From the Philippine Star (May 13, 2020): 10 NPAs killed in Misamis clashes (By Roel Pareño, Ben Serrano)
Ten New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have been killed in gunfights with government troopers in Misamis Oriental since Sunday.
Authorities said the clashes occurred with rebels belonging to the Northwestern Mindanao Command in Sitio Likudon, Barangay Kamanikan in Gingoog City.
Lt. Col. Francisco Molina, 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) commander, said the bodies of the rebels were brought to two funeral parlors in Gingoog City.
”The NPAs planted landmines. Our troopers are very careful while conducting pursuit operations,” Molina said.
He said five high-powered firearms, ammunition, landmines, cell phones and subversive documents were recovered at the site of the encounter.
In Zamboanga del Sur, two NPA rebels were killed in an encounter with soldiers of the 53rd IB in Sitio Pisyo, Barangay Balonai in Midsalip town.
Maj. Arvin John Encinas, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, said the soldiers recovered the remains of the slain rebels, two AK47 rifles and a backpack.
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/05/13/2013597/10-npas-killed-misamis-clashes
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Fierce battle between AFP, NPA continues in northern Mindanao
From the Manila Bulletin (May 13, 2020): Fierce battle between AFP, NPA continues in northern Mindanao (By Mike Crismundo)
CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City – A gun battle between government forces and New People’s Army (NPA) has been raging since Sunday, May 10, in the highland provincial border between Agudan del Norte and Misamis Oriental, according to the military.
CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City – A gun battle between government forces and New People’s Army (NPA) has been raging since Sunday, May 10, in the highland provincial border between Agudan del Norte and Misamis Oriental, according to the military.
23rd IB-CMO/Manila Bulletin
Troops from the 23rd Infantry Battalion (23rd IB) are now pursuing about 70 heavily armed Communist rebels belonging to of Guerilla Front 4-A (GF 4-A) of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC).
In his report to Brig. Gen. Maurito L. Licudine, commanding general of the Army’s 402nd Infantry Brigade based here on Wednesday, Lt. Col. Francisco Molina, commanding officer of the 23rd IB said running gun battles continued to be waged with pursuing troops reporting that they have found the bodies of 10 Communist guerillas on Tuesday, May 12. The slain rebels were apparently left behind by their fleeing comrades.
Pursuing troops also seized bombs, and improvised land mines along the rebels’ escape route, the report said.
Molina added that the soldiers were being careful and deliberate in their chase of the fleeing rebels, who have resorted to planting landmines along the route of their withdrawal.
Aside from bombs, 23rd IB troops also recovered five high-powered firearms, live ammunitions, landmines, cellphones, and subversive documents with high intelligence value, the 23rd IB commander said.
The 23rd IB is under the operational control of the 402nd brigade based here.
Ground troops were also being provided air cover by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) strike wing, and helicopter wing of Tactical Operations Group (TOG).
The ground Army commander believed that an undetermined number of other terrorists were wounded as bloodstains were seen along the rebels escape.
Molina said the first encounter took place in Sitio Likudon, Barangay Kamanikan in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental.
Sitio Likudon is already at the border of Las Nieves town in Agusan del Norte.
“As of early morning Tuesday (May 12), we already recovered 16 dead bodies of NPA combatants,” Lt. Col. Molina said.
The bodies of the slain NPAs were immediately brought to two funeral parlors in Gingoog City.
Since the start of the Likudon gunbattle, sporadic gun battles continue since Sunday in the area as the remaining NPA members scampered in different directions after the first armed engagement.
Operations of the 23rd IB took place on Sunday after villagers reported the presence of around 70 armed CNTs in the area.
Upon reaching at Likudon area at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, the Communist terrorists fired at approaching troopers that resulted in a 15-minute fierce firefight.
The Sunday firefight resulted in the sporadic and running gun battle up to Tuesday, also said 1st Lt. Roel T. Maglalang, Civil Military Operations (CMO) officer of the 23rd IB.
As of press time, helicopter gunships have injected more combat troopers at the border between Agusan del Norte and Misamis Oriental.
There was still no reported casualty on the government side.
In his report to Brig. Gen. Maurito L. Licudine, commanding general of the Army’s 402nd Infantry Brigade based here on Wednesday, Lt. Col. Francisco Molina, commanding officer of the 23rd IB said running gun battles continued to be waged with pursuing troops reporting that they have found the bodies of 10 Communist guerillas on Tuesday, May 12. The slain rebels were apparently left behind by their fleeing comrades.
Pursuing troops also seized bombs, and improvised land mines along the rebels’ escape route, the report said.
Molina added that the soldiers were being careful and deliberate in their chase of the fleeing rebels, who have resorted to planting landmines along the route of their withdrawal.
Aside from bombs, 23rd IB troops also recovered five high-powered firearms, live ammunitions, landmines, cellphones, and subversive documents with high intelligence value, the 23rd IB commander said.
The 23rd IB is under the operational control of the 402nd brigade based here.
Ground troops were also being provided air cover by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) strike wing, and helicopter wing of Tactical Operations Group (TOG).
The ground Army commander believed that an undetermined number of other terrorists were wounded as bloodstains were seen along the rebels escape.
Molina said the first encounter took place in Sitio Likudon, Barangay Kamanikan in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental.
Sitio Likudon is already at the border of Las Nieves town in Agusan del Norte.
“As of early morning Tuesday (May 12), we already recovered 16 dead bodies of NPA combatants,” Lt. Col. Molina said.
The bodies of the slain NPAs were immediately brought to two funeral parlors in Gingoog City.
Since the start of the Likudon gunbattle, sporadic gun battles continue since Sunday in the area as the remaining NPA members scampered in different directions after the first armed engagement.
Operations of the 23rd IB took place on Sunday after villagers reported the presence of around 70 armed CNTs in the area.
Upon reaching at Likudon area at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, the Communist terrorists fired at approaching troopers that resulted in a 15-minute fierce firefight.
The Sunday firefight resulted in the sporadic and running gun battle up to Tuesday, also said 1st Lt. Roel T. Maglalang, Civil Military Operations (CMO) officer of the 23rd IB.
As of press time, helicopter gunships have injected more combat troopers at the border between Agusan del Norte and Misamis Oriental.
There was still no reported casualty on the government side.
Borders well guarded during MCO, says army commander
From the Daily Express (May 12, 2020): Borders well guarded during MCO, says army commander (By: Bernama)
Maj Gen Muhammad Hafizuddeain.LABUAN: Sabah’s borders are well guarded and no intrusions by immigrants have been reported since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented on March 18, according to a senior Malaysian army officer.
General Officer Commanding of the 5th Division Infantry, Major General Datuk Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan (pic), said the tight border security control was concentrated in the east coast, southern part and north Kalimantan borders of Sabah.
“We have deployed several battalions to tighten border control especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent the spread of new clusters from illegal immigrants.
“We ensure the vast Sabah border is not intruded by illegal immigrants, whether through entry by river, land or illegal routes,” he added.
After the ‘Op Penawar’ was launched, there had been no attempts by illegal immigrants to enter Sabah, he told reporters after visiting a roadblock here before breaking fast with military personnel.
He said the number of soldiers assisting police in mounting roadblocks across Sabah and Labuan had dropped by 30 per cent from 740 daily since the implementation of the Conditional Movement Control Order (Emco). He also said the welfare of armed forces personnel had been well taken care of at all times.
Meanwhile, the Malaysia-Philippines’ co-operation contributes in efforts to tackle cross-border crime threats such as the kidnap for ransom (KFR) by the Abu Sayyaf Group and its network from southern Philippines on the east coast waters of Sabah, Malaysia.
Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) Commander Datuk Hazani Ghazali said sharing of intelligence information with the Philippines enabled monitoring of KFR elements for interception at sea.
“From January to April, ESSZone security forces foiled two KFR attempts targeting the fishing community,” he said.
He said the KFR groups carried out their crimes during the day and at night in the two attempts.
“However, they were thwarted after we were tipped off by the Philippines on the early movements of the KFR groups from the southern Philippines, and we set our assets into motion to intercept them,” he said.
Hazani said ESSCom also provided information to the Philippines’ security forces on the abduction of five Indonesian fishermen in Tambisan waters, Tungku, Lahad Datu in January, believed to be by members of the Abu Sayyaf group.
Later, he said, Philippines’ security forces actively pursued the victims and several series of clashes broke out with the Abu Sayyaf network from February to April, following which three members of the Jemaah Group were shot dead.
Security forces in Sabah endeavoured to curb cross-border criminal activities involving smuggling of goods, illegal immigrants and KFR, he added.
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/152435/borders-well-guarded-during-mco-says-army-commander/
General Officer Commanding of the 5th Division Infantry, Major General Datuk Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan (pic), said the tight border security control was concentrated in the east coast, southern part and north Kalimantan borders of Sabah.
“We have deployed several battalions to tighten border control especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent the spread of new clusters from illegal immigrants.
“We ensure the vast Sabah border is not intruded by illegal immigrants, whether through entry by river, land or illegal routes,” he added.
After the ‘Op Penawar’ was launched, there had been no attempts by illegal immigrants to enter Sabah, he told reporters after visiting a roadblock here before breaking fast with military personnel.
He said the number of soldiers assisting police in mounting roadblocks across Sabah and Labuan had dropped by 30 per cent from 740 daily since the implementation of the Conditional Movement Control Order (Emco). He also said the welfare of armed forces personnel had been well taken care of at all times.
Meanwhile, the Malaysia-Philippines’ co-operation contributes in efforts to tackle cross-border crime threats such as the kidnap for ransom (KFR) by the Abu Sayyaf Group and its network from southern Philippines on the east coast waters of Sabah, Malaysia.
Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) Commander Datuk Hazani Ghazali said sharing of intelligence information with the Philippines enabled monitoring of KFR elements for interception at sea.
“From January to April, ESSZone security forces foiled two KFR attempts targeting the fishing community,” he said.
He said the KFR groups carried out their crimes during the day and at night in the two attempts.
“However, they were thwarted after we were tipped off by the Philippines on the early movements of the KFR groups from the southern Philippines, and we set our assets into motion to intercept them,” he said.
Hazani said ESSCom also provided information to the Philippines’ security forces on the abduction of five Indonesian fishermen in Tambisan waters, Tungku, Lahad Datu in January, believed to be by members of the Abu Sayyaf group.
Later, he said, Philippines’ security forces actively pursued the victims and several series of clashes broke out with the Abu Sayyaf network from February to April, following which three members of the Jemaah Group were shot dead.
Security forces in Sabah endeavoured to curb cross-border criminal activities involving smuggling of goods, illegal immigrants and KFR, he added.
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/152435/borders-well-guarded-during-mco-says-army-commander/
Body of Abu Sayyaf member recovered in Basilan
From ABS-CBN (May 13, 2020): Body of Abu Sayyaf member recovered in Basilan (By Leizel Lacastesantos)
The body of an Abu Sayyaf member was recovered by the military last week in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan, the military confirmed Tuesday.
In a press statement, Western Mindanao Command said the bandit identified as Pau Geh was killed in a strike operation by the 18th Infantry Battalion at Bohe Selangan, Barangay Baguindan on May 8.
Another bandit identified as Adzuan Kajing, also known as Kawang, was severely injured in the encounter.
Kajing was involved in a vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device blast in Lamitan City on July 31, 2018, killing more than 10 people.
He has a standing arrest warrant for multiple frustrated murder in Isabela city, Basilan.
The troops also recovered one fragmentary grenade, three rounds of 40 mm grenade launcher ammunition, and other personal belongings of the Abu Sayyaf.
"While our soldiers brave the danger brought about by the coronavirus, they also continue to risk their lives fighting for peace and security in their area of operations," said WesMinCom commander Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana.
No casualties were reported on the government side.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/20/body-of-abu-sayyaf-member-recovered-in-basilan
In a press statement, Western Mindanao Command said the bandit identified as Pau Geh was killed in a strike operation by the 18th Infantry Battalion at Bohe Selangan, Barangay Baguindan on May 8.
Another bandit identified as Adzuan Kajing, also known as Kawang, was severely injured in the encounter.
Kajing was involved in a vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device blast in Lamitan City on July 31, 2018, killing more than 10 people.
He has a standing arrest warrant for multiple frustrated murder in Isabela city, Basilan.
The troops also recovered one fragmentary grenade, three rounds of 40 mm grenade launcher ammunition, and other personal belongings of the Abu Sayyaf.
"While our soldiers brave the danger brought about by the coronavirus, they also continue to risk their lives fighting for peace and security in their area of operations," said WesMinCom commander Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana.
No casualties were reported on the government side.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/20/body-of-abu-sayyaf-member-recovered-in-basilan
Suspected Abu Sayyaf fighter killed in Basilan clash, another one wounded -military
From GMA News (May 13, 2020): Suspected Abu Sayyaf fighter killed in Basilan clash, another one wounded -military
A suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf group was killed during an encounter with government forces in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan last May 8.
According to Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) spokesman Major Arvin Encinas on Wednesday, soldiers from the 18th Infantry Battalion were conducting strike operation when they had a three-minute encounter with more or less four Abu Sayyaf members in Bohe Selangan in Barangay Baguindan.
While doing clearing operations, government forces recovered the body of one local terrorist identified as Pau Geh.
They also recovered a fragmentary grenade, three rounds of 40mm grenade launcher ammunition, one Harris handheld radio, four mobile phones, one power bank, two backpacks, a jungle hammock, food items, and some personal belongings in the clash site.
"As we perform our roles as frontliners against the COVID-19 pandemic, 18IB remains committed in pursuing peace and security throughout its area of operations," 18th IB commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Abutin said in a press release.
"We will continue to conduct focused military operations against the already dwindling ranks of ASG in Basilan who continue to evade the government forces in small groups," he added.
The military also said another member of the group, identified as Adzuan "Kawwang" Kajing, was seriously wounded in the encounter.
Authorities said Kajing was involved in an explosion incident in Lamitan City on July 31, 2018. He also had a standing warrant of arrest for multiple frustrated murder issued by the Judicial Region Branch 2, in Isabela town.
According to WestMinCom, no casualties were reported from the government side.
WestMinCom chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana hailed the troops for this development in the efforts against the local terrorist group.
"While our soldiers brave the danger brought about by the coronavirus, they also continue to risk their lives fighting for peace and security in their area of operations," Sobejana said.
"Let us continue to pray for their safety and protection as they continue to spare us from the rudeness of the different threat groups," he added.
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/738001/suspected-abu-sayyaf-fighter-killed-in-basilan-clash-another-one-wounded-military/story/
According to Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) spokesman Major Arvin Encinas on Wednesday, soldiers from the 18th Infantry Battalion were conducting strike operation when they had a three-minute encounter with more or less four Abu Sayyaf members in Bohe Selangan in Barangay Baguindan.
While doing clearing operations, government forces recovered the body of one local terrorist identified as Pau Geh.
They also recovered a fragmentary grenade, three rounds of 40mm grenade launcher ammunition, one Harris handheld radio, four mobile phones, one power bank, two backpacks, a jungle hammock, food items, and some personal belongings in the clash site.
"As we perform our roles as frontliners against the COVID-19 pandemic, 18IB remains committed in pursuing peace and security throughout its area of operations," 18th IB commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Abutin said in a press release.
"We will continue to conduct focused military operations against the already dwindling ranks of ASG in Basilan who continue to evade the government forces in small groups," he added.
The military also said another member of the group, identified as Adzuan "Kawwang" Kajing, was seriously wounded in the encounter.
Authorities said Kajing was involved in an explosion incident in Lamitan City on July 31, 2018. He also had a standing warrant of arrest for multiple frustrated murder issued by the Judicial Region Branch 2, in Isabela town.
According to WestMinCom, no casualties were reported from the government side.
WestMinCom chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana hailed the troops for this development in the efforts against the local terrorist group.
"While our soldiers brave the danger brought about by the coronavirus, they also continue to risk their lives fighting for peace and security in their area of operations," Sobejana said.
"Let us continue to pray for their safety and protection as they continue to spare us from the rudeness of the different threat groups," he added.
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/738001/suspected-abu-sayyaf-fighter-killed-in-basilan-clash-another-one-wounded-military/story/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Organizations mark 47th NDFP anniversary
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): Organizations mark 47th NDFP anniversary
Various organizations commemorated the 47th anniversary of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on April 24. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army praised the NDFP for uniting the Filipino people under the banner of national democracy.
The CPP said the the NDFP should strengthen its call for establishing a humanitarian united front to bring together all democratic forces to prevent the spread and mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Revolutionary organizations are at the forefront of mass clinics, rice distribution, information campaigns and medical trainings in various provinces and regions.
Local chapters of the NDFP in Ilocos, Mindoro, Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Negros, Panay and Southern Tagalog also issued their respective solidarity statements.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/organizations-mark-47th-ndfp-anniversary/
Various organizations commemorated the 47th anniversary of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on April 24. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army praised the NDFP for uniting the Filipino people under the banner of national democracy.
The CPP said the the NDFP should strengthen its call for establishing a humanitarian united front to bring together all democratic forces to prevent the spread and mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Revolutionary organizations are at the forefront of mass clinics, rice distribution, information campaigns and medical trainings in various provinces and regions.
Local chapters of the NDFP in Ilocos, Mindoro, Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Negros, Panay and Southern Tagalog also issued their respective solidarity statements.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/organizations-mark-47th-ndfp-anniversary/
CPP/Ang Bayan: 88th IB troops misencounter in Bukidnon
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): 88th IB troops misencounter in Bukidnon
The 88th IB concocted a story that an encounter between its troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) erupted at Sitio Mahayhay, Barangay Lipa, Quezon, Bukidnon on April 28 in the morning.
What, in fact, took place in the area, was an encounter between the 88th IB’s Bravo Company and intelligence unit, according to an NPA-Bukidnon report. A soldier was slain while many others were wounded during the 30-minute firefight. An M203 grenade exploded near a community and caused fear among residents.
The 88th IB is notorious for killing, illegally arresting and coercing peasant and Lumad residents to surrender as NPA fighters. Since the unit was formed in 2017, at least five Lumad peasants were shot dead by its troopers. Among its victims are Jeffrey Bayot, a member of the Organisasyon sa Yanong Obrerong Nagkahiusa who was killed in August 2019.
The unit was also behind the arrest and detention of the chairperson of Kasama-Bukidnon and other peasants in Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus in January 2020, and of two minors in Kitaotao in February 2019.
Last December 2019, Lt. Col. Franklin F. Fabic, commander of the 88th IB, threatened to bomb Sitio Dumasilag, Barangay Sta. Filomena, Quezon and coerced residents to surrender as members and supporters of the NPA. This resulted in the forcible evacuation of 113 residents, including 35 children.
The 88th IB was jointly formed by the 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th ID. The camp of the butcher battalion is located in Barangay South Poblacion, Maramag. Its forces serve as mercenaries and protectors of plunderous plantation and mining corporations in Bukidnon.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/88th-ib-troops-misencounter-in-bukidnon/
The 88th IB concocted a story that an encounter between its troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) erupted at Sitio Mahayhay, Barangay Lipa, Quezon, Bukidnon on April 28 in the morning.
What, in fact, took place in the area, was an encounter between the 88th IB’s Bravo Company and intelligence unit, according to an NPA-Bukidnon report. A soldier was slain while many others were wounded during the 30-minute firefight. An M203 grenade exploded near a community and caused fear among residents.
The 88th IB is notorious for killing, illegally arresting and coercing peasant and Lumad residents to surrender as NPA fighters. Since the unit was formed in 2017, at least five Lumad peasants were shot dead by its troopers. Among its victims are Jeffrey Bayot, a member of the Organisasyon sa Yanong Obrerong Nagkahiusa who was killed in August 2019.
The unit was also behind the arrest and detention of the chairperson of Kasama-Bukidnon and other peasants in Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus in January 2020, and of two minors in Kitaotao in February 2019.
Last December 2019, Lt. Col. Franklin F. Fabic, commander of the 88th IB, threatened to bomb Sitio Dumasilag, Barangay Sta. Filomena, Quezon and coerced residents to surrender as members and supporters of the NPA. This resulted in the forcible evacuation of 113 residents, including 35 children.
The 88th IB was jointly formed by the 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th ID. The camp of the butcher battalion is located in Barangay South Poblacion, Maramag. Its forces serve as mercenaries and protectors of plunderous plantation and mining corporations in Bukidnon.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/88th-ib-troops-misencounter-in-bukidnon/
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
CPP/Ang Bayan: #SolidarityAmidCovid on #36th Cordillera Day
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): #SolidarityAmidCovid on #36th Cordillera Day
The Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) marked the 36th Cordillera Day commemoration last April 24 by distributing food packs and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the poor and heath workers.
It enjoined the people to make the Cordillera Day celebration meaningful by continuing to unite and defend the Cordillera people’s rights and and ancestral lands.
The Health for the People Brigade spearheaded the conduct of the ub-ubbo, innabuyog and binnadang to raise PPEs and other donations for the poor.
The ub-ubbo, innabuyog and binnadang are indigenous systems of labor exchange to support those in need which highligh the value of collective effort and mutual aid.
For years, the Cordillera Day also served as a venue to commemorate the Cordillera people’s struggle against dictatorship, fascism and human rights violations. Macli-ing Dulag, leader of Butbut tribue in Tinglayan, Kalinga was killed by the military on the same day in 1980. Dulag was among the tribal leaders who led the struggle against the Chico Dam Project. Dulag’s death was commemorated from 1981 to 1984 and was dubbed Macliing Memorials. From that time on, the CPA launched the Cordillera Peoples’ Day which was annually celebrated in various provinces in Cordillera and in Baguio City.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/solidarityamidcovid-on-36th-cordillera-day/
The Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) marked the 36th Cordillera Day commemoration last April 24 by distributing food packs and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the poor and heath workers.
It enjoined the people to make the Cordillera Day celebration meaningful by continuing to unite and defend the Cordillera people’s rights and and ancestral lands.
The Health for the People Brigade spearheaded the conduct of the ub-ubbo, innabuyog and binnadang to raise PPEs and other donations for the poor.
The ub-ubbo, innabuyog and binnadang are indigenous systems of labor exchange to support those in need which highligh the value of collective effort and mutual aid.
For years, the Cordillera Day also served as a venue to commemorate the Cordillera people’s struggle against dictatorship, fascism and human rights violations. Macli-ing Dulag, leader of Butbut tribue in Tinglayan, Kalinga was killed by the military on the same day in 1980. Dulag was among the tribal leaders who led the struggle against the Chico Dam Project. Dulag’s death was commemorated from 1981 to 1984 and was dubbed Macliing Memorials. From that time on, the CPA launched the Cordillera Peoples’ Day which was annually celebrated in various provinces in Cordillera and in Baguio City.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/solidarityamidcovid-on-36th-cordillera-day/
CPP/Ang Bayan: CPP-NPA ends unilateral ceasefire
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): CPP-NPA ends unilateral ceasefire
On April 30, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared that it will no longer extend its unilateral ceasefire. “As the Covid-19 pandemc continues to worsen, the CPP and the New People’s Army (NPA) will give highest priority to fight the disease despite Duterte and the AFP’s order to intensify offensives and other military operations against the NPA. However, the CPP can no longer extend the humanitarian ceasefire of the NPA after April 30. This widespread attacks and military operations of the AFP-PNP will only result in worse atrocities against the NPA and the masses,” said the CPP.
From March 16 to April 30, the military and police have continued to conduct intense and sustained counterinsurgency operations in 159 towns, covering at least 432 barangays. This resulted in at least 54 armed encounters, 39 of which were raids against NPA encampments. Last of which was a raid by the 4th IB against an encampment of Red fighters in Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 30.
The clashes resulted in at least 31 killed and 27 wounded on the side of the AFP-PNP. On the side of the NPA, 20 Red fighters were martyred while eight others were wounded.
During the same period, Ang Bayan was also able to record 39 incidents of human rights violations that were perpetrated by state forces under the guise of the regime’s counterinsurgency campaign. Four civilians were killed, two of whom were peasants. Sixty others were illegally arrested, 54 of whom or 90% are peasants.
The most recent violation was the arbitrary against of 9-month pregnant Lumad woman in Butuan City. Elements of the 23rd IB accosted Mayet Ambason at Sitio Bankaling, Purok 8, Barangay Nong-Nong on Abril 30 at around 4 p.m. They accused her of being a member of the NPA who was involved in an encounter in the same barangay on April 24.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/cpp-npa-ends-unilateral-ceasefire/
On April 30, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared that it will no longer extend its unilateral ceasefire. “As the Covid-19 pandemc continues to worsen, the CPP and the New People’s Army (NPA) will give highest priority to fight the disease despite Duterte and the AFP’s order to intensify offensives and other military operations against the NPA. However, the CPP can no longer extend the humanitarian ceasefire of the NPA after April 30. This widespread attacks and military operations of the AFP-PNP will only result in worse atrocities against the NPA and the masses,” said the CPP.
From March 16 to April 30, the military and police have continued to conduct intense and sustained counterinsurgency operations in 159 towns, covering at least 432 barangays. This resulted in at least 54 armed encounters, 39 of which were raids against NPA encampments. Last of which was a raid by the 4th IB against an encampment of Red fighters in Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 30.
The clashes resulted in at least 31 killed and 27 wounded on the side of the AFP-PNP. On the side of the NPA, 20 Red fighters were martyred while eight others were wounded.
During the same period, Ang Bayan was also able to record 39 incidents of human rights violations that were perpetrated by state forces under the guise of the regime’s counterinsurgency campaign. Four civilians were killed, two of whom were peasants. Sixty others were illegally arrested, 54 of whom or 90% are peasants.
The most recent violation was the arbitrary against of 9-month pregnant Lumad woman in Butuan City. Elements of the 23rd IB accosted Mayet Ambason at Sitio Bankaling, Purok 8, Barangay Nong-Nong on Abril 30 at around 4 p.m. They accused her of being a member of the NPA who was involved in an encounter in the same barangay on April 24.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/cpp-npa-ends-unilateral-ceasefire/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Police arrests 76 activists, volunteers on Labor Day
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): Police arrests 76 activists, volunteers on Labor Day
Elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) successively arrested 76 activists and relief volunteers in Metro Manila, Rizal and Iloilo on Labor Day, May 1.
Ten volunteers were arrested in Marikina while conducting a feeding program for urban poor residents. Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro ordered the release of the victims asserting that they have not violated any law.
In Quezon City, four youth volunteers and 14 residents were arrested while conducting a feeding program in Barangay Central. Four activists were also arrested in Valenzuela City for protesting at home and posting their demands on social media. Two workers were also arrested in Rodriguez, Rizal.
Forty-two individuals were arrested in Jaro District, Iloilo City while preparing for a caravan to condemn the recent killing of Bayan Muna coordinator Jose Reynaldo “Ka Jory” Porquia. The police filed criminal charges against Porquia’s daughter, colleagues and seven journalists. The 42 were only released after paying a bail of P12,000 each or a total of more than half a million pesos.
Porquia, 59, sustained nine bullet wounds after being shot by four unidentified male assailants in Barangay Santo Niño Norte, Iloilo City on April 30.
On the same day, elements of the 202nd Infantry Brigade illegally arrested 16 Coca-Cola workers in Santa Rosa, Laguna. The victims were brought to Camp Vicente Lim in Calamba City and were then presented before the media as “surrendered” members of the New People’s Army on Labor Day.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/police-arrests-76-activists-volunteers-on-labor-day/
Elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) successively arrested 76 activists and relief volunteers in Metro Manila, Rizal and Iloilo on Labor Day, May 1.
Ten volunteers were arrested in Marikina while conducting a feeding program for urban poor residents. Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro ordered the release of the victims asserting that they have not violated any law.
In Quezon City, four youth volunteers and 14 residents were arrested while conducting a feeding program in Barangay Central. Four activists were also arrested in Valenzuela City for protesting at home and posting their demands on social media. Two workers were also arrested in Rodriguez, Rizal.
Forty-two individuals were arrested in Jaro District, Iloilo City while preparing for a caravan to condemn the recent killing of Bayan Muna coordinator Jose Reynaldo “Ka Jory” Porquia. The police filed criminal charges against Porquia’s daughter, colleagues and seven journalists. The 42 were only released after paying a bail of P12,000 each or a total of more than half a million pesos.
Porquia, 59, sustained nine bullet wounds after being shot by four unidentified male assailants in Barangay Santo Niño Norte, Iloilo City on April 30.
On the same day, elements of the 202nd Infantry Brigade illegally arrested 16 Coca-Cola workers in Santa Rosa, Laguna. The victims were brought to Camp Vicente Lim in Calamba City and were then presented before the media as “surrendered” members of the New People’s Army on Labor Day.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/police-arrests-76-activists-volunteers-on-labor-day/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Impact of lockdowns on the children and the youth
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): Impact of lockdowns on the children and the youth
Measures implemented by countries to purportedly contain Covid-19 has resulted in unprecedented school closures. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), around 190 countries have been closed down, affecting more than 1.5 billion students worldwide and forcing them to stay at home. This aggravated child hunger in various parts of the world.
Due to school closures, “370 million children are missing out on school meals,” stated UNICEF. Most of these children are from countries that are torn by war or military interventions. Children in evacuation centers dislocated by calamities and militarization are also vulnerable.
The closures intensified inequality among students. Most poor students have no means to continue their studies, unlike students from well-off families who have internet access and computers at home. The lockdown decreased learning opportunities for poor students, especially as most of them live in congested homes that are not conducive to learning, do not have books and other school supplies, and have no outdoor spaces where children can go out and play. There is a strong clamor to end the semester or academic school year and give all students a passing grade.
Researches indicate that school children are less vulnerable to Covid-19 infection. There is no strong evidence to prove that school closures can stop the spread of the infection. Scientists recommend that instead of closing down schools, governments should prioritize efforts in isolating and putting those who are sick in quarantine. In March, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and UNESCO issued a set of guidelines providing a roadmap for the safe reopening of schools amid the pandemic.
This includes the use of schools for information dissemination and proper health care, continuation of appropriate activities and ensuring essential services and supplies. The groups insisted that school closures must be time-bound.
In countries most affected by the pandemic, school closures result in income loss for education workers, while aggravating the burden shouldered by parents performing crucial duties in hospitals including nurses and doctors.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/impact-of-lockdowns-on-the-children-and-the-youth/
Measures implemented by countries to purportedly contain Covid-19 has resulted in unprecedented school closures. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), around 190 countries have been closed down, affecting more than 1.5 billion students worldwide and forcing them to stay at home. This aggravated child hunger in various parts of the world.
Due to school closures, “370 million children are missing out on school meals,” stated UNICEF. Most of these children are from countries that are torn by war or military interventions. Children in evacuation centers dislocated by calamities and militarization are also vulnerable.
The closures intensified inequality among students. Most poor students have no means to continue their studies, unlike students from well-off families who have internet access and computers at home. The lockdown decreased learning opportunities for poor students, especially as most of them live in congested homes that are not conducive to learning, do not have books and other school supplies, and have no outdoor spaces where children can go out and play. There is a strong clamor to end the semester or academic school year and give all students a passing grade.
Researches indicate that school children are less vulnerable to Covid-19 infection. There is no strong evidence to prove that school closures can stop the spread of the infection. Scientists recommend that instead of closing down schools, governments should prioritize efforts in isolating and putting those who are sick in quarantine. In March, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and UNESCO issued a set of guidelines providing a roadmap for the safe reopening of schools amid the pandemic.
This includes the use of schools for information dissemination and proper health care, continuation of appropriate activities and ensuring essential services and supplies. The groups insisted that school closures must be time-bound.
In countries most affected by the pandemic, school closures result in income loss for education workers, while aggravating the burden shouldered by parents performing crucial duties in hospitals including nurses and doctors.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/impact-of-lockdowns-on-the-children-and-the-youth/
CPP/Ang Bayan: Fascism in the time of a pandemic in 7 steps
Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 7, 2020): Fascism in the time of a pandemic in 7 steps
First, disregard the threat posed by the Covid-19 against the people’s health and livelihood. For more than two months, until the first week of March, Duterte and his Inter-Agency Task Force shrugged aside information that the virus was already in the country and was probably spreading in provinces, particularly in Central Visayas.
Second, scare and shock millions of people. Duterte put the entire Metro Manila under lockdown on March 12, and Luzon on March 16. He did this without prior research, local preparation or even warning. Within 24 hours, Duterte swamped the cities with thousands of police and soldiers under the guise of checking the body temperature of travelers. Factories and other workplaces were shutdown, aside from what they deemed “essential” and businesses that cater to foreign clients. Local officials in almost all cities and provinces scrambled to declare their respective lockdowns. Checkpoints were put up across the country where millions are hailed on their way home, to work, to buy essentials, to hospitals or anywhere they would go to. Those who defied the police and military were arrested, detained, punished, and on some instances, gunned down.
Third, paint an image of a “war” and put the police and military on top of the government’s response to the pandemic. People are held at gunpoint by Duterte even when the enemy is “invisible.” He bombarded and confused people through daily, many and often conflicting press conferences to condition them to “just follow” his regime’s measures. He calls “undisciplined” those who defy his lockdown to earn income, look for food or escape extreme boredom. They are brutally punished and humiliated. Duterte earlier ordered the military and police to shoot-dead anyone who will defy his lockdown. The declaration came after a protest of urban poor residents to demand aid. The marching order emboldened the police, military and even local officials to abuse and disregard people’s rights. Twelve- and 24-hour curfews, 48-hour barangay and sitio lockdowns and other arbitrary and anti-people ordinances and resolutions were imposed.
Fourth, give the AFP and its generals command over the daily implementation of the lockdown. Duterte assigned Delfin Lorenzana as chief of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, Eduardo Año as second in command, Carlito Galvez as chief implementor and Rolando Bautista as head of aid distribution. All of them are trained in counterinsurgency but not one has a background on public health matters. Duterte assigned the Office of the Civil Defense to lead regional task forces, and most controversially, the authority to buy and distribute medical equipment to health workers and hospitals.
Fifth, grab emergency powers for additional authority. This includes the power to realign billions of funds to the office of the president, takeover private companies who refuse to render service or allow use of its facilities, and silence critics under the guise of stopping the spread of “false information.”
Sixth, starve the people and have them line up for limited aid. To cover up the shortage in funds, Duterte puts the blame on local officials who are struggling to address their constituents’ plight including unemployment and loss of income, lack of sanitation and public services, hunger and other socio-economic damages caused by the lockdown. Duterte then used the anarchic aid distribution to push for the implementation of the National ID System.
Seventh, make fascism palatable as the “new normal” where restrictions on people’s mobility and other rights are maintained. The said system is not different to the old one, but with worse forms of exploitation and oppression against the people. This includes intensified surveillance on meetings and gatherings in the name of monitoring the resurgence of the virus.
Second, scare and shock millions of people. Duterte put the entire Metro Manila under lockdown on March 12, and Luzon on March 16. He did this without prior research, local preparation or even warning. Within 24 hours, Duterte swamped the cities with thousands of police and soldiers under the guise of checking the body temperature of travelers. Factories and other workplaces were shutdown, aside from what they deemed “essential” and businesses that cater to foreign clients. Local officials in almost all cities and provinces scrambled to declare their respective lockdowns. Checkpoints were put up across the country where millions are hailed on their way home, to work, to buy essentials, to hospitals or anywhere they would go to. Those who defied the police and military were arrested, detained, punished, and on some instances, gunned down.
Third, paint an image of a “war” and put the police and military on top of the government’s response to the pandemic. People are held at gunpoint by Duterte even when the enemy is “invisible.” He bombarded and confused people through daily, many and often conflicting press conferences to condition them to “just follow” his regime’s measures. He calls “undisciplined” those who defy his lockdown to earn income, look for food or escape extreme boredom. They are brutally punished and humiliated. Duterte earlier ordered the military and police to shoot-dead anyone who will defy his lockdown. The declaration came after a protest of urban poor residents to demand aid. The marching order emboldened the police, military and even local officials to abuse and disregard people’s rights. Twelve- and 24-hour curfews, 48-hour barangay and sitio lockdowns and other arbitrary and anti-people ordinances and resolutions were imposed.
Fourth, give the AFP and its generals command over the daily implementation of the lockdown. Duterte assigned Delfin Lorenzana as chief of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, Eduardo Año as second in command, Carlito Galvez as chief implementor and Rolando Bautista as head of aid distribution. All of them are trained in counterinsurgency but not one has a background on public health matters. Duterte assigned the Office of the Civil Defense to lead regional task forces, and most controversially, the authority to buy and distribute medical equipment to health workers and hospitals.
Fifth, grab emergency powers for additional authority. This includes the power to realign billions of funds to the office of the president, takeover private companies who refuse to render service or allow use of its facilities, and silence critics under the guise of stopping the spread of “false information.”
Sixth, starve the people and have them line up for limited aid. To cover up the shortage in funds, Duterte puts the blame on local officials who are struggling to address their constituents’ plight including unemployment and loss of income, lack of sanitation and public services, hunger and other socio-economic damages caused by the lockdown. Duterte then used the anarchic aid distribution to push for the implementation of the National ID System.
Seventh, make fascism palatable as the “new normal” where restrictions on people’s mobility and other rights are maintained. The said system is not different to the old one, but with worse forms of exploitation and oppression against the people. This includes intensified surveillance on meetings and gatherings in the name of monitoring the resurgence of the virus.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/fascism-in-the-time-of-a-pandemic-in-7-steps/
https://cpp.ph/2020/05/07/fascism-in-the-time-of-a-pandemic-in-7-steps/
CPP/NDF-ST: Palayain ang 6 na mga inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas!
Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 13, 2020): Palayain ang 6 na mga inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas!
PATNUBAY DE GUIA
NDF-SOUTHERN TAGALOG
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES
MAY 13, 2020
Palayain ang 6 na mga inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas na iligal na inaresto ng AFP at PNP! Tutulan at labanan ang patuloy at tumitinding karahasang militar sa Timog Katagalugan! Ibagsak ang pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte!
Mariing kinokondena ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Tagalog (NDF-ST) ang panibago na namang karahasan at terorismo ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Philippine National Police (PNP) sa pag-aresto sa anim (6) na inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas nuong madaling araw ng Mayo 10, 2020. Hindi bababa sa 45 sasakyan ang ginamit sa pag-atake ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ng PNP at yunit ng 202nd Brigade ng AFP na tipikal na halimbawa ng kanilang notoryus na Synchronized Enhanced Military and Police Operation (SEMPO). Ang pag-atake ay ginawa sa dis-oras ng gabi habang mahimbing na natutulog ang mga mamamayan ng barangay. Sabayan at sapilitang pinasok ng mga operatiba ng AFP at PNP ang mga bahay ng mga di umano’y target ng search warrant. Tinutukan ng baril ang mga taong dinatnan sa bahay, agad silang pinalabas ng bahay upang malayang makapagtanim ng mga ebidensya ang mga operatiba ng PNP at AFP laban sa mga magsasaka.
Mariing pinabubulaanan ng NDFP-ST ang malisyosong paratang ng AFP at PNP na mga magsasaka sa umaga at NPA sa gabi ang kanilang mga dinakip sa barangay Coral ni Lopez. Kailanman hindi naging mga NPA ang 6 na iligal na inaresto ng PNP at AFP. Sila ay mga lehitimong kasapi ng Samahang Magsasaka ng Coral ni Lopez (SAMACOLO) na aktibong nagtatanggol sa kanilang mga karapatan lalo na sa pagtatanggol sa lupang kanilang sinasaka mula sa pagtatangka ng panginoong maylupa na si Luis Lopez na mabawi ang Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) na hawak ng mga magsasaka batay sa mga butas na laman ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) ng dating rehimeng Cory Aquino.
Kabilang sa mga 6 na hinuli at ngayon kasalukuyang nakakulong sa Camp Vicente Lim sa Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna ay sina Leovino Julongbayan, lider-magsasaka at kagawad ng barangay at Virgilio Vidal, barangay secretary at lider ng SAMACOLO. Ang iba ay sina Marcelo Vidal, Doroteo Bautista, July Julongbayan at Roilan Tenorio pawang mga aktibong kasapi ng SAMACOLO.
Labis ang pinapakitang desperasyon ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte. Sa kabiguan nitong durugin ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa probinsya, mga inosente at kawawang magsasaka ang kanilang pinagbabalingan. Hindi ito naiba sa nangyaring iligal na pag-aresto sa magsasakang si Lamberto Asinas ng Bundukin, Nasugbu, Batangas nuong Abril 16, 2020. Tulad ng ginawa nila kay Asinas, pinalalabas nilang mga NPA ang 6 na magsasaka ng Coral ni Lopez na kanilang hinuli dahil sa diumanong mga armas at eksplosibo na kanilang natagpuan sa mga bahay ng mga ito. Pero ang katotohanan ay mga armas at eksplosibo na sadyang itinanim ng AFP at PNP bilang ebidensya laban sa mga kawawa at inosenteng magsasaka.
Walang matinong indibidwal ang basta na lamang maniniwala sa akusasyong ito ng AFP at PNP dahil batid ng taumbayan na mga pangkaraniwang magsasaka at kailanman hindi naging mga kasapi ng NPA ang 6 na magsasakang hinuli ng AFP at PNP sa barangay Coral ni Lopez. Batid din ng taumbayan ang talamak na modus na pagtatanim ebidensya ng AFP at PNP para bigyan katwiran ang kanilang mga iligal na pag-aresto at pagpapakulong sa mga pinaghihinalaan at inaakusahan nilang kaaway ng estado.
Dapat mariing kondenahin ng taumbayan ang mga katulad na pag-atakeng ito ng AFP at PNP sa mga magsasaka na ginawa sa panahon na ang buong bayan ay nakatuon sa pagharap at paglaban sa Covid-19. Malinaw na sinasamantala ng AFP at PNP ang kamay-na-bakal na pagpapatupad ng lockdown para isagawa nila ang kanilang maiitim na balak na supilin at atakehin ang mga mamamayang kritikal sa mga katiwalian ng administrasyong Duterte.
Patuloy na dumaranas ang mga magsasaka at mga katutubo ng rehiyong Timog Katagalugan ng walang kapantay na kalupitan at terorismo mula sa AFP at PNP lalo nang maluklok sa Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) ang berdugong si General Antonio G. Parlade Jr. Mula nang pumutok ang isyu ng Covid-19 sa bansa, nagpatuloy at walang patlang ang mga pag-atake ng AFP at PNP sa mga magsasaka at katutubo sa rehiyon kahit sa panahon na mayroon silang “pinapatupad” na unilateral ceasefire sa NPA. Walang lubay ito ang paghahasik ng karahasang militar at pag-atake ng AFP at PNP sa batayang karapatan ng mamamayan sa hibang na layunin nitong durugin sa loob ng natitirang panahon ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan.
Ang kabiguang ganap na pinsalain ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan ay patuloy nitong ibinabaling sa pag-atake sa mga sibilyang komunidad at inosenteng mamamayan, upang bigyan ng hugis ang kanilang delusyon na nagtatagumpay ang kanilang anti-mamamayan at kontra-rebolusyonaryong kampanya..
Nakatutok sa kontra rebolusyonaryong digma ang malaking pwersa ng AFP at PNP sa rehiyong Timog Katagalugan. Ginagamit nilang kober ang di umanong paglaban sa Covid-19 para atakehin ang mga pwersang rebolusyonaryo at hindi upang maghatid ng anumang ayuda o tulong sa mga magsasakang labis na naapektuhan ng lockdown sa rehiyon. Ang mga mamamayang Pilipino ang kinakalaban ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte at hindi ang komon na banta sa pampublikong kalusugang hatid ng pandemikong Covid-19.
Dapat nating ilantad at labanan ang imbing pakanang ito ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte. Covid-19 ang kalaban at hindi ang mga inosenteng sibilyan. Dapat nating igiit ang sapat at mabilis at napapanahong pagdating ng ayuda mula sa gubyerno at labanan ang anumang uri ng karahasang militar lalo na ngayong humaharap ang taumbayan sa krisis na dulot ng pandemikong Covid-19 at kainutilan ng rehimeng Duterte.
Patuloy na ipanawagan ang pagsasagawa ng mass testing para mabilis na matukoy ang mga mayroong Covid-19 at agad na maisagawa ang pagkwarantina at contact tracing sa mga nakaugnayan ng mga nagpositibo sa Covid-19. Igiit na ipatupad ang mga kaparaanang medikal bilang mabisang hakbang sa paglaban sa Covid-19. Tutulan ang mga anti-demokratiko, anti-mamayan at militaristang paraan sa pagpapatupad ng lockdown.
Palayain ang 6 na mga inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas na iligal na inaresto ng AFP at PNP!
Tutulan at labanan ang patuloy at tumitinding karahasang militar sa Timog Katagalugan!
Ibagsak ang pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte!
https://cpp.ph/statement/palayain-ang-6-na-mga-inosenteng-magsasaka-ng-barangay-coral-ni-lopez-calaca-batangas/
Palayain ang 6 na mga inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas na iligal na inaresto ng AFP at PNP! Tutulan at labanan ang patuloy at tumitinding karahasang militar sa Timog Katagalugan! Ibagsak ang pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte!
Mariing kinokondena ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Tagalog (NDF-ST) ang panibago na namang karahasan at terorismo ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Philippine National Police (PNP) sa pag-aresto sa anim (6) na inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas nuong madaling araw ng Mayo 10, 2020. Hindi bababa sa 45 sasakyan ang ginamit sa pag-atake ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ng PNP at yunit ng 202nd Brigade ng AFP na tipikal na halimbawa ng kanilang notoryus na Synchronized Enhanced Military and Police Operation (SEMPO). Ang pag-atake ay ginawa sa dis-oras ng gabi habang mahimbing na natutulog ang mga mamamayan ng barangay. Sabayan at sapilitang pinasok ng mga operatiba ng AFP at PNP ang mga bahay ng mga di umano’y target ng search warrant. Tinutukan ng baril ang mga taong dinatnan sa bahay, agad silang pinalabas ng bahay upang malayang makapagtanim ng mga ebidensya ang mga operatiba ng PNP at AFP laban sa mga magsasaka.
Mariing pinabubulaanan ng NDFP-ST ang malisyosong paratang ng AFP at PNP na mga magsasaka sa umaga at NPA sa gabi ang kanilang mga dinakip sa barangay Coral ni Lopez. Kailanman hindi naging mga NPA ang 6 na iligal na inaresto ng PNP at AFP. Sila ay mga lehitimong kasapi ng Samahang Magsasaka ng Coral ni Lopez (SAMACOLO) na aktibong nagtatanggol sa kanilang mga karapatan lalo na sa pagtatanggol sa lupang kanilang sinasaka mula sa pagtatangka ng panginoong maylupa na si Luis Lopez na mabawi ang Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) na hawak ng mga magsasaka batay sa mga butas na laman ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) ng dating rehimeng Cory Aquino.
Kabilang sa mga 6 na hinuli at ngayon kasalukuyang nakakulong sa Camp Vicente Lim sa Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna ay sina Leovino Julongbayan, lider-magsasaka at kagawad ng barangay at Virgilio Vidal, barangay secretary at lider ng SAMACOLO. Ang iba ay sina Marcelo Vidal, Doroteo Bautista, July Julongbayan at Roilan Tenorio pawang mga aktibong kasapi ng SAMACOLO.
Labis ang pinapakitang desperasyon ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte. Sa kabiguan nitong durugin ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa probinsya, mga inosente at kawawang magsasaka ang kanilang pinagbabalingan. Hindi ito naiba sa nangyaring iligal na pag-aresto sa magsasakang si Lamberto Asinas ng Bundukin, Nasugbu, Batangas nuong Abril 16, 2020. Tulad ng ginawa nila kay Asinas, pinalalabas nilang mga NPA ang 6 na magsasaka ng Coral ni Lopez na kanilang hinuli dahil sa diumanong mga armas at eksplosibo na kanilang natagpuan sa mga bahay ng mga ito. Pero ang katotohanan ay mga armas at eksplosibo na sadyang itinanim ng AFP at PNP bilang ebidensya laban sa mga kawawa at inosenteng magsasaka.
Walang matinong indibidwal ang basta na lamang maniniwala sa akusasyong ito ng AFP at PNP dahil batid ng taumbayan na mga pangkaraniwang magsasaka at kailanman hindi naging mga kasapi ng NPA ang 6 na magsasakang hinuli ng AFP at PNP sa barangay Coral ni Lopez. Batid din ng taumbayan ang talamak na modus na pagtatanim ebidensya ng AFP at PNP para bigyan katwiran ang kanilang mga iligal na pag-aresto at pagpapakulong sa mga pinaghihinalaan at inaakusahan nilang kaaway ng estado.
Dapat mariing kondenahin ng taumbayan ang mga katulad na pag-atakeng ito ng AFP at PNP sa mga magsasaka na ginawa sa panahon na ang buong bayan ay nakatuon sa pagharap at paglaban sa Covid-19. Malinaw na sinasamantala ng AFP at PNP ang kamay-na-bakal na pagpapatupad ng lockdown para isagawa nila ang kanilang maiitim na balak na supilin at atakehin ang mga mamamayang kritikal sa mga katiwalian ng administrasyong Duterte.
Patuloy na dumaranas ang mga magsasaka at mga katutubo ng rehiyong Timog Katagalugan ng walang kapantay na kalupitan at terorismo mula sa AFP at PNP lalo nang maluklok sa Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) ang berdugong si General Antonio G. Parlade Jr. Mula nang pumutok ang isyu ng Covid-19 sa bansa, nagpatuloy at walang patlang ang mga pag-atake ng AFP at PNP sa mga magsasaka at katutubo sa rehiyon kahit sa panahon na mayroon silang “pinapatupad” na unilateral ceasefire sa NPA. Walang lubay ito ang paghahasik ng karahasang militar at pag-atake ng AFP at PNP sa batayang karapatan ng mamamayan sa hibang na layunin nitong durugin sa loob ng natitirang panahon ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan.
Ang kabiguang ganap na pinsalain ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan ay patuloy nitong ibinabaling sa pag-atake sa mga sibilyang komunidad at inosenteng mamamayan, upang bigyan ng hugis ang kanilang delusyon na nagtatagumpay ang kanilang anti-mamamayan at kontra-rebolusyonaryong kampanya..
Nakatutok sa kontra rebolusyonaryong digma ang malaking pwersa ng AFP at PNP sa rehiyong Timog Katagalugan. Ginagamit nilang kober ang di umanong paglaban sa Covid-19 para atakehin ang mga pwersang rebolusyonaryo at hindi upang maghatid ng anumang ayuda o tulong sa mga magsasakang labis na naapektuhan ng lockdown sa rehiyon. Ang mga mamamayang Pilipino ang kinakalaban ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte at hindi ang komon na banta sa pampublikong kalusugang hatid ng pandemikong Covid-19.
Dapat nating ilantad at labanan ang imbing pakanang ito ng pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte. Covid-19 ang kalaban at hindi ang mga inosenteng sibilyan. Dapat nating igiit ang sapat at mabilis at napapanahong pagdating ng ayuda mula sa gubyerno at labanan ang anumang uri ng karahasang militar lalo na ngayong humaharap ang taumbayan sa krisis na dulot ng pandemikong Covid-19 at kainutilan ng rehimeng Duterte.
Patuloy na ipanawagan ang pagsasagawa ng mass testing para mabilis na matukoy ang mga mayroong Covid-19 at agad na maisagawa ang pagkwarantina at contact tracing sa mga nakaugnayan ng mga nagpositibo sa Covid-19. Igiit na ipatupad ang mga kaparaanang medikal bilang mabisang hakbang sa paglaban sa Covid-19. Tutulan ang mga anti-demokratiko, anti-mamayan at militaristang paraan sa pagpapatupad ng lockdown.
Palayain ang 6 na mga inosenteng magsasaka ng Barangay Coral ni Lopez, Calaca, Batangas na iligal na inaresto ng AFP at PNP!
Tutulan at labanan ang patuloy at tumitinding karahasang militar sa Timog Katagalugan!
Ibagsak ang pasistang rehimeng US-Duterte!
https://cpp.ph/statement/palayain-ang-6-na-mga-inosenteng-magsasaka-ng-barangay-coral-ni-lopez-calaca-batangas/
CPP/NPA-Negros: The military is depriving the people of much needed resources in the fight against Covid-19
Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 13, 2020): NPA-Negros: The military is depriving the people of much needed resources in the fight against Covid-19
JUANITO MAGBANUA
JUANITO MAGBANUA
NPA-NEGROS ISLAND
APOLINARIO GATMAITAN COMMAND
NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY
MAY 13, 2020
The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command (AGC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island said in a statement today that it is the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), not the NPA, that has been depriving the people “bigtime” of much needed resources amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is in response to the 303rd Infantry Brigades’s seeming nonstop tirades of late against the NPA’s alleged exacting of hefty cuts from government cash aids distributed to the rural poor of Negros.
“It is the 303rd Bde chief Col. Inocencio Pasaporte together with the entire rotten military bureaucracy in fact who has a lot of explaining to do as to why the government appears now to be scrimping on funds in the middle of a humanitarian emergency, or why, for example, the Department of Social Work and Welfare is discontinuing disbursement of social amelioration to areas where community quarantine has already been lifted but whose populace continues to suffer the debilitating effects of the two-month long lockdown,” said Ka Juanito Magbanua, spokesperson of the AGC.
According to Magbanua, the Duterte government’s obstinate refusal to deprioritize its all out counterrevolutionary war in the countryside to better focus on the Covid-19 situation has meant the unfortunate withholding as well of billions of pesos of public funds from being spent on much more urgent and essential medical and socioeconomic demands of the current crisis.
“At a time when what’s in dire need of funding are the setting up of mass testing and contact tracing systems, the hiring of an army of medical personnel, the purchase of protective equipment, the construction of quarantine centers, Duterte and his mad military dogs are shopping for choppers and bombs,” Magbanua said, referring to the P75-billion worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other war materiel the government is currently trying to procure from the United States.
Magbanua also chided Duterte’s recent announcement that Malacanang and the AFP are offering a reward of P2-million, land and a new identity to anyone who could either kill an NPA commander or inform the military where NPA units are holding camp.
“Duterte is so hardfisted when it comes to providing ample and expedient financial and food relief to millions whose meager livelihoods had been ruined by his own miserably incompetent and heartlessly repressive Covid response, but he is now quick to offer them generous sums when he wants to deprave them into becoming helpless accomplices to his self-serving and evil plans,” Magbanua said.
The AGC said that Duterte is desperate to intensify the AFP’s attacks on the NPA because he is well aware that it is the armed revolutionary movement that poses the greatest challenge to an out-and-out fascist dictatorship that he ultimately intends to impose and to which his Covid-19 lockdown measures has so far served as immediate prelude,” Magbanua said.
Magbanua, however, pointed out that the AFP is incurring one fatal setback after another against the NPA owing to the latter’s perseverance in employing guerilla tactics and because it continues to genuinely and selflessly serve the democratic interests of the people who in turn give it extensive support.
“The patent tyranny of the US-Duterte regime and the onslaught of its neoliberal policies are causing a deluge of toiling masses to join the NPA while the AFP could only orchestrate the fake surrender of an outrageously massive number of Red fighters,” Magbanua said.
According to Magbanua, the more or less 30,000 NPA fighters who the AFP claims to have surrendered in Negros over the last year alone are either ordinary civilians coerced to attend highly publicized surrender ceremonies or simply a fictitious list.
The AFP is said to have earmarked at least P50,000 worth of so-called livelihood assistance for each surrenderee, an amount legally pooled together from its existing budget and those of a cluster of other national agencies including the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and the DSWD, consistent with the government’s whole-of-nation approach to “counterinsurgency.” On top of this, according to Magbanua, the AFP has also been arm-twisting local government units to spare the amount of P15,000 for each surrenderee identified to belong juridically to their respective municipalities or cities.
“But those who had been forced to falsely present themselves as rebels returning to the fold were lucky enough to get P10,000 with many receiving just the token amount of P1,000 or the customary package of a few kilos of rice, instant noodles and sardines. By our estimate, the AFP in Negros could have easily pocketed P150 million from its NPA surrender scam from September last year up to around the time that the lockdown started in March,” said Magbanua.
“The history of bureaucrat capitalism in the Philippines is the history as well of bigtime military corruption, a sort of resident evil in the semicolonial and semifeudal ruling system that manifests itself most viciously during dark times of fascist dictatorship,” Magbanua said.###
https://cpp.ph/statement/npa-negros-the-military-is-depriving-the-people-of-much-needed-resources-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command (AGC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island said in a statement today that it is the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), not the NPA, that has been depriving the people “bigtime” of much needed resources amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is in response to the 303rd Infantry Brigades’s seeming nonstop tirades of late against the NPA’s alleged exacting of hefty cuts from government cash aids distributed to the rural poor of Negros.
“It is the 303rd Bde chief Col. Inocencio Pasaporte together with the entire rotten military bureaucracy in fact who has a lot of explaining to do as to why the government appears now to be scrimping on funds in the middle of a humanitarian emergency, or why, for example, the Department of Social Work and Welfare is discontinuing disbursement of social amelioration to areas where community quarantine has already been lifted but whose populace continues to suffer the debilitating effects of the two-month long lockdown,” said Ka Juanito Magbanua, spokesperson of the AGC.
According to Magbanua, the Duterte government’s obstinate refusal to deprioritize its all out counterrevolutionary war in the countryside to better focus on the Covid-19 situation has meant the unfortunate withholding as well of billions of pesos of public funds from being spent on much more urgent and essential medical and socioeconomic demands of the current crisis.
“At a time when what’s in dire need of funding are the setting up of mass testing and contact tracing systems, the hiring of an army of medical personnel, the purchase of protective equipment, the construction of quarantine centers, Duterte and his mad military dogs are shopping for choppers and bombs,” Magbanua said, referring to the P75-billion worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other war materiel the government is currently trying to procure from the United States.
Magbanua also chided Duterte’s recent announcement that Malacanang and the AFP are offering a reward of P2-million, land and a new identity to anyone who could either kill an NPA commander or inform the military where NPA units are holding camp.
“Duterte is so hardfisted when it comes to providing ample and expedient financial and food relief to millions whose meager livelihoods had been ruined by his own miserably incompetent and heartlessly repressive Covid response, but he is now quick to offer them generous sums when he wants to deprave them into becoming helpless accomplices to his self-serving and evil plans,” Magbanua said.
The AGC said that Duterte is desperate to intensify the AFP’s attacks on the NPA because he is well aware that it is the armed revolutionary movement that poses the greatest challenge to an out-and-out fascist dictatorship that he ultimately intends to impose and to which his Covid-19 lockdown measures has so far served as immediate prelude,” Magbanua said.
Magbanua, however, pointed out that the AFP is incurring one fatal setback after another against the NPA owing to the latter’s perseverance in employing guerilla tactics and because it continues to genuinely and selflessly serve the democratic interests of the people who in turn give it extensive support.
“The patent tyranny of the US-Duterte regime and the onslaught of its neoliberal policies are causing a deluge of toiling masses to join the NPA while the AFP could only orchestrate the fake surrender of an outrageously massive number of Red fighters,” Magbanua said.
According to Magbanua, the more or less 30,000 NPA fighters who the AFP claims to have surrendered in Negros over the last year alone are either ordinary civilians coerced to attend highly publicized surrender ceremonies or simply a fictitious list.
The AFP is said to have earmarked at least P50,000 worth of so-called livelihood assistance for each surrenderee, an amount legally pooled together from its existing budget and those of a cluster of other national agencies including the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and the DSWD, consistent with the government’s whole-of-nation approach to “counterinsurgency.” On top of this, according to Magbanua, the AFP has also been arm-twisting local government units to spare the amount of P15,000 for each surrenderee identified to belong juridically to their respective municipalities or cities.
“But those who had been forced to falsely present themselves as rebels returning to the fold were lucky enough to get P10,000 with many receiving just the token amount of P1,000 or the customary package of a few kilos of rice, instant noodles and sardines. By our estimate, the AFP in Negros could have easily pocketed P150 million from its NPA surrender scam from September last year up to around the time that the lockdown started in March,” said Magbanua.
“The history of bureaucrat capitalism in the Philippines is the history as well of bigtime military corruption, a sort of resident evil in the semicolonial and semifeudal ruling system that manifests itself most viciously during dark times of fascist dictatorship,” Magbanua said.###
https://cpp.ph/statement/npa-negros-the-military-is-depriving-the-people-of-much-needed-resources-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
CPP-IB: CPP condemns Duterte’s purchase of P2.4-B artillery systems amid Covid-19 crisis
Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (May 13, 2020): CPP condemns Duterte’s purchase of P2.4-B artillery systems amid Covid-19 crisis
COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES
INFORMATION BUREAU
MAY 12, 2020
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today condemned the Duterte regime for formally placing its order of P2.4 billion worth of artillery systems from Israeli company Elbit Systems amid the Covid-19 crisis. The Department of National Defense (DND) issued a Notice to Proceed with the purchase early last month.
“The Duterte regime’s plan to squander public funds through this extravagant arms procurement program is a flagrant insult to the Filipino majority who are suffering and urgently demanding adequate public health response and immediate economic relief amid the Covid-19 crisis,” said Marco Valbuena, Chief Information Officer of the CPP.
The P2.4-billion arms deal covers the procurement of two ATMOS 2000 155mm/52 calibre self-propelled howitzer systems, including two batteries with six mobile firing units each and associated support systems.
The said system has a maximum range of 41 kilometers and a fire rate of 3 rounds/15 seconds on burst mode, 5 rounds/minute on rapid mode, and more than 80 rounds per hour on sustained mode.
The procurement program, which was made under the AFP modernization program, primarily aims to boost the Duterte’s arsenal in a vain attempt to fulfill his promise to decimate the armed revolutionary movement before the end of his term.
Valbuena pointed out that conducting artillery shelling is ineffective against highly mobile guerrilla units. He noted, however, that “the use of oversized cannons and helicopter gunships will only result in indiscriminate destruction of communities and the environment, endanger people’s lives and livelihood, and cause psychological trauma especially on children.”
The completion of the delivery of the aforementioned war materiel is set on April 2022 based on a 24-month contract. The first set of artillery system is expected to be delivered next year.
Earlier on Sunday, the CPP also condemned the US State Department’s issuance of a certification last April 30 approving the Duterte government’s request to buy P75 billion worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other war materiel and services.
“The Filipino people demand the cancellation of these procurement contracts and the realignment of the budget intended for these to fund much needed heath services and economic measures to alleviate the sufferings of the people,” reiterated Valbuena.
https://cpp.ph/statement/cpp-condemns-dutertes-purchase-of-p2-4-b-artillery-systems-amid-covid-19-crisis/
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today condemned the Duterte regime for formally placing its order of P2.4 billion worth of artillery systems from Israeli company Elbit Systems amid the Covid-19 crisis. The Department of National Defense (DND) issued a Notice to Proceed with the purchase early last month.
“The Duterte regime’s plan to squander public funds through this extravagant arms procurement program is a flagrant insult to the Filipino majority who are suffering and urgently demanding adequate public health response and immediate economic relief amid the Covid-19 crisis,” said Marco Valbuena, Chief Information Officer of the CPP.
The P2.4-billion arms deal covers the procurement of two ATMOS 2000 155mm/52 calibre self-propelled howitzer systems, including two batteries with six mobile firing units each and associated support systems.
The said system has a maximum range of 41 kilometers and a fire rate of 3 rounds/15 seconds on burst mode, 5 rounds/minute on rapid mode, and more than 80 rounds per hour on sustained mode.
The procurement program, which was made under the AFP modernization program, primarily aims to boost the Duterte’s arsenal in a vain attempt to fulfill his promise to decimate the armed revolutionary movement before the end of his term.
Valbuena pointed out that conducting artillery shelling is ineffective against highly mobile guerrilla units. He noted, however, that “the use of oversized cannons and helicopter gunships will only result in indiscriminate destruction of communities and the environment, endanger people’s lives and livelihood, and cause psychological trauma especially on children.”
The completion of the delivery of the aforementioned war materiel is set on April 2022 based on a 24-month contract. The first set of artillery system is expected to be delivered next year.
Earlier on Sunday, the CPP also condemned the US State Department’s issuance of a certification last April 30 approving the Duterte government’s request to buy P75 billion worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other war materiel and services.
“The Filipino people demand the cancellation of these procurement contracts and the realignment of the budget intended for these to fund much needed heath services and economic measures to alleviate the sufferings of the people,” reiterated Valbuena.
https://cpp.ph/statement/cpp-condemns-dutertes-purchase-of-p2-4-b-artillery-systems-amid-covid-19-crisis/
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