of the MILF’s 105th and 106th base commands who have been locked in “rido” (clan war) since 2020.

“This is due to conflict over control of vast territory in Rajah Buayan, the warring groups have agreed to an amicable settlement last September 2022,” Lebrilla said in an interview Wednesday.

The fresh encounters sent civilians fleeing from the village of Bakat, among them the family of the slain militiaman whom he did not identify to honor the family's request.

Rajah Buayan Mayor Bai Maruja Ampatuan Mastura said at least 200 families have fled to safer grounds to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

“I was told two were injured from both sides since the fighting erupted,” Mastura said, adding that the tension has already dissipated as of Wednesday morning.

Brigadier Gen. Oriel Pangcog, the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade commander, said the government and MILF coordinating committee on cessation of hostilities are already on the ground to pacify those involved in the “internal conflict.”

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1193510

CPP/CIO: Victims not “surrenderees”: Condemn AFP/Eastmincom for torture of four pregnant women

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 13, 2023): Victims not “surrenderees”: Condemn AFP/Eastmincom for torture of four pregnant women

Marco Valbuena

Chief Information Officer

Communist Party of the Philippines

January 13, 2023

Let us expose and condemn the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) for abducting six people, including four pregnant women and an infant, and keeping them secretly detained, hostaged and tortured for two to four months.

The victims of the AFP’s black operations of unlawful abduction, secret detention and torture are:

1) Cherilyn Rebita (Ka Jan), Red fighter, pregnant at the time of abduction

2) Jackilyn Egtob (Ka Jane), Red fighter, wounded

3) Aurily Havana (Ka Laiza), 23, Red fighter, pregnant and a resident of Brgy. Lydia, La Paz, Agusan del Sur

4) Jennifer Binungkasan (Ka Laile), 19, Red fighter, pregnant and a resident of Sitio Bulak, Brgy. Lower Olave, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte

5) Roselle Polinar, civilian, pregnant at the time of abduction

6) JR, civilian, husband of Polinar

7) Baby Rhea, 2-months old, daughter of Rebita

Last January 7, the Eastmincom presented Havana, Binungkasan, Polinar and man named Cesar Corella as “NPA surrenderees,” only after their black operations were publicly exposed. Polinar and her husband were secretly detained for 134 days; Rebita and Egtob, for 69 days; and Havana and Binungkasan, for 65 days.

Recall that Rebita and Egtob were “released” by the military agents on November 3, 2022 to perform a “mission” against the NPA. Instead of following the military’s orders, they reported to their unit and planned to fight back. They posted a video on December 28 revealing their experience and appealing for the AFP to release Baby Rhea and the other hostages.

Feeling public pressure, the military agents returned Baby Rhea to the Rebita family on December 29.

The Eastmincom’s claim that the four are “surrenderees” does not correct the gross injustice and crimes of illegal detention, torture and intimidation that they were made to suffer. Officers of the Eastmincom, the 402nd IBde and their military agents must be made to answer for their crimes.

The various forms of brutality they performed against the victims are brazen violations of international humanitarian law, especially provisions that give special protection to pregnant women and infants.

These violate even the laws of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP), including its Anti-Terror Law. These altogether contravene basic laws of humanity and civility. The war criminals must be punished. State terrorism under Marcos must be put to end.

We call on the Filipino people, especially human rights groups, defenders of women’s and children’s rights, peace advocates and other organizations to exert efforts to expose the AFP’s black operations and help the victims attain justice.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/victims-not-surrenderees-condemn-afp-eastmincom-for-torture-of-four-pregnant-women/

CPP/Central Committee: Highest tribute to Comrade Helenita Pardalis

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 14, 2023): Highest tribute to Comrade Helenita Pardalis

 

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CPP Central Committee

Communist Party of the Philippines

January 14, 2023

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) pays its highest tribute to Comrade Helenita Pardalis, endearingly known to comrades and the masses of Bicol and Eastern Visayas as Ka Ning, Ka Eliz, Ka Celine and Ka Elay.

Ka Elay was killed in an early morning aerial bombing raid conducted by the 8th Infantry Division in Barangay Imelda, Las Navas, Northern Samar, last November 23. She was 65 years old. Five other comrades and fighters perished in the brutal bombing that saw the disproportionate use of force by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US-Marcos regime against a small guerrilla unit of the New People’s Army (NPA).

We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Ka Elay’s entire family, especially to her husband, sons, and grandchildren, as well as to her dear comrades and friends.

Ka Elay hails from Pio Duran, Albay in the Bicol Region where she spent most of her youth. She was the eldest among 9 siblings. She studied at the Pio Duran Elementary School and the Marcial O. Raniola Memorial School in her hometown. She took up college during the early years of martial law at the Aquinas University in Legazpi City, Albay.

Gross social inequities and political repression under martial law dictatorship prompted Ka Elay to become an activist and be close to the people. Amid the atmosphere of fear, and despite threats of arrests “salvagings,” she dared to take the path of resistance and joined the national democratic cause. She immersed herself among the workers and urban poor masses. Her heartfelt sympathies and manner endeared her to the masses and to comrades.

In the early 1980s, Ka Elay’s husband was abducted and disappeared by military agents in Metro Manila. She and her two children began a search that will last for years with no end. She joined other victims of enforced disappearance and became one of the officers of the group Find (Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance). Political repression continued under the Corazon Aquino regime, and she herself was arrested and detained for a number of years. She also later got remarried with a loving husband.

In the early 1990s, inspired by the Party’s Second Great Rectification Movement, Ka Elay decided to go to the countryside and join the New People’s Army. She returned to her home province where she immersed herself in mass work among the peasant masses, helping raise their social and political consciousness and rousing the organized masses to fight for their cause.

She would later become secretary of a guerrilla front in the Libmanan-Bato area in Camarines Sur, and later as secretary of the Party’s Camarines Sur Provincial Committee. For her exemplary achievements in mass work and Party organizing, she was elected as a member of the Bicol Regional Committee and its Executive Committee in the late 1990s.

She was later assigned by the Central Committee to serve as Deputy Secretary of the National Peasant Commission. Her rich experience in mass work and base building will be further developed, summed-up and shared across the entire Party organization and NPA. For years, she actively contributed articles to Ang Bayan.

Later in 2015, she was appointed to the Eastern Visayas Regional Committee where she was elected as Deputy Secretary. She was appointed to the Political Bureau of the Provisional Central Committee in June the following year. She was a delegate to the 2nd Congress of the CPP in November 2016 where she was elected as a full member of the Central Committee.

At the time of her death, Ka Elay was secretary of the Party’s Regional Committee in Eastern Visayas. Over the past few years, faced with the relentless large-scale attacks of the enemy, Ka Elay led the Party and NPA in Eastern Visayas to wage extensive and intensive guerrilla warfare on the basis of an ever widening and deepening mass base.

Without a doubt, the death of Ka Elay along with other comrades will leave a dent on the Party’s leadership in the Eastern Visayas region. However, a number of veteran and young Party cadres have already stepped up to take over the reins of leadership in the region. They are fully capable and willing to shoulder the difficult tasks. They have consolidated the leading committees and selected Ka Elay’s replacement. They are ever determined to lead the Party, the New People’s Army and the revolutionary mass movement of all oppressed and exploited classes in the cities and countryside, especially amid the worsening crisis of the semicolonial and semifeudal under the US-Marcos regime.

They have exerted all out effort to address the urgent socioeconomic problems of the masses, waging land reform and helping the masses overcome pests, successive typhoons, flooding and other climate disasters. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the NPA in the region became the masses’ source of information and guide to overcome the health emergency. The NPA continues to organize production teams and help the people raise production, increase their harvest, fight for just wages and fair prices for their produce. As a result, the people’s war and the NPA continue to enjoy the deep and wide support of the masses of Eastern Visayas.

The enemy has dropped tons upon tons of bombs on the forests, fields and peasant communities, and have killed a number of Red fighters and Party cadres. The fascists have imposed martial law on hundreds of villages to control, restrict and closely monitor every movement of the people, in the vain hope of breaking the people’s will to fight and stop them from giving support to their heroic fighters. But in doing so, they have only sparked greater outrage. The peasant masses of Eastern Visayas remain the undying wellspring of the people’s war.

The unbreakable bond between the masses and the New People’s Army forms part of the undying legacy of Ka Elay. Her love for the downtrodden masses is boundless and continues to fill the spirit of every Red fighter and Party cadre that she had crossed paths with. The enemy may have succeeded in snuffing the life of Ka Elay, but she will forever live in the hearts and minds of the revolutionary masses. (December 16, 2022)

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/highest-tribute-to-comrade-helenita-pardalis/

CPP/CIO: Oppose US plan to use Philippines in war strategy against China

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 14, 2023): Oppose US plan to use Philippines in war strategy against China

 


Marco Valbuena

Chief Information Officer

Communist Party of the Philippines

January 14, 2023

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the imperialist US for war-mongering and heightening war-preparations against China and for using the Philippines and other countries as launching pad for its planned military attacks against its rival imperialist power.

In an interview by the Financial Times a few days ago (“US military deepens ties with Japan and Philippines to prepare for China threat”), the imperialist hooligan Lt. Gen. James Bierman, who is the commanding general of the US armed forces’ Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and Marine Forces Japan, revealed explicitly how the US has long been planning to set the stage for war against China, comparing it to the many years of preparations they made in Ukraine:

Why have we achieved the level of success we’ve achieved in Ukraine? A big part of that has been because after Russian aggression in 2014 and 2015, we earnestly got after preparing for future conflict: training for the Ukrainians, pre-positioning of supplies, identification of sites from which we could operate support, sustain operations.

We call that setting the theatre. And we are setting the theatre in Japan, in the Philippines, in other locations.

These statements of General Bierman are typical of the gross arrogance of the US imperialists in its relentless push to establish its global hegemony in its desperation to counteract its strategic economic decline. It regards with contempt the sovereignty of the Philippines and other countries. It treats its so-called “allies” as mere pawns in its imperialist game of chess to encircle its super-power rival China.

In line with the Pentagon strategy of encircling China and prepositioning its forces within the so-called first-island chain, the US continues to build up its military presence in Japan, Korea, Singapore and the Philippines where it maintains military bases, and ruling governments are subservient to US interests.

Late last year, the Marcos government declared plans to allow the US military to add five more locations chosen by the US to construct its military facilities within existing or to be constructed military camps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines: two in Cagayan province, and one each in Isabela, Zambales and Palawan. These are in addition to the military facilities which the US has already constructed in five camps of the AFP under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). It is believed that in addition to prepositioning weapons, the US plans to construct ground-to-air missile systems in these facilities, which will have the advantage of being guarded by Philippine military forces under the EDCA.

The construction of these military facilities in the Philippines form part of the heightening war provocations against China which include increased presence of American naval forces in the western and eastern Philippine seas, in the eastern Japanese seaboard and in the Taiwanese strait. The US continues to challenge the One China Policy (Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan) as the pivot of its strategy of provoking China to “own the starting pistol” in order to justify an all-out war against China.

The planned missile launching systems and other US military facilities to be constructed in the Philippines will serve as magnet for Chinese attacks against the Philippines. The US is brazenly violating Philippine sovereignty by using the country as a base for launching its foreign wars.

The Filipino people must firmly oppose the plans of the US to use the Philippines as a military launching pad and draw the country to its theater of war against China. They must amplify their clamor against imperialist war preparations and demand deescalation of military tensions.

The Filipino people must link-up and build anti-imperialist solidarity with the people of Asia, to defend national sovereignty in the respective countries and oppose imperialist war provocations. In Japan and Korea, the people are vigorously protesting US military presence in their countries. Tens of thousands of people have staged demonstrations to defend their country’s sovereignty and oppose the subservience of their governments.

While demanding China to dismantle its military facilities in the West Philippine Sea that violate the country’s maritime sovereignty, the Filipino people must also demand the dismantling of all US military facilities inside the AFP camps and oppose the plans to construct missile launching systems.

The Party enjoins the Filipino people to raise their demand for genuine national freedom, and for an independent and peace-loving foreign policy. They must voice out their protests and demonstrate their indignation against the US government and military and demand an end to imperialist war provocations.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/oppose-us-plan-to-use-philippines-in-war-strategy-against-china/

CPP/CIO: Statement on fake surrenderers presented by DILG Secretary Abalos yesterday

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 14, 2023): Statement on fake surrenderers presented by DILG Secretary Abalos yesterday

 


Marco Valbuena

Chief Information Officer

Communist Party of the Philippines

January 14, 2023

Yesterday, DILG Sec Benhur Abalos presented before the media nine purportedly “NPA surrenderees” with their faces all wrapped up in a cheap gimmick at Camp Aguinaldo. We dismiss this publicity stunt as a big sham. The supposed “surrenderees” are all likely fakes. Abalos could not even cite which province the NPA fighters came from. They were likely picked up by the police on the streets to be paid for their acting.

Kung totoo man silang sumurender, dapat alam ni Sec. Abalos na bawal sa ilalim ng international humanitarian law na iparada at i-subject sa ridicule at indignities ang mga sumurender na armadong katunggali. Ginawa silang katatawanan sa harap ng publiko.

Sunud-sunod itong pekeng mga “surrender ceremony” ng PNP. Malamang na malaking pera ang ibinubulsa ng mga upisyal ng pulis sa mga pekeng surender na ito. Milyun-milyong piso na inilalabas ng gubyerno na walang auditing.

There is no truth that NPA fighters are surrendering in numbers. The great majority of Red fighters of the NPA are fully dedicated to the cause of national freedom and democracy and to defend the rights and lives of the broad masses. They are ever determined to fight in the face of relentless state terrorism and fascist attacks against the people under the US-Marcos regime.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/statement-on-fake-surrenderers-presented-by-dilg-secretary-abalos-yesterday/

CPP/CIO: More black operations and brutal repression with Año appointment as NSA

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 15, 2023): More black operations and brutal repression with Año appointment as NSA

 


Marco Valbuena

Chief Information Officer

Communist Party of the Philippines

January 15, 2023

Political repression, dirty war tactics and military black operations under the US-Marcos regime are set to become even more brutal with the appointment of Gen. Eduardo Año as national security adviser. Human rights abuses and war crimes are bound to intensify.

1. Año replaced Prof. Clarita Carlos after just six months in office. Although Carlos was as militarist as anyone, military officers wanted her out for being an outsider since she took office. The spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) could not hide his glee when he said the military is happy with the appointment of Año.

Año’s appointment strengthens military overlordship of the bureaucratic state. Under the US doctrine of “anti-terrorism,” and anti-communist counterinsurgency, the military continues to define and dictate state policy and place civil agencies under its control. To the military, everything is black and white. Anyone who does not bow is either a communist or a friend of the communists.

2. The return of Año, completes the control of former Duterte military henchmen of the key defense agencies. It follows the anomalous re-appointment of Gen. Andres Centino as chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and appointment of Gen. Carlito Galvez to the Department of National Defense (DND).

Rumors of a Duterte coup have been going around. In fact, the coup is now half done. The shake down at the PNP is still to fully unravel. With Duterte’s men in full control of the military, Marcos Jr is now held by one of his balls. He takes a political risk every time he leaves the country for his junkets.

3. With General Año as national security adviser, General Galvez as defense secretary, and General Centino as military chief, we can expect all the brutal tactics of martial law, political repression and war of suppression. They will continue to unleash such brutal tactics as extrajudicial killings, abductions and disappearances, attacks against unions and organizations, armed raids on entire villages, aerial bombing and shelling of farmers’ communities, fields and forests, and so on.

Any possibility of resumption of the NDFP-GRP peace talks under Marcos are now 99.9% gone with the Año-Galvez-Centino at the helm of the defense establishment. The fascist triumvirate are violently opposed to any peace negotiations to settle the civil war by addressing the socioeconomic roots of the armed conflict. To them, military suppression is the only solution; there is no other definition of peace, but the peace of the graveyard.

4. While the ruling clique are busy in a tug of war in power, the Filipino people are left drowning in deep waters of crisis. Marcos is displaying utter indifference to the people’s desperate straits. He is proving himself grossly incompetent to resolve the pressing problems of rising prices, especially of food and agricultural commodities.

In the face of worsening social conditions, Marcos has chosen to perpetuate the tactics of brutal suppression under Duterte with the futile aim of making the people suffer in silence. Having learned their lessons during martial law, the people, however, know that they have no other option but to fight back militantly in order to attain their aspirations for a better life.

The broad masses of the people are becoming more determined to fight state terrorism, as they struggle to defend their political, economic, social and cultural rights. Strikes, mass demonstrations and other forms of collective action are seeking to erupt everywhere. A broad anti-fascist united front is set to rise to fight Marcos de facto martial law rule.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/more-black-operations-and-brutal-repression-with-ano-appointment-as-nsa/

CPP/NPA-Central Negros: Masupog nga Intel Asset sang 62nd IBPA Ginsilotan sang NPA

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 15, 2023): Masupog nga Intel Asset sang 62nd IBPA Ginsilotan sang NPA (It's really good that the Intel Asset of the 62nd IBPA was Punished by the NPA)

 


JB Regalado

Spokesperson

NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command)

Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command)

New People's Army

January 15, 2023

Ang Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army lubos gid nagapanginbulahan sa yunit sang NPA sa pagpatuman sang silot-kamatayon kay Brgy Kagawad Roselito Balasabas sandig sa desisyon sang Rebolusyonaryong Korte sang Pumuluyo sadtong Enero 14, 2023 alas 6:00 sang gab-i sa sityo Banban Dos, Brgy Guba, Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental. Madinalag-on nga nakumpiskar sa iya posesyon ang Engram sub-machine gun, 3 ka magasin kag mga bala.

Unanimous nga ginpamatbatan sang korte sang pumuluyo si Kagawad Roselito bangud sang mga kontra-pumuluyo kag kontra-rebolusyon nga nakomiter sini kaangay sang mga masunod:Masupog nga intel asset sang 62nd IB-bisan pa man, sadtong August 2022- nagpaninguha pa ang NPA nga masulatan kag maistorya si Balasabas apang padayon nga nagpakatig-a. Muklat nga ginhatag sa militar ang nasambit nga sulat kag ginpaposisyunan sa militar ang natalana nga venue sa pag-istoryahanay agud ipadakop ang NPA nga mag-istorya sa iya.
Responsable man siya sa pagpamahug, pagredtag sa mga pumuluyo sa lugar, ginapasibangdan nga mga NPA supporters kag pilit nga ginapasurender.
Siya man ang tagtago sang mga intel operatives sang militar agud sundan ang hulag sang mga pumuluyo ilabe na ang mga aktibidad sang NPA kag gilayon ireport sa Brgy Guba, Army Detachment.
Siya man ang tagtago kag tag-akomodar sa mga operating troops sang militar agud lagson ang NPA kag bug-os nga rebolusyonaryong kahublagan nga nagaluntad sa lugar.
Isa man si Kagawad Roselito Balasabas sa 5 pa ka mga Kagawad sang Brgy Guba nga mga intel asset sang militar kag taghupot sang illegal nga mga armas.

Gina-athag man sang Leonardo Panaligan Command nga indi tanan nga Brgy Kagawad kag intel asset sang militar ang target sang NPA, kundi ang may kaangay lamang nga kontra-pumuluyo kag kontra-rebolusyon nga gawi ni Brgy Kagawad Roselito Balasabas.

Ang pagpatuman sang silot-kamatayon sang NPA kay Kagawad Roselito ang magserbe nga mabaskog nga paandam sa tanan nga may mga kaso sa Rebolusyonaryong Korte sang Pumuluyo. Sekreto magpakig-angot sa malapit nga mga yunit sang CPP-NPA sa inyo lugar agud ayuson ini. Ang NPA indi magduha-duha sa pagsilot sa inyo sandig sa kabug-aton sang kaso nga inyo nakomiter.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/masupog-nga-intel-asset-sang-62nd-ibpa-ginsilotan-sang-npa/

CPP/NPA-Central Negros: 62nd IB Patay sa Canlaon City

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 16, 2023): 62nd IB Patay sa Canlaon City (62nd IB Killed in Canlaon City)

JB Regalado

Spokesperson

NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command)

Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command)

New People's Army

January 16, 2023

Patay ang 1 ka katapo sang berdugong 62nd IBPA sang gin-snipe sang New People’s Army idalum sa Leonardo Panaligan Command kagab-i alas 6:00 sang hapon sa sityo Batang-batangan, Brgy Bucalan, Canlaon City.

Ini nga tropa militar ang responsable sa pagpamahug, pagpanaka-saka sa mga kabalayan sang mga mangunguma kag pilit nga ginapasurender sa Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan. Sila man ang responsable sa pagpatay kay Orlando Fat sadtong Enero 10, 2023 sa sityo Banderahan, Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan.

Màbaskog man ginakondenar sang LPC-NPA ang pagrapido sang balay ni Rodrigo Pasinabo sa sityo Cambaogon, Brgy Trinidad, Gúihulngan sadtong Enero 15, 2023 alas 5:30 sang kaagahon. Tuyo sang pasistang militar nga patyon si Rodrigo Pasinabo. Tuig 2017 pa nga ginredtag sang militar, ginapasibangdan nga katapo sang NPA kag pilit nga ginapasurender si Rodrigo. Rason nga madugay na nga nadislokar ang pagpangabuhi sang nasambit nga pamilya. Nagtuga man sang kahadlok kag trauma sang magagmay pa nga mga kabataan.

Ang patarasak nga pagpaniro sang militar sa mga kabalayan sang mangunguma ang kongkreto nga paglapas sa laye sang gyera. Nagpakita lang sang pagkadesperado sini sa paglagas sa NPA sa ila garbuso nga kampanya kontra-insurhensiya. Nagahayag lang sa militar nga mapintas kag pasista ang kinaiya.
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Kabaliskaran ini sa ginasugid sang militar nga sila ang protektor sa seguridad sang mga pumuluyo ilabe na sa kaumahan. Taliwas man ini sa ginakupal sang NTF-Guihulngan nga hatagan pangabuhian ang pumuluyo sa Gúihulngan. Lunsay pasalig kag patalang ang naagum sang pumuluyo gikan sa mga kabutigan sang militar ilabe na ang 62nd IB kag NTF-Elcac. Ang kamatuoran nagperwisyo sa pumuluyo sa kaumahan ang presensya sang militar.

Ginapanawagan ang tanan nga pumuluyong Guihulnganon nga mag-isa. Ibuyagyag ang kalakasan kag pagpamintas sang militar. Samtang ang tanan nga yunit sang NPA maglunsar sang taktikal nga opensiba agud hatagan hustisya ang mga biktima sang berdugo nga 62nd IB sa padayon nga paglapas sang tawhanon nga kinamatarung.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/62nd-ib-patay-sa-canlaon-city/

CPP/NPA-Central Negros: Sniping Operation sang NPA Nagmadinalag-on

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 17, 2023): Sniping Operation sang NPA Nagmadina-on (Sniping Operation of the NPA Took Place)

 


JB Regalado

Spokesperson

NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command)

Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command)

New People's Army

January 17, 2023

Lubos nga ginadayaw sang Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army ang madinalag-on nga sniping operation sang NPA batok sa operating troops sang berdugong 62nd IB sadtong Enero 15, 2023 alas 3:00 sang hapon sa sityo Palasan, Brgy Guba, Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental. Patay ang 1 ka katapo sang 62nd IB samtang nagdinalagan ang iban pa. Ginhinago naman sang miitar sa mga residente kag publiko ang ila kaswalti. Matawhay naman ang NPA nga naka-atras.

Ginapakamalaot man sang LPC-NPA ang mga kabutigan ni Col. William Pesase sang 62nd IBPA. Wala sang natabo nga engkwentro sadtong Enero 15, 2023 sang kaagahon sa sityo Cambaogon, Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan. Ang kamatuoran, ginpaarakan sang mga pasistang militar ang puluy-an ni Rodrigo Pasinabo sa nasambit nga lugar. “Buka na nga plaka” ang masami ginahambal sang militar “nga may 5 ka minutos nga engkwentro nga natabo kag kon may mapatay nga sibilyan, kabigon nga katapo sang NPA nga ginbayaan sang ila mga kaupod.”

Desperado gid ang pasistang militar, imbes nga lagson kag dugmukon ang NPA padayon nga nagabato kag militar pa ang masami maka-agum sang kaswalidad. Makahuluya man kay ang mga pumuluyo kag inosenteng sibilyan ang ila nga paukpan.

Gamiton ang kaalam kag kaisog! Padayon nga palig-unon ang baseng masa, ilunsar ang agraryong rebolusyon upod ang paglunsar sang lapnagon kag madinalag-on nga taktikal nga opensiba batok sa demoralisado, watak-watak kag desperadong militar!

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/sniping-operation-sang-npa-nagmadinalag-on/

CPP/NPA-Sorsogon: Ambus laban sa 22nd IB, Matagumpay!

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 18, 2023): Ambus laban sa 22nd IB, Matagumpay! (Ambush against 22nd IB, Successful!

 


Samuel Guerrero

Spokesperson

NPA-Sorsogon (Celso Minguez Command)

Bicol Regional Operational Command (Romulo Jallores Command)

New People's Army

January 18, 2023

Isang miyembro ng CAFGU ang nasawi habang dalawa ang sugatan, isang CAFGU at isang army Corporal, sa inilunsad na ambus ng mga pulang hukbo laban sa labingdalawang sundalo ng 22nd IBPA nitong Enero 15, alas-8 ng gabi sa Brgy. Calmayon, Juban, Sorsogon. Nakilalang nasawi si Dante Gojo alyas Bing at sugatan naman si Lorenzo Gupit Jr alyas Rex, parehong miyembro ng CAFGU.

Simula taong 2020 ay di na nilubayan ng 22nd IBPA ang mga magkakatabing barangay ng Calmayon, Maalo, Calateo sa bayan ng Juban at Barangay Calpi at Dolos sa bayan ng Bulan. Mistulang nakakampo sa mga naturang barangay sa ngalan ng Retooled Community Support Program na sa madaling salita lamang ay pagpapanggap na sila ay naghahatid “serbisyo”. Ngunit pawang sapilitang pagpapasurender ng mga sibilyan, pananakot, panghaharas, pagnanakaw at pagmasaker ang naranasan ng mga residente sa naturang mga barangay.

Ang taktikal na opensibang ito ay bahagi ng pagsisikap ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan na bigyang hustisya ang mga biktima at maparusahan ang mga pasistang elemento ng AFP.

Pinatatampok nito ang hinaing ng mamamayan laban sa presensya ng mga armadong tropa na nagkakampo malapit sa mga bahayan na taliwas sa internasyunal na makataong batas dahil isinasapeligro nito ang kaligtasan ng mga sibilyan.

Hinahamon namin ang AFP at PNP na lubayan ang mga walang kalaban laban at mga pulang hukbo ang kanilang harapin.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/ambus-laban-sa-22nd-ib-matagumpay/

CPP/NPA-Agusan del Norte: Taas nga Pagsaludo kanimo Ka Ajam, usa ka rebolusyonaryong bayani!

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan 20, 2023): Taas nga Pagsaludo kanimo Ka Ajam, usa ka rebolusyonaryong bayani! (Salute to you Ka Ajam, you are a revolutionary hero!)

 


NPA-Agusan del Norte

Northeast Mindanao Regional Operational Command

New People's Army

January 20, 2023

Among gipaabot gikan sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan Agusan del Norte (BHB-ADN) ang among pagpahasubo ngadto sa kapamilya ug tanang mga higala ni Delfin Santero o mas naila sa rebolusyonaryong kalihukan nga Ka Ajam, Ka Port, Ka Lord.

Si Ka Ajam, Ka Lord usa ka kamagulangang anak nga natawo niadtong Oktobre 16, 1997 gikan sa hut-ong kabus nga mag-uuma.

Tungod sa kalisud, miundang siya sa pag-eskwela ug sayong nanarbaho isip usa ka construction worker ug usa ka minero nga nisinati sa ubos kaayo nga sweldo ug kita.

Ang maong kahimtang lalom nga mipukaw kaniya sa unsa kadunot ang sistemang semi-kolonyal ug semi-pyudal (SK-SP) nga nasud. Niaghat kini sa iyang agresibong pagsampa sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan niadtong May 17, 2020.

Lalom niyang nàsabtan ang gamot hinungdan sa kalisud dihang pormal niyang nakab-ot ang mga series sa pulitikanhong pagtulun-an ug kurso sa Pambànsa Demokratikong Paaralan ug labaw kining natin-aw sa sunod nga ang-ang sa kursong pampartido.

Dali siyang masuod sa mga kauban ug masa tungod sa iyang maayong gawi—pagkakugihan, matinabangon ug aktibo sa tanang natad sa mga gimbuhaton.

Sulod sa iyang duha ka tuig ug walo ka bulan nga pàgsalmot, iyang gipakita ang kaligdong ug kamatinud-anon.

Hangtud sa katapusang gutlo sa iyang rebolusyonaryong kinabuhi, maisugon ug walay kahadlok niyang giatubang ang pinakataas nga porma sa sakripisyo —ang paghalad sa iyang kinabuhi alang sa iyang dakong pagmahal sa hut-ong linupigan ug dinaugdaug nga hut-ong.

Usa Ka maayong sulundon ang diwang gipakita ni Ka Ajam sa iyang pagkarebolusyonaryong batan-on- sulod sa organisasyon sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan nga nagapaasdang sa Armadong Pakigbisog.

Tinuod nga bayani ug nagmahal sa pagpàlingkawas sa nasud batok sa tulo ka dangan sa katilingban- ang Imperyalismo, Pyudalismo ug Burukrata Kapitalismo.

Sayo man nga nakutloan sa kinabuhi si Ka Ajam, apan dili na mapapas sa kasaysayan ang iyang mga bulawanong tampo sa Armadong pakigbisog alang sa tinuod nga kalingkawasan sa nasud.

Ka Ajam Martir sa Rebolusyon, Bantayog nga Dili matarug!

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/taas-nga-pagsaludo-kanimo-ka-ajam-usa-ka-rebolusyonaryong-bayani/

CPP/NPA-Central Negros: 62nd IB Intel Asset, Ginsilotan sang NPA

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Jan22, 2023): 62nd IB Intel Asset, Ginsilotan sang NPA (62nd IB Intel Asset, Punished by the NPA)

JB Regalado

Spokesperson

NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command)

Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command)

New People's Army

January 20, 2023

Patay si Raffy Esturco, 28 anyos kag may asawa sang sityo Tubod, Brgy Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental alas 5:00 sang hapon, Enero 19, 2023 sang ginpatuman sang New People’s Army ang silot-kamatayon sandig sa mando sang Rebolusyonaryong Korte sang Pumuluyo.

Si Esturco ang masupog nga intel asset sang 62nd IB sa lugar. Masami man ini nga nagagiya sa mga operasyon sang pasistang militar sa tri-boundary sang Guihulngan, Canlaon kag Moises Padilla. Siya man ang ginlubong nga tagpaniktik sang pasistang militar paagi sa Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) agud sundan ang hulag kag mga aktibidad sang NPA sa nasambit nga lugar. Si Esturco isa lang sa mga masupog nga asset sang militar nga naggiya sa pagmasaker sanday Cristina Jacolbe, Everly Jacolbe (16 anyos nga anak ni Cristina) kag Rodan Montero subong man ang brutal nga pagpatay kay Victor Baldonado kag Orlando Fat tanan sang sityo Banderahan, Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan City. Sila ang ginpasibangdan nga mga katapo sang NPA kag nagkalamatay sa mga peke nga engkwentro nga padugi sang berdugong 62nd IBPA.

Ang Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army liwat nagapanawagan sa tanan nga may kaangay nga kontra-pumuluyo kag kontra-rebolusyon nga kinaiya ni Raffy Esturco ang sekreto magpakig-angot sa malapit nga yunit sang NPA sa inyo lugar agud atubangon ang inyo mga kaso. Bukas gid ang NPA sa pag-istorya sa inyo sa madali nga panahon. Apang kon magpabilin kamo sa inyo daan nga gawi kag padayon nga magpaggamit sa militar batok sa pumulyo kag rebolusyon, ang NPA indi mag-untat sa pagpangita sang hustisya sa inyo mga nabiktima.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/62nd-ib-intel-asset-ginsilotan-sang-npa/

‘She was my friend’: Army commander denies involvement in model’s murder

From the Mindanao Times (Jan 5, 2022): ‘She was my friend’: Army commander denies involvement in model’s murder (By RHODA GRACE SARON)

THE 1001ST Infantry Brigade commander denied the allegation that he was involved in the murder of a businesswoman-model who was shot to death outside her rented house in Green Meadows Subdivision last Dec. 29.



In a text message, Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III said the victim, Yvonnette Chua Plaza, 38, was his friend. Photo courtesy of PNA

Durante said “My name is being dragged based on an FB post made last April 2022 wherein I allegedly hurt her. She later retracted the post and issued a statement that I did not in any way harm her.”

“I am deeply saddened [by] her demise and condole with her family and friends. I myself demand justice for Yvonne,” he added.

On Tuesday, city police director Col. Alberto Lupaz, also the Special Investigation Task Group Yvonette commander, said they have already two persons of interest in the case. One individual was cited on a social media post.

“We have directed our station commander, together with CIDG and cybercrime group, to investigate the post on social media when it comes to its authenticity and when it was posted and if the person the posted is that really authentic person and he/she has really Facebook post,” he said.

“Another thing is what she posted is really true or she has personal knowledge,” Lupaz said. “These are the items that are being pursued by the CIDG. We will try to see if all of these things are really true so we can determine that later (in another SITG meeting).”

But the city police director declined to provide more details as it will scuttle the ongoing investigation. “It’s really premature to comment for us to give names posted on social media.”

The other person of interest was the subject of a case the victim filed against, although Lupaz balked at giving more information.

Police Regional Office XI spokesperson Major Eudisan Gultiano said they are also studying the CCTV footage showing the two perpetrators killing the victim.

“Just the reason bakit nagkaroon nang public attention kasi may alleged involvement nang official,” Gultiano said. “We do not confirm yet the involvement of somebody based on what’s posted on social media,” she added.

Gultiano reiterated they can’t give further details on the description of the persons of interest. But the Regional Anti-Crime Unit and Criminal (RACU) XI Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) XI were tasked to pursue the leads.

Motive in killing

Gultiano said they already ruled out robbery as the motive in the killing. But they are entertaining all possibilities, including the victim’s love life or the alleged road rage incident posted on social media.

“Ang unang ginawa nang gunman talagang binaril agad. Gusto pa nya barilin ulit bat nag jam ang baril saka kinuha ang bag,” she said.”We are still looking if there are people behind the gunmen.”

Lupaz added they also recovered the phone, iPad and other gadgets of the victim, which they hoped could lead to a break.

Background of the victim

Plaza was a businesswoman and a model.

When asked if she already received threats before, Gultiano said they are still waiting on the result of the forensic investigation into the victim’s gadgets.

Also, Lupaz said they are reaching out to the parents of the victim since they had just arrived in Davao cCty.

“Hindi pa nakuha mensahe nng parents kasi kakarating lang nila,” he said, adding that they are looking at a timetable of two weeks to have a better grasp of the case.

Mayor Sebastian Duterte already instructed the city police office to solve the case as early as possible.

Gultiano said they created the SITG because the incident already stirred the attention of the public. The purpose of the team is to resolve the case quickly and file a case against the perpetrators.

“Reason lang na nag-create ng SITG kung hindi mga politko ang biktima ay kung sensational sya.”

Plaza was shot dead in front of her rented house at Purok 18, Buttercup St, Corner Bluebell St, Green Meadows, Barangay Sto. Niño, in Tugbok District.

“SITG Yvonette” is headed by Col. Thor Valiente Cuyos, PRO 11 deputy regional director for operations as SITG Supervisor; DCPO chief Col. Alberto Lupaz as Task Group (TG) commander; and Major Randy Rajah Ramos, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief, as assistant TG commander. 

https://mindanaotimes.com.ph/2023/01/05/67483/

SPOKESPERSON: Army general’s statement on model’s slay won’t sway police

From the Mindanao Times (Jan 6, 2023): SPOKESPERSON: Army general’s statement on model’s slay won’t sway police (By RHODA GRACE SARON)

Police Regional Office XI spokesperson Maj. Eudisan Gultiano. File Photo. Bing Gonzales

THE POLICE on Thursday said that no public statement can affect the ongoing investigation on the murder of the businesswoman-model outside her rented house in Green Meadows, Tugbok district last Dec. 29.

This after 1001st Infantry brigade commander Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III issued a statement denying his alleged involvement in the murder of Yvonette Chua Plaza, 38.

In an interview on Thursday, Police Regional Office 11 spokesperson Major Eudisan Gultiano said they are looking at all possible angles. So, the statement by the military officer is not automatic proof of his innocence.

“Hindi kami nakadepende sa kung ano man statement nun tao nali-link sa incident. We will base on hard and other circumstantial evidence na makuha sa investigation (We do not base our investigation on the statement of the person linked to the incident),” Gultiano said.

She added that the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit is still in the process of requesting technical assistance to open the victim’s phone that was recovered at the crime scene.

Meanwhile, Army chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., said the 10th Infantry Division is already conducting its own separate investigation after one of its officers was dragged into the case.

“We are waiting for the results. We have advised Gen. Durante to cooperate with any investigation on the allegations against him,” Brawner said.

10th ID spokesman Capt. Mark Anthony Tito said they are closely coordinating with the Police Regional Office (PRO) XI regarding the case.

“So far, there is no formal request or complaint against one of our senior officers. Thus, we could not take action based on social media. We will wait for the result of the investigation of the PNP and the unit will cooperate with the ongoing formal investigation if needed,” Tito said.

“We will not condone any wrongdoing of our personnel, including senior officers,” he added.

Earlier, Durante sent a text message to TIMES denying his involvement on the gruesome incident.

Durante said “Yvonne was my friend. My name is being dragged based on an FB post made last April 2022 wherein I allegedly hurt her. She later retracted the post and issued a statement that I did not in any way harm her.”

“I am deeply saddened [by] her demise and condole with her family and friends. I myself demand justice for Yvonne,” he added.

https://mindanaotimes.com.ph/2023/01/06/spokesperson/

10th ID seeks to finish rebels before commander step down

From the Mindanao Times (Jan 17, 2023): 10th ID seeks to finish rebels before commander step down (By RHODA GRACE SARON)



THE 10TH Infantry Division aims to finish the remaining rebel group under its area of responsibility before their commander, Major General Nolasco Mempin, steps down from military service this month as he will reach the retirement mandatory age of 56.

Capt. Mark Anthony Tito, the division public affairs office, said in an interview that some of their units are going after the remaining one ‘weakend guerilla front’ of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the southern part of Bukidnon, which is the only armed unit of their group within their area of responsibility.

Tito, said the division “is gaining victories, and we are not affected by whatever issues in the AFP organization.”

Last year, the military set a timeline for defeating the weakened guerilla front 57 on Dec. 31, 2022. However, Tito said it was extended, “so we are waiting for another campaign plan from the higher headquarters.”

“But for now, there’s a possibility that we can defeat the guerilla front before Gen. Mempin retires,” he said. “We did not stop in our efforts. Makita man jud nato ang downtrend sa ilang manpower and influence barangay,” he added.

“In fact, wala na jud sila influence barangay sa atoang area of responsibility. That is why padayon atong coordination with the neighboring units, especially the 4th Infantry Division to totally defeat na nato ni but yes, there is a possibility that before Gen Mempin retires, the guerilla front will totally be dismantled,” he further said.

The 10th Infantry Division covers the whole Davao region, parts of region 12, including the 2nd district of North Cotabato, Malungon, Alabel, Malapatan and Glan, all of Sarangani province, Tampakan in South Cotabato, and Columbio in Sultan Kudarat.

Parts of region 13 to include Bislig city, Hinatuan, Tagbina, Lingig, and parts of Barobo all of Surigao del Sur, Bunawan, Rosario, Trento, Loreto, Sta. Josefa, Veruela, nine barangays of San Francisco, and two barangays of La Paz, all of Agusan del Sur.

Parts of Bukidnon to include Damulog, Kibawe, Dangcagan, Kitaotao, eight barangays of San Fernando, and six barangays of Quezon.

https://mindanaotimes.com.ph/2023/01/17/67675/