From GMA News Online (Jul 26, 2019): ALL IN ONE WEEK//15 people, including 1-yr-old baby, dead in separate killings in Negros Oriental
A total of 15 people, including a one-year-old baby and several policemen, have been killed in separate shooting incidents in Negros Oriental that all happened in the space of one week.
A GMA News 24 Oras report on Friday said Marlon Ocampo and his one-year-old son were killed by suspected members of the New People's Army in Santa Catalina town Thursday night.
Ocampo's live-in partner, who got wounded, and their two other children survived the attack.
Authorities found a letter at the crime scene supposedly written by an alleged NPA member who claims Ocampo used to be a military asset.
In Guihulngan town, Barangay chair Romeo Alipan was killed also by suspected NPA members on the same day, Thursday.
In the same town, still Thursday, brothers Arthur Bayawa and Ardale Bayawa were also killed inside their house. Arthur was the principal of the Guihulngan City Science High School while his brother was city school division office chief.
Investigators are still trying to determine the motive behind the twin killings.
In Siaton, a motorcycle-riding assailant killed Raklin Astorias, who was also aboard his own motorcycle, on Thursday.
The Thursday killings spree happened just two days after lawyer Anthony Trinidad, 53, was shot dead. His wife Novie Marie was rushed to a hospital in Dumaguete City.
Initial police investigation showed that Trinidad was on board his sports utility van Tuesday afternoon when "riding-in-tandem" suspects approached his vehicle and shot him several times.
Guihulngan City Police chief Lieutenant Colonel Bonifacio Tecson said that Trinidad was among the names in a hit list by the Kawsa Guihulnganon Batok Komunista (KAGUBAK).
A day after the lawyer's killing, a man was also shot dead in Dumaguete City. He was identified as Ingwi Fabugays, said to be involved in petty crimes in the city.
He was killed while inside their home with his live-in partner and mother.
Also killed on Wednesday were rebel returnee Wenny Alegre and peasant leader Felimino Janayan, in Zamboangita.
In Ayungon town, meanwhile, Reden Eleuterio was killed by alleged communist rebels who suspected him of being a police asset.
Elueterio was the cousin of the four policemen tortured and killed by alleged NPA rebels last week, July 18. The slain lawmen were Police Corporal Relebert Beronio, Patrolman Raffy Callao, Patrolman Ruel Cabellon, and Patrolman Marquino de Leon.
An arrested suspected has already squealed on his six supposed accomplices. He said 20 others, whose identities he did not know, were also involved in the torture and killings.
President Rodrigo Duterte has already dangled a P3-million bounty for any information that will lead to the solving of the case.
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/702528/15-people-including-1-yr-old-baby-dead-in-separate-killings-in-negros-oriental/story/
Friday, July 26, 2019
Tagalog News: Army 84th IB nagsagawa ng medical consultation sa Pantabangan
From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Tagalog News: Army 84th IB nagsagawa ng medical consultation sa Pantabangan
Humigit kumulang 900 residente sa bayan ng Pantabangan ang nabenipisyuhan sa libreng konsultasyong medikal at dental ng mga kasundaluhan ng Army 84th Infantry Battalion. (7th Infantry Division)
LUNGSOD NG CABANATUAN -- Humigit kumulang 900 residente sa bayan ng Pantabangan ang nabenipisyuhan sa libreng konsultasyong medikal at dental ng mga kasundaluhan ng Army 84th Infantry Battalion o 84th IB.
Ayon kay 84th IB Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Honorato S. Pascual Jr, mananatili at magpapatuloy ang suporta ng hanay sa mga ganitong aktibidad na layong tumulong sa mga komunidad na nasasakupan.
Bukod sa libreng bunot ng ngipin at konsultasyong pangkalusugan ay namahagi din ng mga kagamitan sa eskwela, tsinelas sa mga estudyante gayundin ay mayroong libreng pagkain, gupit sa lahat ng mga lumahok sa aktibidad.
Katuwang ng mga kasundaluhan sa pagdaraos ng aktibidad ang mga pribadong asosasyon gaya ng Destura Construction at Mio Owners’ Republic.
Pinuri naman ni 7th Infantry Division Commanding General Major General Lenard Agustin ang naging programa na nagpapatunay sa pagtutulungan ng iba’t ibang tanggapan o stakeholders tungo sa paghahatid serbisyo at pagtugon sa pangangailangan ng mamamayang Pilipino.
Mananatili aniyang bukas at nakasuporta ang buong hanay sa mga ganitong aktibidad para sa mga nangangailangang kababayan. (CLJD/CCN-PIA 3)
LUNGSOD NG CABANATUAN -- Humigit kumulang 900 residente sa bayan ng Pantabangan ang nabenipisyuhan sa libreng konsultasyong medikal at dental ng mga kasundaluhan ng Army 84th Infantry Battalion o 84th IB.
Ayon kay 84th IB Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Honorato S. Pascual Jr, mananatili at magpapatuloy ang suporta ng hanay sa mga ganitong aktibidad na layong tumulong sa mga komunidad na nasasakupan.
Bukod sa libreng bunot ng ngipin at konsultasyong pangkalusugan ay namahagi din ng mga kagamitan sa eskwela, tsinelas sa mga estudyante gayundin ay mayroong libreng pagkain, gupit sa lahat ng mga lumahok sa aktibidad.
Katuwang ng mga kasundaluhan sa pagdaraos ng aktibidad ang mga pribadong asosasyon gaya ng Destura Construction at Mio Owners’ Republic.
Pinuri naman ni 7th Infantry Division Commanding General Major General Lenard Agustin ang naging programa na nagpapatunay sa pagtutulungan ng iba’t ibang tanggapan o stakeholders tungo sa paghahatid serbisyo at pagtugon sa pangangailangan ng mamamayang Pilipino.
Mananatili aniyang bukas at nakasuporta ang buong hanay sa mga ganitong aktibidad para sa mga nangangailangang kababayan. (CLJD/CCN-PIA 3)
PAF holds campus peace and development forum in Tarlac
From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 26, 2019): PAF holds campus peace and development forum in Tarlac
Tactical Operations Group 3 Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Susan Rodolfo recognizes the important role of the youth in nation-building and achieving peace and development in the country. (Trixie Joy B. Manalili/PIA 3)
TARLAC CITY -- San Manuel High School hosted Tuesday the first Campus Peace and Development Forum of the Tactical Operations Group 3 (TOG 3) of the Philippine Air Force (PAF).
About 200 senior high school students, teaching staff and school administrators converged as resource persons from the Philippine Information Agency, National Economic and Development Authority and PAF discussed the Responsible Sharing of Information, Role of Youth in Nation-building, Personality Development, Leadership Styles, Qualities of an Effective Leader and Getting the Ideal Job.
TOG 3 Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Susan Rodolfo said the activity aims to enlighten the students and all the participants on the efforts of the government in ensuring the safety and well-being of the next generation.
“This is to inform the participants what the government is doing to attain peace and development in our country. Peace and development go hand in hand and can only be achieved through a whole-of-nation approach,” Rodolfo explained.
The group commander recognized the important role of the youth in society.
“We encourage the involvement and support of the youth to the government to realize our peace and development programs in the country,” she furthered.
TOG 3, the operating arm of the Tactical Operations Wing Northern Luzon of PAF, is in-charge of planning, controlling and coordinating the employment of air power in its area of responsibility.
Aside from this, it undertakes civil affairs activities in partnership with other organizations in order to provide basic necessities or services to the community. (CLJD/TJBM-PIA 3)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025056
TARLAC CITY -- San Manuel High School hosted Tuesday the first Campus Peace and Development Forum of the Tactical Operations Group 3 (TOG 3) of the Philippine Air Force (PAF).
About 200 senior high school students, teaching staff and school administrators converged as resource persons from the Philippine Information Agency, National Economic and Development Authority and PAF discussed the Responsible Sharing of Information, Role of Youth in Nation-building, Personality Development, Leadership Styles, Qualities of an Effective Leader and Getting the Ideal Job.
TOG 3 Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Susan Rodolfo said the activity aims to enlighten the students and all the participants on the efforts of the government in ensuring the safety and well-being of the next generation.
“This is to inform the participants what the government is doing to attain peace and development in our country. Peace and development go hand in hand and can only be achieved through a whole-of-nation approach,” Rodolfo explained.
The group commander recognized the important role of the youth in society.
“We encourage the involvement and support of the youth to the government to realize our peace and development programs in the country,” she furthered.
TOG 3, the operating arm of the Tactical Operations Wing Northern Luzon of PAF, is in-charge of planning, controlling and coordinating the employment of air power in its area of responsibility.
Aside from this, it undertakes civil affairs activities in partnership with other organizations in order to provide basic necessities or services to the community. (CLJD/TJBM-PIA 3)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025056
Tagalog News: PAF, nagsagawa ng campus peace and development forum sa Tarlac
From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Tagalog News: PAF, nagsagawa ng campus peace and development forum sa Tarlac
May 200 mag-aaral, guro at administrator ng San Manuel High School ang dumalo sa kauna-unahang Campus Peace and Development Forum na isinagawa ng Tactical Operations Group 3 ng Philippine Air Force. (Trixie Joy B. Manalili/PIA 3)
LUNGSOD NG TARLAC -- Isinagawa ng Tactical Operations Group 3 o TOG 3 ng Philippine Air Force o PAF ang kauna-unahang Campus Peace and Development Forum sa San Manuel High School.
May 200 mag-aaral, guro at administrator ng paaralan ang dumalo sa forum kung saan ipinaliwanag ng Philippine Information Agency, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) at PAF ang Responsible Sharing of Information, Role of Youth in Nation-building, Personality Development, Leadership Styles, Qualities of an Effective Leader at Getting the Ideal Job.
Ayon kay TOG 3 Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Susan Rodolfo, layunin ng aktibidad na bigyang-kaalaman ang estudyante at iba pang dumalo sa mga hakbangin ng pamahalaan upang masiguro ang seguridad at kapakanan ng susunod na henerasyon.
Aniya, ipinapalaganap ang mga pamamaraan ng gobyerno upang makamit ang kapayapaan at kaunlaran sa ating bansa.
Dagdag pa ni Rodolfo, magkaakibat ang kapayapaan at kaunlaran na matatamo lamang sa pamamagitan ng whole-of-nation approach.
Kinilala din niya ang mahalagang gampanin ng mga kabataan sa lipunan.
Hinikayat ni Rodolfo ang pakikisangkot at suporta ng mga kabataan sa pamahalaan upang maisakatuparan ang mga programang pagkapayapaan at pangkaunlaran sa bansa.
Ang TOG 3, nagsisilbing operating arm ng Tactical Operations Wing Northern Luzon ng PAF, ang namamahala sa pagpaplano, pagkontrol at pagkoordina sa employment air power ng mga lugar na sakop nito.
Bukod dito, nakikipagtulungan din ito sa iba’t-ibang organisasyon upang makapagbigay ng iba’t-ibang serbisyo sa komunidad. (CLJD/TJBM-PIA 3)
LUNGSOD NG TARLAC -- Isinagawa ng Tactical Operations Group 3 o TOG 3 ng Philippine Air Force o PAF ang kauna-unahang Campus Peace and Development Forum sa San Manuel High School.
May 200 mag-aaral, guro at administrator ng paaralan ang dumalo sa forum kung saan ipinaliwanag ng Philippine Information Agency, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) at PAF ang Responsible Sharing of Information, Role of Youth in Nation-building, Personality Development, Leadership Styles, Qualities of an Effective Leader at Getting the Ideal Job.
Ayon kay TOG 3 Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Susan Rodolfo, layunin ng aktibidad na bigyang-kaalaman ang estudyante at iba pang dumalo sa mga hakbangin ng pamahalaan upang masiguro ang seguridad at kapakanan ng susunod na henerasyon.
Aniya, ipinapalaganap ang mga pamamaraan ng gobyerno upang makamit ang kapayapaan at kaunlaran sa ating bansa.
Dagdag pa ni Rodolfo, magkaakibat ang kapayapaan at kaunlaran na matatamo lamang sa pamamagitan ng whole-of-nation approach.
Kinilala din niya ang mahalagang gampanin ng mga kabataan sa lipunan.
Hinikayat ni Rodolfo ang pakikisangkot at suporta ng mga kabataan sa pamahalaan upang maisakatuparan ang mga programang pagkapayapaan at pangkaunlaran sa bansa.
Ang TOG 3, nagsisilbing operating arm ng Tactical Operations Wing Northern Luzon ng PAF, ang namamahala sa pagpaplano, pagkontrol at pagkoordina sa employment air power ng mga lugar na sakop nito.
Bukod dito, nakikipagtulungan din ito sa iba’t-ibang organisasyon upang makapagbigay ng iba’t-ibang serbisyo sa komunidad. (CLJD/TJBM-PIA 3)
Subanen tribe denounces NPA in ancestral domain, supports government’s campaign vs insurgency
From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Subanen tribe denounces NPA in ancestral domain, supports government’s campaign vs insurgency
LEON B. POSTIGO, Zamboanga del Norte - - - The Subanen tribe in Zamboanga Peninsula region expressed their full support to the government’s campaign to end local communist armed conflict in the country.
In a resolution signed during a meeting held at Barangay Titik, Leon Postigo town, IP leaders coming from the different provinces in the region unanimously agreed to denounce the CPP-NPA in their ancestral domain which covers about 48,000 hectares of land.
They also declared the terrorist group persona non grata in their lands.
The Subanen tribe had formed an IP Federation as a show of support to the government’s campaign in the implementation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 70, emphasizing a whole-of-nation approach, convergence of various government line agencies in addressing local communist armed conflict.
Barangay Titik of Leon Postigo town has been categorized by the security sector as one of the infiltrated areas by the CPP-NPA.
Meanwhile, government agencies which participated during the IP leaders convergence delivered services to the residents of Barangay Titik through a Serbisyo Caravan.
About 500 IPs benefitted from the distribution of food packs and seedlings, medical check-up, dental services and free haircut, among others made available in coordination with the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte. (ALT/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025110
LEON B. POSTIGO, Zamboanga del Norte - - - The Subanen tribe in Zamboanga Peninsula region expressed their full support to the government’s campaign to end local communist armed conflict in the country.
In a resolution signed during a meeting held at Barangay Titik, Leon Postigo town, IP leaders coming from the different provinces in the region unanimously agreed to denounce the CPP-NPA in their ancestral domain which covers about 48,000 hectares of land.
They also declared the terrorist group persona non grata in their lands.
The Subanen tribe had formed an IP Federation as a show of support to the government’s campaign in the implementation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 70, emphasizing a whole-of-nation approach, convergence of various government line agencies in addressing local communist armed conflict.
Barangay Titik of Leon Postigo town has been categorized by the security sector as one of the infiltrated areas by the CPP-NPA.
Meanwhile, government agencies which participated during the IP leaders convergence delivered services to the residents of Barangay Titik through a Serbisyo Caravan.
About 500 IPs benefitted from the distribution of food packs and seedlings, medical check-up, dental services and free haircut, among others made available in coordination with the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte. (ALT/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025110
Tagalog News: IPs, nagkaisa sa pagsuporta sa programa ni Pangulong Duterte na wakasan ang problema sa insurgency
From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Tagalog News: IPs, nagkaisa sa pagsuporta sa programa ni Pangulong Duterte na wakasan ang problema sa insurgency
LEON B. POSTIGO, Zamboanga del Sur - - - Suportado ng tribong Subanen sa Zamboanga Peninsula region ang programa ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na wakasan ang local communist armed conflict sa bansa.
Sa isang pagpupulong na ginanap sa bayan ng Leon Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte, sabay-sabay na pumirma ang mga IP leaders ng tribong Subanen sa resolusyon na tumutuligsa sa New Peoples’ Army o NPA at dineklara ang mga itong persona non grata sa loob ng kanilang ancestral domain.
Bumuo ang mga IP leaders na nagmula pa sa iba’t ibang panig ng rehiyon, ng isang IP Federation bilang pagpapakita ng kanilang pagkakaisa sa pagsuporta sa hakbang ng gobyerno laban sa insurgency.
Nasa 48,000 ektarya ang pag-aaring lupa ng tribong Subanen na sumasakop sa iilang mga barangay sa mga bayan ng Zamboanga del Norte at Zamboanga del Sur.
May kalayuan ang mga barangay na nasa boundary na ng dalawang probinsya. Pahirapan ang daanan at hindi kadalasang abot sa mga serbisyo ng gobyerno kaya naman ang mga komunidad dito ay kadalasang nabibiktima sa recruitment ng rebeldeng grupo. (ALT/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025111
LEON B. POSTIGO, Zamboanga del Sur - - - Suportado ng tribong Subanen sa Zamboanga Peninsula region ang programa ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na wakasan ang local communist armed conflict sa bansa.
Sa isang pagpupulong na ginanap sa bayan ng Leon Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte, sabay-sabay na pumirma ang mga IP leaders ng tribong Subanen sa resolusyon na tumutuligsa sa New Peoples’ Army o NPA at dineklara ang mga itong persona non grata sa loob ng kanilang ancestral domain.
Bumuo ang mga IP leaders na nagmula pa sa iba’t ibang panig ng rehiyon, ng isang IP Federation bilang pagpapakita ng kanilang pagkakaisa sa pagsuporta sa hakbang ng gobyerno laban sa insurgency.
Nasa 48,000 ektarya ang pag-aaring lupa ng tribong Subanen na sumasakop sa iilang mga barangay sa mga bayan ng Zamboanga del Norte at Zamboanga del Sur.
May kalayuan ang mga barangay na nasa boundary na ng dalawang probinsya. Pahirapan ang daanan at hindi kadalasang abot sa mga serbisyo ng gobyerno kaya naman ang mga komunidad dito ay kadalasang nabibiktima sa recruitment ng rebeldeng grupo. (ALT/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025111
Tagalog News: Ancestral domain ng tribong Subanen sa Zamboanga Peninsula idineklarang zone of peace
From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Tagalog News: Ancestral domain ng tribong Subanen sa Zamboanga Peninsula idineklarang zone of peace
LEON B. POSTIGO, Zamboanga del Norte - - - Idineklara bilang isang zone of peace ang ancestral domain ng tribong Subanen sa rehiyon ng Zamboanga Peninsula.
Ito ay matapos ang konsultasyon sa mga indigenous peoples na kinabibilangan ng tribong Subanen sa isang pagpupulong na ginanap sa Barangay Titik, Leon Postigo, probinsya ng Zamboanga del Norte.
May lawak na 48,000 ektarya, saklaw ng ancestral domain ang iilang mga barangay sa bayan ng Leon Postigo, Sindangan, Siayan at Godod ng nasabing probinsiya. Samantala sakop din dito ang iilang barangay ng Bayog sa Zamboanga del Sur.
Ang inisyatibo ay parte ng puspusang kampanya at implementasyon alinsunod sa Executive Order No. 70 ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, na layuning ipatupad ang whole of nation approach upang maresolba ang local communist armed conflict sa bansa.
Isa ang Barangay Titik sa mga lugar sa Rehiyon 9 na napili bilang pilot area para sa implementasyon ng E.O. 70.
Nag-abot naman ng tulong gaya ng medical check-up, libreng gamot, dental services, haircut at iba pa ang iba’t-ibang ahensya ng gobyerno kasama ang lokal na pamahalaan ng probinsya sa mga residente ng barangay na hindi bababa sa 500 katao.
Nasa 20 ahensya ng gobyerno ang naghatid ng serbisyo at personal na bumisita sa lugar.
Masaya namang nagpahayag ng kanilang saloobin ang iilan sa mga benepisyaryo ng aktibidad at nagpaabot ng kanilang suporta sa kampanya ng gobyerno. (ALT/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025112
LEON B. POSTIGO, Zamboanga del Norte - - - Idineklara bilang isang zone of peace ang ancestral domain ng tribong Subanen sa rehiyon ng Zamboanga Peninsula.
Ito ay matapos ang konsultasyon sa mga indigenous peoples na kinabibilangan ng tribong Subanen sa isang pagpupulong na ginanap sa Barangay Titik, Leon Postigo, probinsya ng Zamboanga del Norte.
May lawak na 48,000 ektarya, saklaw ng ancestral domain ang iilang mga barangay sa bayan ng Leon Postigo, Sindangan, Siayan at Godod ng nasabing probinsiya. Samantala sakop din dito ang iilang barangay ng Bayog sa Zamboanga del Sur.
Ang inisyatibo ay parte ng puspusang kampanya at implementasyon alinsunod sa Executive Order No. 70 ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, na layuning ipatupad ang whole of nation approach upang maresolba ang local communist armed conflict sa bansa.
Isa ang Barangay Titik sa mga lugar sa Rehiyon 9 na napili bilang pilot area para sa implementasyon ng E.O. 70.
Nag-abot naman ng tulong gaya ng medical check-up, libreng gamot, dental services, haircut at iba pa ang iba’t-ibang ahensya ng gobyerno kasama ang lokal na pamahalaan ng probinsya sa mga residente ng barangay na hindi bababa sa 500 katao.
Nasa 20 ahensya ng gobyerno ang naghatid ng serbisyo at personal na bumisita sa lugar.
Masaya namang nagpahayag ng kanilang saloobin ang iilan sa mga benepisyaryo ng aktibidad at nagpaabot ng kanilang suporta sa kampanya ng gobyerno. (ALT/EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025112
Bomb retrieval continues in Marawi's ground zero
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Bomb retrieval continues in Marawi's ground zero
MARAWI CITY -- The retrieval operations for unexploded explosives are ongoing inside the "most affected area" (MAA) here following the discovery of an aerial bomb near a residential area, an official of the National Housing Authority (NHA) said Thursday.
NHA’s Roderick Ibañez, head of Marawi Project Management Office, said the "unexploded ordnance" or UXO was accidentally discovered by the clearing team on Tuesday (July 23) amid the ongoing rehabilitation works in the area.
Ibañez said the bomb was confirmed by a follow-up verification using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and sniffing dogs, with the help of the Explosive and Ordnance Team of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Ibañez said five UXOs have so far been retrieved since EDDMARI Construction started its rehabilitation works in the MAA on March 1 this year.
Lt. Col. Elmer Oamil, commander of the Joint Task Group Builder based inside the MAA, said troops of the Army's 553rd Engineer Battalion have already excavated nine meters deep of earth but faces difficulty in retrieving the unexploded ordnance.
“We cannot yet identify if it is 250 or 500-pounder bomb. The excavation is very difficult, we have to do it very slowly because it is very critical to the lives of our troops who do the excavation,” Oamil said.
The Philippine Air Force(PAF) reported it has dropped 70 bombs that did not explode during aerial bombings against Islamic State-inspired militants in the 2017 siege.
The PAF earlier said the bombs consisted of 110-pounder, 250-pounder, and 500-pounder ordnance. Twenty-nine UXOs have already been retrieved and disposed of even before the rehabilitation started, PAF said.
The latest UXO retrieval involving a 500-pounder bomb was on June 26 and was detonated the same day.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076085
MARAWI CITY -- The retrieval operations for unexploded explosives are ongoing inside the "most affected area" (MAA) here following the discovery of an aerial bomb near a residential area, an official of the National Housing Authority (NHA) said Thursday.
NHA’s Roderick Ibañez, head of Marawi Project Management Office, said the "unexploded ordnance" or UXO was accidentally discovered by the clearing team on Tuesday (July 23) amid the ongoing rehabilitation works in the area.
Ibañez said the bomb was confirmed by a follow-up verification using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and sniffing dogs, with the help of the Explosive and Ordnance Team of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Ibañez said five UXOs have so far been retrieved since EDDMARI Construction started its rehabilitation works in the MAA on March 1 this year.
Lt. Col. Elmer Oamil, commander of the Joint Task Group Builder based inside the MAA, said troops of the Army's 553rd Engineer Battalion have already excavated nine meters deep of earth but faces difficulty in retrieving the unexploded ordnance.
“We cannot yet identify if it is 250 or 500-pounder bomb. The excavation is very difficult, we have to do it very slowly because it is very critical to the lives of our troops who do the excavation,” Oamil said.
The Philippine Air Force(PAF) reported it has dropped 70 bombs that did not explode during aerial bombings against Islamic State-inspired militants in the 2017 siege.
The PAF earlier said the bombs consisted of 110-pounder, 250-pounder, and 500-pounder ordnance. Twenty-nine UXOs have already been retrieved and disposed of even before the rehabilitation started, PAF said.
The latest UXO retrieval involving a 500-pounder bomb was on June 26 and was detonated the same day.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076085
Anti-insurgency body to craft programs for Cordillera
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Anti-insurgency body to craft programs for Cordillera
PLANNING SESSION. The economic and livelihood cluster under the regional task force to end local communist armed conflict (TF-ELCAC) composed of regional line agencies starts laying down the plans for implementation to reach the goals not only to end insurgency but to bring opportunities and development to the people in the grassroots level. The planning session started on Thursday for the two-day regional planning workshop. (Redjie Melvic Cawis/ PIA-CAR)
PLANNING SESSION. The economic and livelihood cluster under the regional task force to end local communist armed conflict (TF-ELCAC) composed of regional line agencies starts laying down the plans for implementation to reach the goals not only to end insurgency but to bring opportunities and development to the people in the grassroots level. The planning session started on Thursday for the two-day regional planning workshop. (Redjie Melvic Cawis/ PIA-CAR)
BAGUIO CITY -- The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) here started on Thursday to craft anti-insurgency and poverty alleviation programs for the Cordillera Administrative Region.
“The plans and programs of the clusters will be crafted and finalized that will spell out how the clusters will implement programs and activities to attain the goal of not just to end insurgency but also to provide a better opportunity and life for the people,” National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC vice-chairperson Hermogenes Esperon said during the press briefing on the sidelines of the workshop.
The regional task force has a national counterpart in which President Rodrigo Duterte acts as the national task force commander.
Esperon said all the directors --members of the Regional Development Council (RDC) and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC)-- will come up with plans and programs that will address the concerns of insurgents.
“These issues are being exploited as issues against the government,” he said.
In the two-day regional planning workshop, the participants will come up with the regional action plan and implementing arms of 12 lines of efforts which include: situational awareness and knowledge management; local government empowerment; legal cooperation; strategic communication; sectoral unification, capacity building and empowerment; basic services; poverty reduction, livelihood and employment; infrastructure, resource management and employment; localized peace engagement; peace, law and enforcement and development support; Enhanced Comprehensive Integration Program (E-CLIP) and amnesty program; and international engagement.
National Security Council Undersecretary Vicente Agdamag said they hope to make Cordillera the model in achieving the ELCAC goals.
“We will focus our effort and will emphasize on the delivery of basic services,” Agdamag said.
The goal primary goal of ELCAC is the development of the place and improvement of the lives of the people.
“It’s not only on ending the local communist armed conflict but more than that, it is about regional development at hindi nagtatapos sa pagtigil ng labanan (our effort will not end by ending insurgency),” Agdamag said.
Also during the briefing, a former New People's Army cadre said the government has the logistics, the resources, and energy but it has to make it felt by the people down to the grassroots and the farthest village in the countryside.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076076
“The plans and programs of the clusters will be crafted and finalized that will spell out how the clusters will implement programs and activities to attain the goal of not just to end insurgency but also to provide a better opportunity and life for the people,” National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC vice-chairperson Hermogenes Esperon said during the press briefing on the sidelines of the workshop.
The regional task force has a national counterpart in which President Rodrigo Duterte acts as the national task force commander.
Esperon said all the directors --members of the Regional Development Council (RDC) and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC)-- will come up with plans and programs that will address the concerns of insurgents.
“These issues are being exploited as issues against the government,” he said.
In the two-day regional planning workshop, the participants will come up with the regional action plan and implementing arms of 12 lines of efforts which include: situational awareness and knowledge management; local government empowerment; legal cooperation; strategic communication; sectoral unification, capacity building and empowerment; basic services; poverty reduction, livelihood and employment; infrastructure, resource management and employment; localized peace engagement; peace, law and enforcement and development support; Enhanced Comprehensive Integration Program (E-CLIP) and amnesty program; and international engagement.
National Security Council Undersecretary Vicente Agdamag said they hope to make Cordillera the model in achieving the ELCAC goals.
“We will focus our effort and will emphasize on the delivery of basic services,” Agdamag said.
The goal primary goal of ELCAC is the development of the place and improvement of the lives of the people.
“It’s not only on ending the local communist armed conflict but more than that, it is about regional development at hindi nagtatapos sa pagtigil ng labanan (our effort will not end by ending insurgency),” Agdamag said.
Also during the briefing, a former New People's Army cadre said the government has the logistics, the resources, and energy but it has to make it felt by the people down to the grassroots and the farthest village in the countryside.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076076
Classes suspended in 13 NoCot schools as AFP, BIFF clash
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Classes suspended in 13 NoCot schools as AFP, BIFF clash
Google map of Pikit, North Cotabato.
Google map of Pikit, North Cotabato.
Classes have been suspended in at least 13 schools in Pikit, North Cotabato, as military operations against the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) continue, education officials said Friday.
At least 6,000 pupils were affected by the suspension of classes following the military's "surgical" operations that started Thursday on the Liguasan marshland, said Brig. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade commander.
Rosario said the ongoing military operations are focused on areas bordering North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces where the Islamic State-inspired BIFF militants usually converge.
Dima Guiani, Pikit West schools district supervisor, said the suspension of classes was issued Friday due to the clashes in the interiors of Pikit, particularly in Barangay Kabasalan.
“Some pupils did not report to school this morning while others showed up and the teachers too, now we ordered them to go home,” Guiani said.
“The children have been terrified hearing loud explosions that sent the ground shaking in Barangay Kabasalan,” he said.
Aerial and ground assaults launched before dawn Thursday left an elderly woman dead, and her husband and grandson wounded.
The injured victims, Alimudin Masla, 62; and his 10-year-old grandson, are now confined at the Cruzado Medical Clinic at Poblacion Pikit being watched by uniformed and plainclothes soldiers.
Rosario said an intelligence report indicated that Masla is a BIFF member, an allegation Masla denied.
The military said air and ground attacks were carried out after intelligence information confirmed the presence of BIFF commander Abu Toraife and other foreign terrorists in the area.
He said two soldiers of the 7th Infantry Battalion were wounded in the running gun battles since Thursday.
In the Maguindanao side of the conflict, a soldier died on Thursday morning during a two-hour encounter with fleeing BIFF militants in Barangay Dasawao of Shariff Saydona Mustapha town.
Rosario said the local government of Pikit is now attending to the needs of an undetermined number of evacuees who fled their homes since Thursday dawn.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076111
At least 6,000 pupils were affected by the suspension of classes following the military's "surgical" operations that started Thursday on the Liguasan marshland, said Brig. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade commander.
Rosario said the ongoing military operations are focused on areas bordering North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces where the Islamic State-inspired BIFF militants usually converge.
Dima Guiani, Pikit West schools district supervisor, said the suspension of classes was issued Friday due to the clashes in the interiors of Pikit, particularly in Barangay Kabasalan.
“Some pupils did not report to school this morning while others showed up and the teachers too, now we ordered them to go home,” Guiani said.
“The children have been terrified hearing loud explosions that sent the ground shaking in Barangay Kabasalan,” he said.
Aerial and ground assaults launched before dawn Thursday left an elderly woman dead, and her husband and grandson wounded.
The injured victims, Alimudin Masla, 62; and his 10-year-old grandson, are now confined at the Cruzado Medical Clinic at Poblacion Pikit being watched by uniformed and plainclothes soldiers.
Rosario said an intelligence report indicated that Masla is a BIFF member, an allegation Masla denied.
The military said air and ground attacks were carried out after intelligence information confirmed the presence of BIFF commander Abu Toraife and other foreign terrorists in the area.
He said two soldiers of the 7th Infantry Battalion were wounded in the running gun battles since Thursday.
In the Maguindanao side of the conflict, a soldier died on Thursday morning during a two-hour encounter with fleeing BIFF militants in Barangay Dasawao of Shariff Saydona Mustapha town.
Rosario said the local government of Pikit is now attending to the needs of an undetermined number of evacuees who fled their homes since Thursday dawn.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076111
6 ASG bandits surrender in Sulu
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): 6 ASG bandits surrender in Sulu
The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has suffered another blow as six of the group’s members have separately surrendered amid the continuous focused military operations against them in Sulu, officials said Friday.
Lt. Col. Gerald Monfort, Joint Task Force Sulu spokesperson, said one of the six ASG bandits surrendered Tuesday while the other five yielded on Wednesday.
Monfort said the six handed over three caliber .30 M1 Garand rifles when they surrendered to Brig. Gen. Francisco Ariel Felicidario III, Army’s 11th Infantry Division assistant commander.
Monfort said the ASG surrenderers told military authorities they were compelled to surrender out of fear from the continuous combat operations, as well as the declining support from the civilian populace.
Several ASG bandits have also expressed disillusionment with the ASG hierarchy and many others are just waiting for proper timing to escape, the military official said.
He said two of the six ASG surrenderers, aged 20 and 19 bared they were lured to join the organization when they were still in their teens.
Monfort said the ASG surrenderers were brought to the Camp Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital for medical check-up. They will be registered with the government’s Assistance Program for former rebels to receive benefits and to be reintegrated back into society.
Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the ASG is now feeling the pressure of the government’s anti-terror campaign.
“The AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and the entire peace-loving Tausug community have united to end the ASG problem in Sulu. Hence, I am confident that our mandate to crush them by the end of this year will materialize,” he said.
President Rodrigo Duterte has given the AFP until December this year to destroy the ASG in the provinces of Sulu and Basilan.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076143
The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has suffered another blow as six of the group’s members have separately surrendered amid the continuous focused military operations against them in Sulu, officials said Friday.
Lt. Col. Gerald Monfort, Joint Task Force Sulu spokesperson, said one of the six ASG bandits surrendered Tuesday while the other five yielded on Wednesday.
Monfort said the six handed over three caliber .30 M1 Garand rifles when they surrendered to Brig. Gen. Francisco Ariel Felicidario III, Army’s 11th Infantry Division assistant commander.
Monfort said the ASG surrenderers told military authorities they were compelled to surrender out of fear from the continuous combat operations, as well as the declining support from the civilian populace.
Several ASG bandits have also expressed disillusionment with the ASG hierarchy and many others are just waiting for proper timing to escape, the military official said.
He said two of the six ASG surrenderers, aged 20 and 19 bared they were lured to join the organization when they were still in their teens.
Monfort said the ASG surrenderers were brought to the Camp Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital for medical check-up. They will be registered with the government’s Assistance Program for former rebels to receive benefits and to be reintegrated back into society.
Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the ASG is now feeling the pressure of the government’s anti-terror campaign.
“The AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and the entire peace-loving Tausug community have united to end the ASG problem in Sulu. Hence, I am confident that our mandate to crush them by the end of this year will materialize,” he said.
President Rodrigo Duterte has given the AFP until December this year to destroy the ASG in the provinces of Sulu and Basilan.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076143
'Rebels' fire upon cops, troops out to probe killings
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): 'Rebels' fire upon cops, troops out to probe killings
Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members allegedly harassed and fired upon police personnel and Army troops Friday morning as they were returning to the center after extracting the bodies of a one-year-old boy and his father, who were shot dead in Sitio Tara, Barangay San Jose in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, the night before.
No one was injured among the government forces, said Lt. Col. Ramir Redosendo, battalion commander of the 11th Infantry Battalion (11IB) of the Philippine Army based in Negros Oriental.
Sketchy and initial reports from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) said that at about 10 a.m., a composite team of police personnel led by Police Capt. Michael Rubia, chief of the Sta. Catalina Police Station; the 705th Regional Mobile Force Battalion 7; and Bravo Company soldiers of the 11IB were returning to the town proper from Sitio Tara after investigating the deaths and extracting the bodies of Marlon Ocampo and his son, Marjon.
On their way back to town, six to seven armed persons, who were believed to be NPA members, fired at them and immediately fled.
The bodies of the shooting victims were not immediately withdrawn due to the reported presence of alleged NPA members.
Ocampo and his son were shot dead by unidentified armed men inside their home in Sitio Tara, Barangay San Jose at about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Police Staff Master Sgt. Jonathan Abucayon, chief of the investigation section of the Sta. Catalina Police Station, said two other children, aged 3 and 5, were unharmed, but their mother, Angel Miranda, was wounded and brought to a hospital here for treatment.
The motive of the incident has yet to be determined, Abucayon said.
The death of the father and son brought to seven the total number of people slain in Negros Oriental a day.
The other killings included that of a barangay captain and two Department of Education employees in Guihulngan, a civilian in Ayungon, and another one in Siaton.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076133
Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members allegedly harassed and fired upon police personnel and Army troops Friday morning as they were returning to the center after extracting the bodies of a one-year-old boy and his father, who were shot dead in Sitio Tara, Barangay San Jose in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, the night before.
No one was injured among the government forces, said Lt. Col. Ramir Redosendo, battalion commander of the 11th Infantry Battalion (11IB) of the Philippine Army based in Negros Oriental.
Sketchy and initial reports from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) said that at about 10 a.m., a composite team of police personnel led by Police Capt. Michael Rubia, chief of the Sta. Catalina Police Station; the 705th Regional Mobile Force Battalion 7; and Bravo Company soldiers of the 11IB were returning to the town proper from Sitio Tara after investigating the deaths and extracting the bodies of Marlon Ocampo and his son, Marjon.
On their way back to town, six to seven armed persons, who were believed to be NPA members, fired at them and immediately fled.
The bodies of the shooting victims were not immediately withdrawn due to the reported presence of alleged NPA members.
Ocampo and his son were shot dead by unidentified armed men inside their home in Sitio Tara, Barangay San Jose at about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Police Staff Master Sgt. Jonathan Abucayon, chief of the investigation section of the Sta. Catalina Police Station, said two other children, aged 3 and 5, were unharmed, but their mother, Angel Miranda, was wounded and brought to a hospital here for treatment.
The motive of the incident has yet to be determined, Abucayon said.
The death of the father and son brought to seven the total number of people slain in Negros Oriental a day.
The other killings included that of a barangay captain and two Department of Education employees in Guihulngan, a civilian in Ayungon, and another one in Siaton.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076133
‘Wanted’ leftist urban poor leader nabbed in Sarangani
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): ‘Wanted’ leftist urban poor leader nabbed in Sarangani
Google map of Alabel town, Sarangi province.
Police arrested on Friday a leader of a militant urban poor group who is listed as the number four top most wanted person in Alabel town.
Brig. Gen. Eliseo Tam Rasco, director of the Police Regional Office-12, said suspect Margie Genosas was nabbed by joint operatives around 9:50 a.m. in Barangay Kawas in Alabel, Sarangani.
Genosas, an organizer of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap or Kadamay in Sarangani, has standing warrants of arrest for frustrated murder and being an alleged “professional squatter,” in violation of Section 27 of Republic Act 7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act.
The warrants were issued by Judge Rebecca Dardo-Seredrica of the Regional Trial Court Branch 46 and Judge Ma. Peliza Parido-Dinopol of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court for Alabel-Malungon in Sarangani, respectively.
Rasco said the suspect was arrested in a manhunt operation at her temporary home in Purok 10 of Barangay Kawas, an area identified by the police a “land conflict area” that is being occupied by irregular settlers.
Citing intelligence reports, Rasco said the suspect was allegedly a member of the Guerilla Front 71 of the New People’s Army (NPA), which operated in Sarangani and Davao Occidental provinces, from 2009 to 20016.
He said Genosas reportedly opted to lay low from the NPA but remained an active member of party-list groups, Bayan Muna and Gabriela.
“She is also the leader and organizer of the Kadamay group that was involved in the land conflict in Alabel,” Rasco said in a report.
Rasco said the suspect is currently under the custody of the Alabel police station, pending her transfer to the provincial jail.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076131
Google map of Alabel town, Sarangi province.
Police arrested on Friday a leader of a militant urban poor group who is listed as the number four top most wanted person in Alabel town.
Brig. Gen. Eliseo Tam Rasco, director of the Police Regional Office-12, said suspect Margie Genosas was nabbed by joint operatives around 9:50 a.m. in Barangay Kawas in Alabel, Sarangani.
Genosas, an organizer of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap or Kadamay in Sarangani, has standing warrants of arrest for frustrated murder and being an alleged “professional squatter,” in violation of Section 27 of Republic Act 7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act.
The warrants were issued by Judge Rebecca Dardo-Seredrica of the Regional Trial Court Branch 46 and Judge Ma. Peliza Parido-Dinopol of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court for Alabel-Malungon in Sarangani, respectively.
Rasco said the suspect was arrested in a manhunt operation at her temporary home in Purok 10 of Barangay Kawas, an area identified by the police a “land conflict area” that is being occupied by irregular settlers.
Citing intelligence reports, Rasco said the suspect was allegedly a member of the Guerilla Front 71 of the New People’s Army (NPA), which operated in Sarangani and Davao Occidental provinces, from 2009 to 20016.
He said Genosas reportedly opted to lay low from the NPA but remained an active member of party-list groups, Bayan Muna and Gabriela.
“She is also the leader and organizer of the Kadamay group that was involved in the land conflict in Alabel,” Rasco said in a report.
Rasco said the suspect is currently under the custody of the Alabel police station, pending her transfer to the provincial jail.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076131
AFP gets e-trikes
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): AFP gets e-trikes
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff General Benjamin Madrigal Jr.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff General Benjamin Madrigal Jr.
Electric tricycles or e-trikes will now be a common sight in five military camps following the donation of such eco-friendly vehicles to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday.
The Department of Energy donated 50 e-trikes for distribution to five military camps for the transportation of soldiers, their dependents, civilian employees, churchgoers, tourists, and guests inside these camps.
Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Camp Aquino in Tarlac, Camp Nakar in Quezon, Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, and Sangley Point in Cavite are among the camps identified to get their e-trikes, charging stations, routes, rules, and provisions regarding the use and services of these vehicles.
“Serving the nation becomes a fulfilling experience when we see that we have partner agencies such as the Department of Energy, who are in solidarity with our cause for continued development. Let us show them that we are indeed deserving of such generosity," said AFP Chief-of-Staff General Benjamin Madrigal Jr.
The donation is part of DOE's e-trike project, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank and the Clean Technology Fund. Its objective is to promote energy efficiency and clean technologies in the transport sector.
The introduction of e-trikes with lithium-ion battery technology is envisioned to pave the way for increased safety standards and improved environmental compliance.
The ceremonial signing of the Deed of Donation (DOD) and turnover took place at the AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, said military public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato in a statement Friday.
Signing the DOD for the AFP Madrigal, DOE Undersecretary Jesus Cristino Posadas, and AFP Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Brig. Gen. Fernyl Buca.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076103
The Department of Energy donated 50 e-trikes for distribution to five military camps for the transportation of soldiers, their dependents, civilian employees, churchgoers, tourists, and guests inside these camps.
Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Camp Aquino in Tarlac, Camp Nakar in Quezon, Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, and Sangley Point in Cavite are among the camps identified to get their e-trikes, charging stations, routes, rules, and provisions regarding the use and services of these vehicles.
“Serving the nation becomes a fulfilling experience when we see that we have partner agencies such as the Department of Energy, who are in solidarity with our cause for continued development. Let us show them that we are indeed deserving of such generosity," said AFP Chief-of-Staff General Benjamin Madrigal Jr.
The donation is part of DOE's e-trike project, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank and the Clean Technology Fund. Its objective is to promote energy efficiency and clean technologies in the transport sector.
The introduction of e-trikes with lithium-ion battery technology is envisioned to pave the way for increased safety standards and improved environmental compliance.
The ceremonial signing of the Deed of Donation (DOD) and turnover took place at the AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, said military public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato in a statement Friday.
Signing the DOD for the AFP Madrigal, DOE Undersecretary Jesus Cristino Posadas, and AFP Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Brig. Gen. Fernyl Buca.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076103
Denounce CPP-NPA if you aren't commies, Karapatan, NUPL dared
From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 26, 2019): Denounce CPP-NPA if you aren't commies, Karapatan, NUPL dared
Major General Antonio Parlade, Jr., Armed Forces of the Philippines Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations (PNA File photo)
Major General Antonio Parlade, Jr., Armed Forces of the Philippines Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations (PNA File photo)
It is ironic for groups that claim to be human rights defenders harping on a call for the United Nations Human Rights Commission probe into alleged extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, to condemn only the killing of a lawyer and ignore the execution of four policemen in Negros Oriental.
This, according to Major General Antonio Parlade, Jr., of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC), who said he cannot help but wonder why Karapatan and National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) are mum when the 4 policemen were brutally killed but have been creating noise with the slay of lawyer Anthony Trinidad, who was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen on July 23.
“It is time you come clean of your biases. If you say you are not what we say you are, communist thugs that is, denounce the CPP NPA now,” he said in a statement on Thursday. “You are not even sure who hit them but you are already blaming the government.”
He added that Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay should raise a howl before the United Nations since they profess to fight for the rights of individuals whose right to life had been brutally violated.
“As we averred before, your advocacy is fake and selective. You need to justify the funds you have been scamming the European organizations, and now is the time to prove Joma (Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison) wrong for red-tagging your organization,” he said, adding that it was Joma himself who named the communist legal front organizations.
He also urged NUPL to do the same as they are so self-righteous with their claim of defending those who are aggrieved.
“How can you let this gruesome incident pass in silence? Carlos Conde of Human Rights Watch has already condemned the summary execution as a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. Who else can provide the right legal perspective of this barbarism of the NPAs but the distinguished lawyers amongst your rank,” he said.
Parlade, who is also Armed Forces of the Philippines Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, renewed his earlier warning against the brutality of CPP-NPA, which had been declared a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
“They could target you and blame the government. It’s part of their ploy. In their CPP Anniversary Statements published in the CPP website last year, they admitted to torturing and killing their own cadres, thousands of them during the purge,” he added. “Until today those killings are attributed to the government. They continue to appear in the list of the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappeared (WGEID), a list which Karapatan has been trying not to be cleared, or they lose relevance to their foreign donors.”
It is the government, he said, who can protect the people and not organizations espousing communist ideology.
“If the government ordered those killings, then why are you still standing Ms. Cristina Palabay? The government has nothing to gain doing that. Our trust rating is up to the ceiling and we don’t want that demolished,” Parlade said.
Own red-tagging
The CPP, he said, red-tagged its own comrades who ended up dead in their purging operations -- Oplan Ahos, Oplan Kadena de Amor, Oplan Olympia, Oplan Missing Link, Oplan Zombie, and Oplan VD in Inopacan Leyte.
“Let us not forget the Plaza Miranda bombing, where Joma Sison ordered its execution so people will blame the Marcos government,” he added.
Parlade invited human rights groups to watch the video of Fr Balweg, rebel priest who was killed by comrades in the NPA, as he admitted to killing ordinary members of the community while clad in military uniform, in order to put blame on the government.
"It's all over the social media. Let's learn our lessons from these barbaric NPAs and stop defending them," he added.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076112
This, according to Major General Antonio Parlade, Jr., of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC), who said he cannot help but wonder why Karapatan and National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) are mum when the 4 policemen were brutally killed but have been creating noise with the slay of lawyer Anthony Trinidad, who was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen on July 23.
“It is time you come clean of your biases. If you say you are not what we say you are, communist thugs that is, denounce the CPP NPA now,” he said in a statement on Thursday. “You are not even sure who hit them but you are already blaming the government.”
He added that Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay should raise a howl before the United Nations since they profess to fight for the rights of individuals whose right to life had been brutally violated.
“As we averred before, your advocacy is fake and selective. You need to justify the funds you have been scamming the European organizations, and now is the time to prove Joma (Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison) wrong for red-tagging your organization,” he said, adding that it was Joma himself who named the communist legal front organizations.
He also urged NUPL to do the same as they are so self-righteous with their claim of defending those who are aggrieved.
“How can you let this gruesome incident pass in silence? Carlos Conde of Human Rights Watch has already condemned the summary execution as a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. Who else can provide the right legal perspective of this barbarism of the NPAs but the distinguished lawyers amongst your rank,” he said.
Parlade, who is also Armed Forces of the Philippines Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, renewed his earlier warning against the brutality of CPP-NPA, which had been declared a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
“They could target you and blame the government. It’s part of their ploy. In their CPP Anniversary Statements published in the CPP website last year, they admitted to torturing and killing their own cadres, thousands of them during the purge,” he added. “Until today those killings are attributed to the government. They continue to appear in the list of the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappeared (WGEID), a list which Karapatan has been trying not to be cleared, or they lose relevance to their foreign donors.”
It is the government, he said, who can protect the people and not organizations espousing communist ideology.
“If the government ordered those killings, then why are you still standing Ms. Cristina Palabay? The government has nothing to gain doing that. Our trust rating is up to the ceiling and we don’t want that demolished,” Parlade said.
Own red-tagging
The CPP, he said, red-tagged its own comrades who ended up dead in their purging operations -- Oplan Ahos, Oplan Kadena de Amor, Oplan Olympia, Oplan Missing Link, Oplan Zombie, and Oplan VD in Inopacan Leyte.
“Let us not forget the Plaza Miranda bombing, where Joma Sison ordered its execution so people will blame the Marcos government,” he added.
Parlade invited human rights groups to watch the video of Fr Balweg, rebel priest who was killed by comrades in the NPA, as he admitted to killing ordinary members of the community while clad in military uniform, in order to put blame on the government.
"It's all over the social media. Let's learn our lessons from these barbaric NPAs and stop defending them," he added.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076112
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