Monday, October 16, 2017

DWDD: END OF SIEGE IS NEAR | AFP Chief of Staf Gen Eduardo Año on death of Hapilon and Maute (Photos)

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Oct 16): END OF SIEGE IS NEAR  |  AFP Chief of Staf Gen Eduardo Año on death of Hapilon and Maute (Photos)

CAMP GEN EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City (DWDD) – “ang purpose ng tropa natin is to rescue the hostages, kasi naipon na natin sila sa isang block lang, dalawang building yung kinalalagyan so yung mga hostages ang inirerescue then nagkaroon ng bakbakan dun.”

This was part of the statement made by Gen Eduardo Ano, Chef of Staff, AFP, on describing the events unfolding that led to the death of Daesh-Maute leaders Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute.

According to Gen Ano, they so far recovered seven (terrorist) cadavers including that of Isnilon and Omar and they are still clearing the remaining structures in the main battle area for remaining / wounded Maute stragglers or supporters..

He described the dawn operation, that started around 2 am and ended after 6 AM, as very intense since the fighting has been limited to close-quarters combat and they are not yet declaring the conclusion of the siege until they have made sure that there are no more terrorist presence and are clearing the area of IEDs/booby traps and unexploded ordnance.

The last count was there is 40 remaining terrorist and the death of Omar and Isnilon would start the crumbling of forces of the Daesh-Maute since the two were the Center of Gravity. AES/ALS



http://dwdd.com.ph/2017/10/16/end-of-siege-is-near-afp-chief-of-staf-gen-eduardo-ano-on-death-of-hapilon-and-maute/

DWDD: MEDIA STATEMENT | CSAFP on the Neutralization of Hapilon and Maute

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Oct 16): MEDIA STATEMENT  |   CSAFP on the Neutralization of Hapilon and Maute



This day marks the triumph of good over evil. The day when the labor and sacrifices of your security forces—Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines, Policemen, and Coast Guard personnel—finally paid off.

Today, with the unwavering support of the government and its people, we have nipped the budding terrorism, stamped out the leaders of the Daesh-inspired terrorist group, and made an unequivocal statement— we will not allow terrorism to reign in Marawi City or elsewhere in the country!

I am confirming that the taunted “emir” of ISIS in the Philippines and Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and the last of the dreaded Maute Brothers Omarkhayam are both dead. Hapilon and Omar were both neutralized at a dawn raid today while each was dashing for refuge from one building to the other as your AFP’s elite units storm what remains of the former terrorists’ strongholds.

The lifeless bodies of these terrorist leaders were recovered, physically, independently, and positively identified by various individuals including former Maute-ISIS hostages and surrenderers.



With the precise and timely execution of our final plan to crush the terrorist group, the relentless offensives have trimmed down enemy position to the last one of two hectares remaining prior the death of the Hapilon and Omar. The well-orchestrated attacks further demoralized the terrorists who were seen scampering in disarray.

Your troops braved the dangers posed by IEDs and “booby traps” lain in their avenues of advance in search for hostages to rescue.

Their selfless and valiant act led to the rescue from the terrorists of a 2-month old baby among the 20 hostages rescued over the weekend.

As at 16 October 2017, after 147 days of intense fighting, around 824 terrorists were killed; 837 firearms recovered; and 1771 hostages were rescued to include the said 20 hostages.

One hundred Sixty Two (162) of your government security forces were Killed-In-Action and a thousand others more were maimed or Wounded-in-Action in the bid to successfully liberate Marawi.

It will be a matter of days before it can finally be declared that Marawi has been liberated from the clutches of terrorists. From thereon, clearing operations can proceed to pave the way for the reconstruction and rebuilding in Marawi.

I am certain that the neutralization of Hapilon and Omar is the last straw that has broken the camel’s back.

The Marawi Crisis will be over–sooner than later. The resistance of–or what is left of it— the terrorists will crumble.

It’s a dead end. There is nowhere else to go for them.

Needless to say, the remaining terrorist should as well free their hostages and have their dignity intact by letting the non-combatants go.

I have high praises for the Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and even policemen and Coast Guard personnel whose unrelenting and unwavering patience, courage, and determination brought the campaign this far, at this stage of mission accomplishment.

I earnestly request all of us to continue to work—together– in this yet challenging phase of our rise as a people which is the reconstruction and rebuilding, not only of our houses and edifices but also our lives.

Magandang Hapon po. Wassalam!

PAO AFP / MCAG

http://dwdd.com.ph/2017/10/16/media-statement-csafp-on-the-neutralization-of-hapilon-and-maute/

DWDD: TREACHERY | NPA disrupts Community Development Support event in Ilocos Sur

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Oct 16): TREACHERY  |  NPA disrupts Community Development Support event in Ilocos Sur



CAMP GEN SERVILLANO AQUINO, Tarlac City (DWDD) – A section of 81st Infantry Battalion was conducting Community Development Support Program (cleaning up and other civic assistance) in the Elementary School of Barangay Patiacan, Quirino, Ilocos Sur at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of October 15, 2017, when they were fired upon by an unknown number of New People’s Army terrorists believed to be members of KLG Montes.

Two soldiers were initially wounded in the incident which eventually resulted to the death of one (1). Both soldiers were immediately given first-aid and transported by barangay officials headed by Barangay Chairman Florentino Bawingan to Quirino Primary Health Care for medication by 5:30 PM. Unfortunately, one (1) casualty was declared Dead On Arrival (DOA) at 6:50 PM due to gunshot wound at his anterior neck, while the other wounded personnel is now in a stable condition. Additional troops are sent to the area to pursue the perpetrators.

The Northern Luzon Command is saddened by this terroristic incident targeting personnel engaged in a community development support activity. Such atrocities are condemned by the people as the NPA hinder the delivery of the basic services and development. The AFP, through NOLCOM, will continue to advance peace and progress to the communities in Luzon. PIO NOLCOM/MCAG

http://dwdd.com.ph/2017/10/16/treachery-npa-disrupts-community-development-support-event-in-ilocos-sur/

MILF: “Bakwet sa Syudad” completes its Manila Peace Lobby Mission in Congress

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Oct 13): “Bakwet sa Syudad” completes its Manila Peace Lobby Mission in Congress



The three-day Manila Peace Lobby Mission dubbed as "Bakwet sa Syudad" was completed on Thursday (October 12) hoping that members of Philippine Congress will listen to the voice of the peace advocates to fast track the passage of the House Bill No. 6475 version of Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) crafted by the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission.

The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), the Mission lead convener said that the activity was a “response to the series of consolidation meetings of peace networks to elevate civilian engagement to the policy arena on the imperatives of the peace process and the urgency of the humanitarian appeal.”

It added that the “immediate results of the peace mission are to generate strategic policy support and action towards invigorating the Bangsamoro legislative agenda in Congress and addressing its attendant humanitarian call.”

There are more than 30 CSO leaders coming from Mindanao and in Manila who composed the lobby mission with the participation of Moros, Christians and Indigenous People.

Jehan Usop of the Moro Women Development and Cultural Center (MWDECC) said that they have already talked to Rep. Bai Sandra Sema, Rep. Ruby Sahali, Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. chairman of Local Government Committee, Rep. Mauyag “Jun” Papandayan Jr. chairman of the Muslim Affairs Committee, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Pantaleon Alvarez, Jr.

The BBL she said is now in the hands of the representatives and in the committee level. “Pina-aaralan na nila ngayon ang BBL,” Jehan said in Filipino.

The good thing in the BBL according to Ms. Usop is that even though Congress will have their recess from 14th October to 12th November, they will still work on it.

“Umuusad ang BBL ngayon kahit na may recess ang Congress tuloy parin ang trabaho ng committee nila Congresswoman Bai Sanadra Sema,” Jehan disclosed during the intimate talk of the lobby team with the representatives.

Jehan also said that House Speaker Alvares will author the BBL.

When ask if the Congress can pass the BBL this year, the lobby team remain optimistic.

The lobby team on Thursday met the leadership of Presidential Advisers on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and visited the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Among of the agenda brought by the lobbyist during the peace mission are the plight of the Meranaws who has been displaced for almost 5 months since the conflict erupted between government troops and Maute group in Marawi on May 23.

http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1048/___bakwet_sa_syudad____completes_its_manila_peace_lobby_mission_in_congress

MILF: IDB Chair Sahinkaya and members pay courtesy call to MILF Leadership

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Oct 15): IDB Chair Sahinkaya and members pay courtesy call to MILF Leadership



The Chair of the Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB) Ambassador Levent Sahinkaya and his members paid courtesy call to the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation front (MILF) in its administrative camp at Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on October 10, 2017 after visiting Camp Rajamuda, Eastern Mindanao Front in Pikit North Cotabato.

Along with Ambassador Sahinkaya were Major Ishak Ali, Mr. Asbjorn Lode, Ret Col.Baard Lien, staff and members.

On behalf of the Central Committee, MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim welcomed the group cordially. He expressed gladness that the IDB is very active and prepared for its mandate despite that the decommissioning is at a halt being hinged on the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.

Chairman Ebrahim gave updates on the status of the draft BBL, its submission to the Office of the President, thereby endorsing same to the House of Congress.

The draft BBL has been filed in congress, authored by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Jr., House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, Maguindanao 1st District Rep Bai Sandra Sema, Tawi-Tawi Rep. Ruby Sahali, and co-authored by a hundred more lawmakers.

Looking at how consistent President Rodrigo Duterte is in his effort for the passage of BBL, the MILF remains optimistic, Chairman Ebrahim said. Although, admittedly, he said challenges are seen on how some legislators may treat certain provision, he added.

Ambassador Sahinkaya relates how the IDB is conducting process of decommissioning for the next phase, its preparations and visitation in different MILF camps. They are happy for the assistance and cooperation extended to them. He was very pleased to have come to Camp Darapanan, having to meet the Central Committee of the MILF.

Other concerns brought about by the guests were the issue on extremism and radicalism by some other groups due to frustrations and discontent brought about by the failure of the 16th Congress to pass the BBL, thus delaying the resolution of the Moro Question which was answered eloquently by Chairman Ebrahim.

The meeting may not be described as lengthily done but it was substantive.

The IDB reiterated their commitment for the success of the peace process.

http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1049/idb-chair-sahinkaya-and-members-pay-courtesy-call-to-milf-leadership

MILF: Army Scout Rangers kill Hapilon, Omar Maute (Photo)

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Oct 17): Army Scout Rangers kill Hapilon, Omar Maute (Photo)



Military sharpshooters belonging to the elite Army Scout Rangers killed Isnilon Hapilon, and Omarkhayam Maute, two leaders of the Marawi siege before dawn yesterday as security forces made their final push to retake the city from militants linked to the Middle East-based Islamic State (IS).
Philstar in its online report today said the two were killed one after the other at separate locations by elite Army Scout Ranger snipers using long-range rifles fitted with night-vision scopes.

“It’s a “clear victory against terrorism”, said Malacanang.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Eduardo Año said President Duterte was “very happy” about the development and expressed his wish to go to the battle-scarred city yesterday morning.

Another high profile militant still in the main battle area in Marawi is Malaysian Dr. Mahmud Ahmad, reportedly a recruiter and financier of IS in the Philippines, Philstar also said in its article.

Eight other foreign terrorists – mostly Indonesians and Malaysians – were believed to be still holed up in Marawi, authorities said.

The Marawi battle, which broke out on May 23, has so far left more than 800 militants, 162 government forces, and 47 civilians dead, according to authorities.

President Duterte had ordered aerial bombing of the militants’ positions, sending them into retreat but leaving the city in ruins. The aerial bombings heavily damaged infrastructure, as well as civilian homes in the Islamic City. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fled to neighboring towns, and Iligan City.

Combatants of the Army’s 8th Scout Ranger Company found the remains of the two terror leaders at separate locations, according senior members of the League of Mayors in Lanao del Sur and incumbent officials of the provincial government.

Military sources said the two were among the more than a dozen gunmen killed in battle in the past days by the elite Rangers, who reportedly used remote-controlled devices to locate the militants’ exact locations.

At Camp Aguinaldo, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said information from a rescued female hostage helped the military trace the building where the two terror leaders were hiding.

“They were able to get Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute. They were both killed. In fact, their faces have already been splashed in the internet and in the websites, plus they were able to recover 17 hostages,” Lorenzana told reporters.(Source: Philstar)

http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1050/army_scout_rangers_kill_hapilon__omar_maute

CPP/Ang Bayan: Tu­mi­tin­ding ata­ke sa mga ka­ba­ta­an-es­tud­yan­te

Propaganda article from the Tagalog edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Oct 7): Tu­mi­tin­ding ata­ke sa mga ka­ba­ta­an-es­tud­yan­te

NOONG SETYEMBRE, su­nud-su­nod ang mga ata­ke sa mga de­mok­ra­ti­kong ka­ra­pa­tan ng mga ka­ba­ta­an-es­tud­yan­te.

Sa Polytechnic Univer­sity of the Phi­lip­pi­nes (PUP) sa kam­pus ni­to sa Sta. Me­sa, May­ni­la, unang ti­nang­gal sa pwes­to ang ki­na­ta­wan ng mga mag-aa­ral sa Board of Re­gents at nag­ta­la­ga ng ba­gong re­gent na pi­ni­li ng ad­mi­nistra­syo­n. Si­nun­dan ito ng pag­pa­pa­sa­ra sa upi­si­na at tam­ba­yan ng mga or­ga­ni­sa­syo­n, ga­yun­din ang pub­li­ka­syong pang­kam­pus na The Ca­talyst noong Set­yembre 27. Ka­sa­bay ni­to, isi­nus­pin­de ng ad­mi­nistra­syon ang elek­syon ng kon­se­ho ng mga mag-aa­ral. Pa­ra ipa­tu­pad ang mga hak­bang na ito, di­na­has ang mga es­tud­yan­teng nag­ta­tang­gol ri­to at pi­nag­ban­ta­an ang mga or­ga­ni­sa­syong prog­re­si­bo sa uni­ber­si­dad.

La­yu­nin ng su­nud-su­nod na mga ata­keng ito na lu­bu­sang pa­ta­hi­mi­kin ang mga es­tud­yan­te at ali­sin ang mga had­lang sa pla­no ng ad­mi­nistra­syon ng ko­mersya­li­sa­syon ng PUP. Ka­bi­lang di­to ang ilang taon nang pla­nong ita­as ang mat­ri­ku­la at mga ba­ya­rin, ipa­tu­pad ang pla­nong uni­por­me at iba pang mga dag­dag na ma­pag­ka­ki­ta­an. Tu­luy-tu­loy ang pro­tes­ta ng mga es­tud­yan­te ng pa­man­ta­san pa­ra la­ba­nan ang ma­la-ba­tas mi­li­tar na hak­bang ng ad­mi­nistra­syo­n.

Sa Univer­sity of the Phi­lip­pi­nes-Di­li­man, ipi­na­tu­pad ng ad­mi­nistra­syon ng Col­le­ge of Mass Com­mu­nica­ti­ons ang pa­ta­ka­rang nag­ba­ba­wal sa mga ba­gong es­tud­yan­te na su­ma­li sa mga or­ga­ni­sa­syon sa loob ng ko­le­hi­yo. Ti­nang­gal rin ang tam­ba­yan ang mga or­ga­ni­sa­syon at ang upi­si­na ng kon­se­ho ng mag-aa­ral at ng Ti­nig ng Pla­ri­del, ang pub­li­ka­syon sa ko­le­hi­yo. Ha­bang inaa­ta­ke ang ka­ra­pa­tan ng mga es­tud­yan­te, pi­na­ya­gan na­man ng ad­mi­nistra­syon ng ko­le­hi­yo ang pag­pa­sok ng mga upi­syal ng pulis pa­ra raw sa ilu­lun­sad na ‘com­mu­nica­ti­on skills workshop’.

Sa Lyceum of the Phi­lip­pi­nes Univer­sity, ti­nang­gal ng ad­mi­nistra­syon ang ka­sa­lu­ku­yang lu­pon ng mga edi­tor ng The Sen­ti­nel, ang upi­syal na pa­ha­ya­gan ng mga es­tud­yan­te ng pa­man­ta­san, at ti­nang­gal ang pon­do ni­to.

Sa Bicol, na­dis­kub­re noong Set­yembre 25 na ni­la­gay ng AFP sa ka­ni­lang ‘watch-list’ ang mga pub­li­ka­syong pang­kam­pus ng Ca­ma­ri­nes Sur Polytechnic Col­le­ge-Na­bua (The Spark), Ate­neo de Na­ga Univer­sity (The Pillars), Ma­ri­ners Polytechnic Col­le­ge Foun­da­ti­on (Seafa­rer’s Gazet­te) at Central Bicol Sta­te Univer­sity of Agricul­tu­re (The Sta­te­ans).

[Ang Bayan is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Download Ang Bayan from the Philippine Revolution Web Central at www.philippinerevolution.info.  Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines.]
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20171007-tuxadmixadtinxadding-ataxadke-sa-mga-kaxadbaxadtaxadan-esxadtudxadyanxadte/

CPP/Ang Bayan: Mga si­bil­yang ko­mu­ni­dad sa Ba­ta­ngas, bi­nom­ba ng AFP

Propaganda article from the Tagalog edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Oct 7): Mga si­bil­yang ko­mu­ni­dad sa Ba­ta­ngas, bi­nom­ba ng AFP

Wa­la mang ba­tas mi­li­tar sa buong ban­sa, wa­lang-ha­bas na ipi­na­pa­tu­pad ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te ang ma­ba­bag­sik na ope­ra­syong mi­li­tar la­ban sa ma­ma­ma­yan sa iba’t ibang pa­nig ng ban­sa. Pa­tu­loy ang pam­bo­bom­ba mu­la sa him­pa­pa­wid, pa­nga­ngan­yon, istra­ping, pa­ma­mas­lang, ili­gal na pang-aa­res­to at pag­de­de­ti­ne at ma­ging pa­nu­nu­nog ng ba­hay ng mga si­bil­yan sa ila­lim ng Oplan Ka­pa­ya­pa­an.

Ba­ta­ngas. Wa­lang ha­bas na pa­ma­ma­ril, istra­ping at pag­hu­hu­log ng bom­ba ang isi­na­ga­wa ng 730th Com­bat Gro­up ng Phi­lip­pi­ne Air Force at ng 202nd IBde sa mga ko­mu­ni­dad sa pa­li­gid ng Mt. Ba­noy noong Set­yembre 24. Ito ay ma­ta­pos ma­ka­sa­gu­pa ng mga ele­men­to ng AFP ang isang yu­nit ng Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan-Ba­ta­ngas (Edu­ar­do Dag­li Com­mand) sa Ba­ra­ngay Cum­ba, Ba­ta­ngas City sa pa­re­hong araw. Da­la­wang si­bil­yan, ka­bi­lang ang isang ba­ta, ang naiu­lat na na­sa­­wi sa mga ope­ra­syon ng AFP. Umaa­bot sa 400 pa­mil­ya ang na­pi­li­tang lu­mi­kas mu­la sa mga ba­ra­ngay ng Cum­ba at Ta­la­hib Pan­da­yan pa­ra umi­was sa pam­bo­bom­ba. Da­hil sa tin­di ni­to, ki­nan­se­la ang mga kla­se sa 15 eskwe­la­han sa ka­la­pit na mga ba­ra­ngay ng Pa­ya­pa, Ta­lum­pok Si­la­ngan at Kan­lu­ran, Con­de at Sto. Do­mi­ngo, la­hat sa Ba­ta­ngas City.

Agad na su­mak­lo­lo ang mga nag­ta­ta­gu­yod ng ka­ra­pa­tang-tao pe­ro hi­na­rang si­la sa mga tsek­poynt ng AFP at RPSB noong Setyembre 26. Hin­di rin pi­na­pa­sok sa Barangay Ba­na­lo ang mga gru­pong pi­na­ngu­na­han ng Pilgrims for Peace na mag­ha­ha­tid sa­na ng re­lief at mag­sa­sa­ga­wa ng pag­si­si­ya­sat sa ka­la­ga­yan ng mga bak­wit noong Setyembre 30. Ka­sa­ma ang lo­kal na gub­yer­no sa mga hu­ma­rang sa gru­po.

Ang mga ba­ra­ngay ng Sto. Do­mi­ngo, Cum­ba, Con­de Ita­as, Sico, Pi­na­mucan, Sim­long, Ta­la­hib Pan­da­yan, Ta­lum­pok Si­la­ngan, Ba­na­lo, Lo­bo, Ma­bi­log na Bun­dok, ay ba­ha­gi ng 29,000 ek­tar­yang lu­pa­ing sak­law ng Mt. Ba­noy at Mt. Na­gue­ling Complex na pla­nong mi­na­hin ng mga kum­pan­yang Min­do­ro Re­so­urces Li­mi­ted (o MRL Gold) at Eger­ton Gold ng Ca­na­da na may kaug­na­yan sa Red Moun­ta­in Mi­ning ng Austra­lia.

Samantala, nitong Oktubre 6 sa Calatagan, tinamnan ng ebidensya bago iligal na inaresto ng PNP ang apat na myembro ng Sa­mahan ng Maliliit na Mangingisda at Mag­sa­saka sa Baha at Talibayog na akt­i­bo sa paglaban sa pang-aagaw ng lupa ng Asturias Chemical In­dustries ni Ramon Ang.

Kinilala ang apat na sina Noel Delos Reyes, kapitan ng Barangay Tali­bayog, at mga lider-masa ng ba­ran­g­ay na sina Ed­uardo Peña­flo­reda, Senando Marco at Joseph Mara­­si­gan.
Quezon. Si­nu­nog ng mga sun­da­lo ng 85th IB ang ba­hay ng mag­sa­sa­kang si Bryan Pa­no­so at bi­na­ril pa ang kan­yang ka­ba­yo sa Sityo Katmon, Barangay Ilayang Ilog A, Lopez, noong Oktubre 2. Ili­gal ring ina­res­to ang ina at ka­pa­tid na ba­bae ni Pa­na­so. Ang pan­da­ra­has sa pa­mil­ya ay isi­na­ga­wa ng mga sun­da­lo ma­ta­pos mag­ta­mo ng pin­sa­la sa la­ba­nan sa isang yu­nit ng BHB.

Mas­ba­te. Arbit­rar­yong ina­res­to noong Set­yembre 27 ng mga pi­nag­sa­nib na pwer­sa ng 2nd IB, 96th MICO at RIU 5 ang mga si­bil­yang si­na Da­gul La­la­gu­na, mag-a­sa­wang Locloc at Baby Mer­de­gia, Bo­boy De­la Cruz, Opaw Ba­la­yan at Romy Pau­tan at ang da­la­wa ni­tong anak na la­la­ki, na mga re­si­den­te ng Sit­yo Pi­li ng Ba­ra­ngay San Jo­se, Uson at Ba­ra­ngay Saw­mill, Mo­bo. Sa ka­ta­bing bar­yo na­man ng Ma­dao, Uson, di­nam­pot si Ompoy Escovil­la at ka­sa­ma ni­to na pi­nag­sa­sam­pal ng mga sun­da­lo. Ili­gal ding hi­na­lug­hog ang ka­ni­lang mga ba­hay. Si­ni­ra ang ba­hay, ni­li­mas at ni­na­kaw pa­ti ang mga ka­ga­mi­tan ng mag-a­sa­wang Mer­de­gia ka­sa­ma na ang P50,000 nai­pon ng mag-a­sa­wa.

Nueva Vizca­ya. Tu­luy-tu­loy ang ope­ra­syong mi­li­tar at pam­bo­bom­ba ng 84th IB ng AFP sa Kasibu na nag­re­sul­ta sa pag­bak­wit ng 133 pa­mil­ya mu­la sa mga ba­ra­ngay ng Ka­ki­du­gu­en, Di­ne, at Bi­yoy noong Setyembre 16. Ka­su­nod ni­to, sina Vicente Ollagon, Joshua Hiquiana, Fer­dinand Pakiwon, Marilyn Lango at me­nor-de-edad na si Jogiemar Wayas ay pinaratangang mga ka­sa­pi ng BHB at ili­gal na ina­res­to noong Set­yembre 29 ng PNP at AFP sa Barangay Mabuslo, Bambang. Pa­wang mga ka­sa­pi si­la ng Ka­si­bu Inter-Tri­bal Res­pon­se for Eco­lo­gical Deve­lop­ment at Sa­ma­hang Pang­ka­ra­pa­tan ng Ka­tu­tu­bong Mag­sa­sa­ka at Mang­ga­ga­wa, Inc. Ba­ha­gi ang mga or­ga­ni­sa­syong ito sa ba­ri­ka­da ng ma­ma­ma­yan la­ban sa pag­mi­mi­na ng Austral­ya­nong kum­pan­yang Ro­yalco at Ocea­­naGold.

North Co­ta­ba­to. Hin­di pa rin tu­mi­ti­gil sa pam­bo­bom­ba ang mga mi­li­tar sa ko­mu­ni­dad at eskwelahan ng mga Lu­mad. Noong Set­yembre 20, isi­na­ga­wa ang pag­hu­hu­log ng bom­ba ma­la­pit sa Fr. Pops Ten­to­rio Me­mo­ri­al Scho­ol sa ba­yan ng Mag­pet.

Ley­te. Na­ma­tay ang mag­sa­sa­kang si Ja­son Mon­tal­la noong Set­yembre 28, da­la­wang ling­go ma­ta­pos si­yang ba­ri­lin ng tau­han ng 78th IB noong Set­yembre 5. Si­ya ay ka­sa­pi ng or­ga­ni­sa­syon ng ma­li­it na mag­sa­sa­ka, Mag-uu­ma nga Nag­ka­hiu­sa (MANA), sa Albue­ra.

Davao Re­gi­on. Pi­na­tay ng mga ahen­te ng AFP ang ta­ga­pa­ngu­lo ng Ma­ra­gu­san Wor­kers Associa­ti­on na si Re­ne Ma­ga­ya­no sa pa­leng­ke ng Ma­ra­gu­san noong Set­yembre 28. Noong Set­yembre 26 na­man ay pi­na­tay ni Dexter Sal­li­an, tau­han ng 67th IB sa Ca­te­el, Davao Ori­en­tal si To­to Lom­pao­dan, ka­sa­pi ng Alyan­sa sa Mag-uu­ma sa Sid­la­kang Da­baw (Alma­sid). Aa­bot na sa 50 ang mga mag­sa­sa­kang pi­na­tay sa re­hi­yon ng Davao sa ila­lim ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te.

Ang Bayan is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Download Ang Bayan from the Philippine Revolution Web Central at www.philippinerevolution.info.  Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines.]
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20171007-mga-sixadbilxadyang-koxadmuxadnixaddad-sa-baxadtaxadngas-bixadnomxadba-ng-afp/

CPP/Ang Bayan: La­ban pa­ra ba­wi­in ang mga plan­ta­syon

Propaganda article from the Tagalog edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Oct 7): La­ban pa­ra ba­wi­in ang mga plan­ta­syon



Lumalaganap nga­yon ang ba­gong la­ra­ngan ng pa­ki­ki­ba­kang mag­sa­sa­ka sa Min­da­nao ang pag­gi­gi­it ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka ng pag-aa­ri at kontrol sa mga lu­pang plan­ta­syo­n.

Noong de­ka­da 1980, si­nak­law ng CARP ang lu­pa­in ng mga plan­ta­syo­n. Ina­ta­san ni­to ang mga ahen­sya ng es­ta­do na ili­pat ang mga ti­tu­lo ng pag-aa­ri sa lu­pa ng ilang ma­la­la­king plan­ta­syon sa pa­nga­lan ng mga mang­ga­ga­wa sa plan­ta­syon at ti­na­wag si­lang mga be­ne­pi­sya­ryo ng re­por­mang ag­rar­yo (ag­ra­ri­an reform be­neficia­ri­es o ARB).

Su­ba­lit ma­ta­pos ang tat­long de­ka­da ng pag­pa­pa­tu­pad ng CARP, na­na­na­ti­ling buo at na­ka­pai­la­lim sa kontrol ng ma­la­la­king pa­ngi­no­ong may­lu­pa at mga kor­po­ra­syon sa ag­ri­bis­nes ang mga lu­pang may ti­tu­lo. Si­na­man­ta­la ni­la ang ma­hi­hi­nang pro­bi­syo­n, na­paka­ra­ming ek­semp­syon at ma­pan­lin­lang na mga istruk­tu­ra at pro­se­so ng CARP pa­ra ma­pa­na­ti­li sa ka­ni­lang kontrol ang lu­pa at mga be­ne­pi­sya­ryo. Wa­lang na­ging say­say ang ti­tu­lo sa lu­pa na ha­wak ng mga ARB. Ki­nai­la­ngan ni­lang igi­it ang ka­ra­pa­tan na ari­in at ga­mi­tin ang ka­ni­lang lu­pa alin­su­nod sa ka­ni­lang ka­pa­sya­han.

Isang ma­ting­kad na ha­lim­ba­wa ang 28,816 ek­tar­yang plan­ta­syon ng sa­ging na kontro­la­do ng Ta­gum Agricul­tu­ral Deve­lop­ment Com­pany (Ta­deco) ng pa­mil­yang Floi­ren­do. Sa plan­ta­syong ito, wa­la ni isa sa ma­hi­git 1,890 ARB ang na­ki­ki­na­bang sa sa­ri­ling lu­pa. Na­na­na­ti­li si­lang mga mang­ga­ga­wa sa plan­ta­syo­n, tu­ma­tang­gap ng ma­ba­bang swel­do, o ma­la­la pa, ti­na­tang­gal sa tra­ba­ho kung nag­re­rek­la­mo. May­ro­ong 100,886 ARB ang buong Sout­hern Min­da­nao Re­gi­on.

Mis­mong ang CARP ang gi­na­mit ng mga pa­ngi­no­ong may­lu­pa pa­ra pa­na­ti­li­hin ang ga­ni­tong kaa­yu­san. Sa ila­lim ng hu­wad na prog­ra­ma, iti­na­yo ng gub­yer­no ang mga Agra­ri­an Reform Com­mu­nity (ARC) upang ma­ging or­ga­ni­sa­do diu­ma­no ang pa­mi­mi­gay ng lu­pa, pa­ni­ni­ngil ng amor­ti­sa­syo­n, at pag­ha­ha­tid ng su­por­tang ser­bi­syo mu­la sa gub­yer­no. Bi­nuo ang mga be­ne­pi­sya­ryo bi­lang mga koo­pe­ra­ti­ba upang di­to ma­ki­tu­ngo ang gub­yer­no at ang ka­pi­ta­lis­ta.

Sa pa­ma­ma­gi­tan ng sis­te­mang ARC, ti­pak-ti­pak na na­kontrol ng DAR at ng mga ka­pi­ta­lis­ta sa ag­ri­bis­nes ang mga ko­mu­ni­dad ka­ya’t na­ging mas ma­da­li ang pa­nga­ngam­kam ng lu­pa. Sa ma­la­la­wak na plan­ta­syo­n, ang mga ka­pi­ta­lis­ta pa rin ang ku­mu­kontrol sa iba’t ibang an­tas ng pro­se­so, sa­hod, pa­mi­li­han, pre­syo ng pro­duk­to at mga farm in­put (tu­lad ng mga bin­hi, pes­ti­sid­yo at iba pa). Ilan sa mga pa­ra­ang gi­na­mit ng mga asen­de­ro at ka­pi­ta­lis­ta sa ag­ri­bis­nes ang:
Agri­bu­si­ness Ven­tu­re Agree­ment (AVA) o kontra­ta sa pa­gi­tan ng koo­pe­ra­ti­ba ng mga ARB at ng kum­pan­ya sa ag­ri­bis­nes. Ang kum­pan­ya ang nag­ta­tak­da ng ma­hal na pre­syo ng mga farm in­put at mu­rang pro­duk­to ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka. Ang ki­ta ng mga ARB ay ha­los sa­pat la­mang pa­ra iba­yad sa utang sa farm in­put. Ma­ra­mi ang ka­so na naem­bar­go na ang lu­pa da­hil sa utang o ka­ya’y ibi­nen­ta na ang ka­ni­lang ka­ra­pa­tan sa lu­pa da­hil sa hi­rap ng bu­hay.

Sis­te­mang gro­wer (pag­pa­pa­ta­nim) o kontra­ta sa pa­gi­tan ng in­di­bid­wal o or­ga­ni­sa­syon ng mga gro­wer at ng kum­pan­ya. Sa­got ng hu­li ang la­hat ng gas­tos pe­ro ob­li­ga­dong iben­ta sa kum­pan­ya ang pro­duk­to sa pre­syong dik­ta ni­to. Sa­got ng gro­wer ang pagswel­do sa mga mang­ga­ga­wa at anu­mang pag­ka­ka­lu­gi na mai­du­lot ng ma­hi­nang ani.

May­ro­on ding kaa­yu­san kung saan sa­got ng gro­wer ang la­hat ng gas­tos at ibi­ne­ben­ta lang sa ka­pi­ta­lis­ta ang pro­duk­to. Bi­lang ta­ga­bi­li, qua­lity control lang (i­ti­na­tak­dang ka­li­dad) ang ti­ni­ti­yak ng ka­pi­ta­lis­ta.

Sis­te­mang Koop. Ang mga farm in­puts ay ipi­nauu­tang ng kum­pan­ya sa koo­pe­ra­ti­ba ng ma­li­li­it na may-a­ri ng lu­pa. Ang koo­pe­ra­ti­ba ay pu­ma­pa­pel bi­lang ahen­sya ng emple­yo pa­ra ma­kai­was ang kum­pan­ya sa anu­mang ob­li­ga­syon sa mga mang­ga­ga­wang bu­kid at emple­ya­do. Di­to rin pi­na­da­da­loy ang mga pi­na­la­la­ga­nap na mga ka­ga­mi­tan at tek­no­lo­hi­ya (ka­ra­ni­wang na­ka­sa­lig sa mga ina­ang­kat na ke­mi­kal na in­put) sa pro­duk­syo­n. Ma­hig­pit na ba­wal ang un­yon da­hil ito ay re­histra­do bi­lang koo­pe­ra­ti­ba.

Sis­te­mang Lea­se­back. Ipi­naaar­ki­la ulit ng mga be­ne­pi­sya­ryo ang lu­pa sa kum­pan­ya, at na­gi­ging mang­ga­ga­wa si­la sa sa­ri­li ni­lang lu­pa. Ma­ra­ming ka­sun­du­an ang nag­ta­ta­gal nang 30 taon. Ki­na­kal­ta­san ang ba­yad sa ar­ki­la ng lu­pa pa­ra diu­ma­no sa pag­re­ti­ro ng mang­ga­ga­wa, at sa pag­si­si­mu­la ng lea­se­back ay hin­di na ibi­ni­bi­lang ang nau­nang pa­na­hon ng ser­bi­syo ng mang­ga­ga­wa ba­go si­la nai­pa­sok sa CARP. Ilang ha­lim­ba­wa ni­to ang Marsman, La­pan­day, at ilang ba­ha­gi ng Tadeco.

Kor­po­ra­dong pag­sa­sa­ka. Bi­na­ba­go ang kla­si­pi­ka­syon ng lu­pa tu­ngong ko­mer­syal upang ilig­tas ito sa pa­ma­ma­ha­gi sa mga mag­sa­sa­ka. Da­hil di­to, ma­ra­mi sa dating nang nagsasaka ang na­wa­lan ng lu­pa.

Lea­se­hold. Nag-aar­ki­la ang kum­pan­ya ng mga lu­pang pri­ba­do o pub­li­ko pa­ra ga­wing plan­ta­syo­n, ma­da­las sa na­pa­ka­ba­bang pre­syo tu­lad ng P6,500 ba­wat ek­tar­ya ba­wat taon. Ma­ra­ming lu­pang pub­li­ko sa Min­da­nao ang na­sa lea­se­hold, tu­lad ng kontra­ta ng Tadeco sa ma­la­king ba­ha­gi ng Davao Pe­nal Co­lony, o mga pri­ba­dong lu­pang ina­ar­ki­la­han ng Marsman.

Ka­hit pa nai­gi­it ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka ang li­gal na kat­wi­ran pa­ra sa ka­ni­lang ma­ka­ta­ru­ngang pa­ni­nin­di­gan sa pag-aa­ri ng lu­pa (pag­pa­sya kung paa­no ga­ga­mi­tin at ano ang ita­ta­nim), hin­di mag­ku­ku­sa ang reak­syu­nar­yong gub­yer­no na ipa­tu­pad ito. Ta­li­was di­to, sad­yang na­tu­tu­lung-tu­long ang iba’t ibang ahen­sya ng gub­yer­no at mi­li­tar pa­ra hin­di ni­la ma­ka­mit ang ka­ni­lang ka­ra­pa­tan sa lu­pa. Noon la­mang na­ging ka­li­him ng DAR ang li­der-mag­sa­sa­kang si Ka Paeng Ma­ria­no na su­mu­por­ta ang ahen­sya sa pa­na­wa­gan ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka sa tam­pok na ka­so ng La­pan­day.

Ba­tid ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka na kai­la­ngan pa ni­lang itu­lak ang ka­ra­pa­tan ni­la sa lu­pa sa pa­ma­ma­gi­tan ng sa­ma-sa­mang pag­ki­los tu­lad ng nang­ya­ri sa La­pan­day Foods kung saan na­ba­wi ng 159 ARB sa ila­lim ng MARBAI ang 146 ek­tar­ya ma­ta­pos ang ilang bu­wang mga pag­ki­los. Sa Ara­kan Val­ley, nai­tu­lak ng 3,100 pa­mil­yang or­ga­ni­sa­do sa MAFAI na ki­la­la­nin ang ka­ni­lang ma­hi­git pi­tong de­ka­da nang pag­bu­bung­kal sa 4,387 ek­tar­yang ki­nam­kam pa­ra ma­ging ba­ha­gi ng scho­ol re­serva­ti­on.

Ang mga pag­la­ban na ito ay nag­sil­bing hu­wa­ran at inspi­ra­syon ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka pa­ra pa­la­ka­sin ang ka­ni­lang mga or­ga­ni­sa­syong nag­da­da­la ng de­ter­mi­na­syon sa pag­ka­mit ng hus­ti­syang pan­li­pu­nan. Ka­ya’t bi­nuo noong Abril ang ARB One Move­ment (AOM) bi­lang pe­de­ra­syon ng mga ARB upang mas ma­la­kas na mai­gi­it ang ka­ni­lang ka­ra­pa­tan sa lu­pa la­ban sa iba’t ibang pa­ka­na ng CARP, ma­ta­pos ang puk­pu­kang la­ba­nan sa MARBAI.

Kompre­hen­si­bong hi­na­ha­rap ng AOM ang usa­pin ng mga ARC sa pa­ma­ma­gi­tan ng pag­pa­pa­ta­tag at pag­pa­pa­la­wak ng pe­de­ra­syon AOM sa buong Sout­hern Min­da­nao pa­ra mai­pa­tu­pad ang tu­nay na re­por­ma sa lu­pa. Nag­lu­lun­sad ng mga pag­sa­sa­nay sa pa­ra­li­gal, sus­te­nab­leng ag­ri­kul­tu­ra, pag­pa­pa­tak­bo ng or­ga­ni­sa­syon pa­ti na sa pag­ta­ta­lum­pa­ti, at iba pang ka­sa­na­yan.

Sa mga ARB na nai­pag­wa­gi na ang kontrol sa sa­ri­ling lu­pa, kag­yat na usa­pin kung pa­paa­nong isa­sa­ga­wa ang pro­duk­syon na nag­sa­saa­lang-a­lang sa pag­ka­la­son ng lu­pa na de­ka-de­ka­dang si­ni­ra ng mga ke­mi­kal, ga­yun­din ang ka­sa­na­yan at kaa­la­man ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka, pa­ti na ang pa­mi­li­han sa mga pro­duk­to.

Sa ka­la­ga­yang ito, ob­li­ga­do ang mga mag­sa­sa­ka na itu­loy sa isang an­tas ang pro­duk­syon ng sa­ging. Pi­nag-uu­sa­pan ng ka­ni­lang or­ga­ni­sa­syon ang pag-i­was sa utang o ka­ya’y pag-u­tang sa ma­ba­bang in­te­res upang un­ti-un­ting ma­wa­ka­san ang isa sa pi­na­kae­pek­ti­bong mga pa­ra­ang gi­na­ga­mit ng asen­de­ro at ka­pi­ta­lis­ta sa pa­nga­ngam­kam ng lu­pa. Ti­yak na ma­gi­ging sentro ng tung­ga­li­an ang usa­pin ng pag­bi­li sa ka­ni­lang pro­duk­tong sa­ging.

Ka­sa­bay ng pang­kag­yat na mga usa­pin, ti­na­ta­naw ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka ang pag­ma­ta­ga­lang ha­mon kung paa­nong hin­di na mu­ling ma­pa­sa­ka­may ng mga asen­de­ro ang lu­pa. Su­si di­to ang pi­nag­si­si­ka­pang pag­li­pat mu­la sa pro­duk­syong mo­nocrop tu­ngo sa kompre­hen­si­bo, in­teg­ra­do, pla­na­do at ko­lek­ti­bong pag­sa­sa­ka, la­lu­na sa mga mag­sa­sa­kang ha­los sa ga­wa­ing plan­ta­syon na ti­nu­bu­an ng bait. Kai­la­ngan ito upang ma­pa­li­it ang ma­sa­mang epek­to ng mga sa­ku­na at sa­kit ng pa­na­nim, ma­pa­ngi­ba­ba­wan ang mo­no­pol­yo ng ag­ri­bis­nes sa pa­mi­li­han, ma­ti­yak ang se­gu­ri­dad sa pag­ka­in, at ma­pa­num­ba­lik ang ka­lu­su­gan ng lu­pa.

[Ang Bayan is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Download Ang Bayan from the Philippine Revolution Web Central at www.philippinerevolution.info.  Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines.]
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CPP/Ang Bayan: Kontrol ng US sa AFP, hu­mi­hig­pit sa ila­lim ni Du­ter­te

Propaganda article from the Tagalog edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Oct 7): Kontrol ng US sa AFP, hu­mi­hig­pit sa ila­lim ni Du­ter­te



Wa­la pang isang taon mu­la nang mag­dek­la­ra si Rod­ri­go Du­ter­te na hi­hi­wa­lay na sa US, ga­nap si­yang bu­ma­lig­tad at pi­nu­ri ang US bi­lang uma­no’y ma­ha­la­gang al­ya­do sa se­gu­ri­dad. Ka­ba­lin­tu­na­an na ipi­na­ha­yag ni­ya ito sa oka­syon ng pag­gu­ni­ta ng ban­sa sa ka­ba­ya­ni­han ng mga Pi­li­pi­no sa Pag-aal­sang Ba­la­ngi­ga la­ban sa mga ma­na­na­kop na Ame­ri­ka­no. Ani­ya, na­tu­bos na uma­no ng US ang sa­ri­li sa mga kri­men ni­to sa ma­ma­ma­yan mu­la pa noong Dig­ma­ang Pi­li­pi­no-Ame­ri­ka­no hang­gang sa ka­sa­lu­ku­yan.

Bi­nu­bu­od ng mga pa­ha­yag na ito ni Du­ter­te ang ga­nap ni­yang pag­pa­pa­ka­tu­ta sa im­per­ya­lis­mong US. Par­ti­ku­lar sa la­ra­ngang mi­li­tar, na­na­ti­ling ha­li­gi ng pag­ha­ha­ri ng US sa ban­sa ang Armed Forces of the Phi­lip­pi­nes at mga pwer­sang pan­se­gu­ri­dad ng es­ta­do. Ina­min mis­mo ni Du­ter­te na isang ahen­te ng US Central Intel­li­gence Agency si Delfin Lo­renza­na, ka­li­him ng De­partment of Na­tio­nal Defen­se. Na­ngu­ngu­na si Lo­renza­na sa pag­papatupad ng di­sen­yo ng US pa­ra sa gub­yer­no ni Du­ter­te. Tu­luy-tu­loy na na­ka­san­dig ang AFP sa ayu­dang mi­li­tar mu­la sa US’sa por­ma ng pi­nan­sya, mga ar­mas at ka­ga­mi­tan, mga pag­sa­sa­nay at in­doktri­na­syo­n.

Pi­na­ig­ting na pre­sen­syang mi­li­tar

Ni­tong Oktub­re 2, si­ni­mu­lan ang pi­nag­sa­nib na eher­si­syong mi­li­tar na Ka­man­dag sa pa­gi­tan ng 900 US Ma­ri­nes at Phi­lip­pi­ne Ma­ri­nes sa may pi­tong lu­gar sa Luzon. Ka­bi­lang ito sa 257 mag­ka­sa­nib na eher­si­syong mi­li­tar na na­ka­tak­dang ilun­sad nga­yong 2017. Ma­li­ban sa mga tam­pok na pag­sa­sa­nay sa pag­lu­sob mu­la sa ka­ra­ga­tan, si­na­nay din ng US ang AFP sa pag­ga­mit ng kompyu­ter at in­ter­net pa­ra sa elektro­ni­kong pa­ni­nik­tik at pag-a­ta­ke.

Sa git­na ng pag­kub­kob ng AFP at US sa Ma­ra­wi, nag­sa­ga­wa ng pag­sa­sa­nay sa ur­ban warfa­re (la­ba­nan sa lun­sod) ang US Ma­ri­nes pa­ra sa Phi­lip­pi­ne Ma­ri­nes. Ka­lang­kap ng mga eher­si­syong mi­li­tar na ito ang pang-say­war na mga ak­ti­bi­dad tu­lad ng pag­ku­kum­pu­ni ng mga paa­ra­lan at mga me­dical mis­si­on.

Ka­la­hok din ang AFP sa mga mul­ti­na­syu­nal na pag­sa­sa­nay mi­li­tar na pi­na­ngu­ngu­na­han ng US. Sa nag­da­ang eher­si­syong Ba­li­ka­tan ni­tong Ma­yo, ka­sa­ma sa mga da­yu­hang tro­pang nag­sa­nay ang mu­la sa ma­hi­hig­pit na al­ya­do ng US na Austra­lia at Ja­pan. May­ro­on pang hi­wa­lay na pa­ki­ki­pag­ka­sun­do si Lo­renza­na sa Austra­lia na mag­ka­ro­on ng pag­sa­sa­nay hing­gil uma­no sa pag­la­ban sa ISIS, ma­li­ban pa sa mga dro­ne ng Austra­li­an Defen­se Force na gi­na­ga­mit din sa Ma­ra­wi.

Lan­ta­rang gi­na­ga­mit ng US ang black sca­re o pa­na­na­kot kaug­nay ng ISIS sa nag­da­ang hu­ling mga pag­sa­sa­nay. Ang mga eher­si­syong Sa­ma-sa­ma at Tem­pest Wind ay pa­wang lu­mi­lik­ha ng se­nar­yo na may ka­la­bang ISIS. Nag­sa­ga­wa ng pag­sa­sa­nay ng pag­lig­tas sa uma­no’y mga bik­ti­ma sa pag-hijack ng ISIS ng erop­la­no ga­yong ina­min mis­mo ng US at DND na wa­lang ga­no­ong se­nar­yo sa nga­yon o sa kag­yat na hinaharap sa Pi­li­pi­nas.

Si­nak­yan na rin ng US at Austra­lia ang usa­pin ng dro­ga at ang diu­ma­no’y ban­ta ng kum­bi­na­syong te­ro­ris­mo-i­li­gal na dro­ga. Bu­kam­bi­big ni Du­ter­te ang lin­yang ito nang ip­ri­sen­ta ni­ya ang mat­rix ng mga drug­lord na diu­ma­no’y nag­pon­do sa gru­pong Mau­te. Hin­di ma­la­yong ga­mi­tin ng US sa Pi­li­pi­nas ang usa­pin ng dro­ga pa­ra sa pang­hi­hi­ma­sok mi­li­tar tu­lad ng gi­na­wa ni­tong pag­bu­buo ng mga kontra-re­bo­lu­syo­nar­yong gru­pong pa­ra­mi­li­tar sa Co­lom­bia.

Hindi rin ma­la­yong itu­on ng US at ni Du­ter­te sa mga re­bo­lu­syo­nar­yong pwer­sa ang mga ekstra­hu­di­syal na pag­pas­lang sa mga sus­pet­sa­do sa dro­ga. Tu­mam­pok ang pag­ga­mit sa kum­bi­na­syong te­ro­ris­mo-i­li­gal na dro­ga sa eher­si­syong Sout­he­ast Asia Coo­pe­ra­ti­on and Trai­ning na pi­na­mu­nu­an ng US Coast Guard at ni­la­hu­kan ng mga pwer­sang coast guard at mi­li­tar ng Pi­li­pi­nas, Austra­lia at iba pang ban­sa.

Noong Set­yembre 7 at 26, ka­bi­lang din ang Pi­li­pi­nas sa ti­ni­pon ng US Pacific Com­mand (PACOM) na mga upi­syal ng mi­li­tar mu­la sa mga ban­sa sa Indo-Asia-Pacific. Ba­ha­gi ang da­la­wang mag­ka­su­nod na mga pag­pu­pu­long sa pag­kon­so­li­da ng US ng ka­pang­ya­ri­han sa re­hi­yon. Ni­to na­mang Setyembre 27-28, idi­na­os ang pu­long ng Mu­tu­al Defen­se Board Secu­rity Enga­ge­ment Board sa hedkwarters ng US PACOM sa Ha­waii kung saan pinagkasunduan ang 261 ehersisyong militar sa 2018, kabilang ang pag­lulunsad ng mga pagsasanay sa pagdepensa sa teri­toryo, na dati nang tinanggihan ni Duterte.

Hin­di na­man ba­ba­ba sa pi­tong barko at submarinong pandigma ng US ang ma­la­yang na­ka­pag­da­ong sa Pi­li­pi­nas nga­yong taon, sa­man­ta­lang mu­la pa Peb­re­ro ay nag­pa­pat­rul­ya ang iba pang bar­kong pan­dig­ma ni­to sa South Chi­na Sea.
Ma­ging sa Ma­ra­wi, pi­na­hin­tu­lu­tan ng re­hi­men ang in­ter­ben­syon at pag­di­ri­he ng US sa pag­kub­kob sa syu­dad sa pa­ma­ma­gi­tan ng kontrol ni­to sa mga dro­ne na nag-ees­pi­ya at nag­hu­hu­log ng mga bom­ba, ga­yun­din sa pag­sup­lay ng mga ar­mas at ma­sin­sing pag­ga­mit ng si­na­nay ni­tong mga es­pe­syal na yu­nit mi­li­tar.

Ina­min din ni Lo­renza­na na may ma­hi­git 100 sun­da­long US sa iba pang ba­ha­gi ng Min­da­nao na nag­sa­sa­ga­wa ng pa­nik­tik sa pa­ma­ma­gi­tan ng mga erop­la­no at dro­ne. Noong hu­ling ling­go ng Agos­to, na­ki­pag­pu­long si Du­ter­te kay US PACOM Chief Adm. Harry Har­ris Jr. upang pag­ka­sun­du­an ang iba­yong pa­ki­ki­sang­kot ng US sa la­ba­nan sa Ma­ra­wi. Ma­ta­pos ni­to, di­nag­da­gan ng US ni­tong Set­yembre ng mas maun­lad na sis­te­ma ng dro­ne ang da­ti nang mga na­ka­pa­kat sa Ma­ra­wi.

Ma­li­ban sa mga ito, pa­tu­loy na du­ma­da­loy sa mga ayu­da ang kontrol ng US sa mi­li­tar ng ban­sa. Noong 2016, tu­mang­gap ang gub­yer­nong Du­ter­te ng ma­hi­git $60 mil­yon na ayu­dang mi­li­tar mu­la rito. Ka­bi­lang di­to ang $9 mil­yon pa­ra sa diu­ma­no’y pag­sug­po sa ili­gal na dro­ga. Nag­pa­da­la rin ang gub­yer­nong Du­ter­te ng 194 upi­syal kap­wa mu­la sa mi­li­tar at mga ahen­syang si­bil­yan upang pag-a­ra­lin at sa­na­yin sa US sa ila­lim ng Inter­na­tio­nal Mi­li­tary Educa­ti­on and Trai­ning (IMET). Uma­bot ng $3.4 mil­yon ang ha­la­ga ng IMET sa na­sa­bing taon.

Pa­ra na­man sa taong ito, aa­bot sa $54 mil­yon ang hi­ni­nging ayu­dang mi­li­tar ng Pi­li­pi­nas sa US. Ka­bi­lang di­to ang $2 mil­yon pa­ra sa IMET, $9 mil­yon pa­ra sa pag­sug­po ng ili­gal na dro­ga, at $3.5 mil­yon pa­ra sa kontra-te­ro­ris­mo at mga kaug­nay na prog­ra­ma. Ang na­ti­ti­rang $40 mil­yon ay pau­tang pa­ra sa pag­bi­li ng mga ar­mas mu­la US. Ba­ha­gi ang mga ha­la­gang ito ng ka­buuang $188 mil­yon ayu­dang ini­la­an ng US pa­ra sa ban­sa.

Dag­dag sa an­ti-ma­ma­ma­yang mga ge­ra at pa­ta­ka­rang pang-e­ko­nom­ya, la­lu­pang na­hi­hi­wa­lay ang re­hi­meng Du­ter­te da­hil sa ga­nap ni­tong pa­gi­ging su­nud-su­nu­ran sa US. Ti­yak na sa­sa­lu­bu­ngin ng ma­tin­ding pro­tes­ta ng ma­ma­ma­yan ang pag­bi­si­ta sa Nob­yembre ng pa­ngu­na­hing ki­na­ta­wan ng im­per­ya­lis­mong US na si US Pre­si­dent Do­nald Trump.

[Ang Bayan is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Download Ang Bayan from the Philippine Revolution Web Central at www.philippinerevolution.info.  Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines.]
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20171007-kontrol-ng-us-sa-afp-huxadmixadhigxadpit-sa-ilaxadlim-ni-duxadterxadte/

CPP/Ang Bayan: 20 ar­mas, na­sam­sam ng BHB

Propaganda article from the Tagalog edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Oct 7): 20 ar­mas, na­sam­sam ng BHB

UMAABOT SA 11 ma­la­la­kas na ar­mas, dalawang pis­to­la at sa­mut­sa­ring ga­mit-mi­li­tar ang na­sam­sam ng iba’t ibang yu­nit ng Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan (BHB) nitong nakaraang dala­wang ling­­go. Samantala, siyam na ma­tataas na kalibreng ar­mas at apat na pistola ang nasamsam sa isang reyd sa Bulacan noong Hulyo.

North Central Min­da­nao. Ini­lun­sad ng BHB-Eas­tern Mi­sa­mis Ori­en­tal-Northe­as­tern Bu­­kid­non Subre­gio­nal Com­mand ang tat­long sa­bay-sa­bay na ak­syong mi­li­tar noong ha­ting­ga­bi ng Set­yembre 29 sa iba’t ibang ba­ra­ngay sa Impa­sug-ong, Bu­kid­non. Una rito ang reyd sa CAA Pat­rol Ba­se ng 8th IB sa KM30, Sityo Nasan­digan, Ba­ra­ngay Ca­la­bu­gao kung saan na­ka­sam­sam ang BHB ng dalawang M14, da­lawang garan, dalawang karbin, at tig-isang shotgun at pisto­lang kalibre .38. Pa­nga­la­wa ang ha­ras­ment sa isa pang CAA pat­rol ba­se sa Ba­ra­ngay Hag­pa. Pa­ngat­lo ang pag­di­sar­ma sa upi­si­na ng mga gwardya ng Na­tio­nal Gree­ning Prog­ram sa Sit­yo Ba­ga­ay, Ba­ra­ngay Ca­la­bu­gao. Na­kum­pis­ka ri­to ang isang karbin.

Far South Min­da­nao. Ma­ta­gum­pay na nadis-armahan ng mga Pu­lang man­di­rig­ma noong Set­yembre 23 si Egong Pidad, dating ka­pi­tan sa Ba­ra­ngay Ma­li­gang, Kiam­ba, Sa­ra­nga­ni Province. Isang ga­ran, pis­tolang kali­bre .38 at isang shot­gun ang na­ku­ha mu­la sa kan­ya. Ina­ta­ke rin ng mga Pu­lang man­di­rig­ma ang mga ar­ma­dong myembro ng Civi­li­an Vo­lun­te­er Orga­niza­ti­on sa Ba­ra­ngay Tu­dok, T’bo­li, South Co­ta­ba­to noong Set­yembre 27. Kaa­gad na isi­nu­ren­der ng mga pa­ra­mi­li­tar ang ka­ni­lang mga ba­ril ka­bi­lang ang isang M16 ar­ma­layt, isang ripleng ga­ran at isang karbin. Na­ka­sam­sam din ang mga Pu­lang man­di­rig­ma ng isang radyong 2-way, da­la­wang klip ng ga­ran, da­la­wang ma­ga­sin ng karbin at mga ba­la ni­to.

Bicol. Ini­lun­sad ng isang iskwad ng BHB-Sor­so­gon (Cel­so Mi­nguez Com­mand) ang ope­ra­syong ha­ras sa de­tatsment ng 3rd Ma­nuever Com­pany ng 5th PPSB at pag­su­nog sa mga wa­lang pla­kang mo­tor­sik­lo sa loob ng kam­po sa Ba­ra­ngay San Ignacio, Gu­bat, Sor­so­gon noong Set­yembre 18. Ang aksyon ng BHB ay ba­ha­gi ng pag­si­ngil sa mga yu­nit ng mi­li­tar at pu­lis sa ak­ti­bong pag­la­hok ng mga ito sa mga ekstrahu­di­syal na pa­ma­mas­lang sa la­la­wi­gan.

Neg­ros. Pi­na­ru­sa­han din ng BHB-South West Neg­ros (Arman­do Su­ma­yang Com­mand) si Joeva­nie Ba­nis­ta noong Set­yembre 9, sa Ba­ra­ngay Lu­ko­tan, Ka­bang­ka­lan City. Na­ku­ha sa kan­ya ang isang kalibre .45 pistola na may tatlong magasin. Isa si Banista sa mga tauhan ng RPA-ABB na nagpagamit sa militar sa kanilang programang kontra-insurhensya sa Southwest Negros mula pa dekada 1990. Nagsilbi rin siyang ahenteng paniktik ng AFP. Maraming kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang-tao ang nakasampa laban sa kanya sa hukumang bayan.

SAMANTALA, SA CENTRAL Luzon, ma­ta­gum­pay na si­na­la­kay ng isang pla­tun ng BHB-Bu­lacan ang upi­si­na at de­tatsment ng mga ar­ma­dong tau­han ng Bang­ko Sentral ng Pi­li­pi­nas (BSP)-Aya­la Land sa Ba­ra­ngay San Isid­ro, San Jo­se Del Mon­te City, Bu­lacan, noong ga­bi ng Hul­yo 23. Na­sam­sam di­to ang 13 ar­mas ka­bi­lang ang si­yam na ma­ta­as na ka­lib­reng ba­ril at apat na pis­to­la, mga ba­la at iba pang ka­ga­mi­tang mi­li­tar tu­lad ng radyong 2-way, sapatos at mga pak. Ba­go nito, ni­reyd ng isang pla­tun ng BHB ang mga ar­ma­dong ma­ton ni Atty. Arte­mio Caña, isang ma­nga­ngam­kam ng lu­pa, sa Ba­ra­ngay San Ma­teo, Norza­ga­ray, Bu­lacan.

Ayon kay Ka Jo­se del Pi­lar ng BHB-Bu­lacan, ang reyd na ito ay tu­gon sa si­gaw pa­ra sa hus­ti­sya sa mga ka­tu­tu­bong Du­ma­gat, mag­sa­sa­ka at ma­ma­ma­yan na pi­nag­sa­sa­man­ta­la­han ng sab­wa­tang BSP-Aya­la Land. Nag­si­mu­lang mangamkam ng lu­pa ang sab­wa­tang BSP-Aya­la Land sa ila­lim ng na­ka­ra­ang re­hi­meng Aqui­no. Bumilis, mas naging marahas at ma­la­wa­kan ang pa­nga­ngam­kam ng mga ito sa ila­lim ng ka­sa­lu­ku­yang re­hi­men.

[Ang Bayan is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Download Ang Bayan from the Philippine Revolution Web Central at www.philippinerevolution.info.  Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines.]
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20171007-20-arxadmas-naxadsamxadsam-ng-bhb/

CPP Information Bureau: People are ready to resist Duterte’s plot to establish a dictatorship

CPP Information Bureau propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Oct 15): People are ready to resist Duterte’s plot to establish a dictatorship



Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines

15 October 2017

GRP strongman Rodrigo Duterte’s incessantly threatens to establish a dictatorship. The other day, he declared he will set up a “revolutionary government until the end of my term” in order to quell all dissent and arrogate the power to remove every one in government and appoint only those people who will will not criticize his rule. What Duterte essentially wants is to seat himself as a dictator with absolute powers unconstrained by the GRP constitution or any other law.

Duterte’ public bombast and threats are indications of his growing desperation to cling to power. The noise Duterte is generating, however, cannot drown the rising clamor for his ouster and the demand for him to account for all the crimes perpetrated in the course of his triple war.

Duterte is rushing to strengthen and consolidate his control of the military and police in order to mount a dictatorship and defend it by force through suppression of all forms of dissent and resistance.

Duterte is seeking the imprimatur of US imperialist chieftain Trump and the US security and defense establishment by giving all leeway for US military intervention in the Philippines and power projection in the South China Sea. He is exhibiting out-and-out subservience to the US.

Duterte wants to break down all barriers to his bureaucrat capitalist rule in order to give his cronies, big bourgeois comprador compadres and favored criminal syndicates unlimited opportunity to use public money and government privilege to accumulate profit and wealth.

Duterte is increasingly impatient in his plan to impose new taxes as guarantee for new loans from the World Bank and the AIIB and for Japanese ODA. He wants to rush the overhaul of the 1987 GRP constitution to pave the way for all-out liberalization and his plan to establish a federal form of government and allow him an extended rule. Duterte is aware he is fast losing time to allow his supporters a return of their hundreds of millions of pesos in campaign contributions.

Amid the deep-going economic and social crisis of the ruling semicolonial and semifeudal system, a Duterte dictatorship will most probably not last long, even if Duterte could afford to extend his life. Contrary to his aim of wresting complete control of the state, a Duterte dictatorship will surely deepen fissures among the ruling classes and within his regime, especially in the AFP and PNP, whose corrupt officials maintain fealty to anti-Duterte political factions.

In threatening to mount a palace coup, Duterte declared he will launch a “full-scale” war against the New People’s Army (NPA). In fact the AFP has not slowed down in waging its nationwide all-out war since last year. In line with Duterte’s order to “flatten the hills,” the AFP has carried out aerial bombardment campaigns against peasant communities endangering the lives of civilians. The AFP’s all-out war has resulted in widespread violations of human rights across the country.

Duterte said he is ready to wage another 50-year war against the NPA. Given the acute crisis of the ruling system, this is more than enough time for the NPA to defeat the AFP. In reality, however, the AFP and the reactionary government has failed in its attempts to quickly end the people’s war through successive all-out war campaigns. They also cannot deny the fact that for several months now, the AFP could not even decisively finish its limited war in Marawi City to quell an armed Moro uprising.

A Duterte coup to establish a dictatorship will succeed only in uniting the Filipino people in a broad anti-dictatorial front with the national democratic forces serving as the strong core. Having learned lessons from the Marcos dictatorship, the Filipino people are determined to resist Duterte’s plans to establish a fascist dictatorship. The people are unperturbed with his threats to “arrest all of you.” On the contrary, it is Duterte they want to be arrested in order for him to account for all the crimes he has perpetrated against the people.

2 soldiers, 1 alleged rebel wounded in encounter

From MindaNews (Oct 16): 2 soldiers, 1 alleged rebel wounded in encounter

Two Army soldiers and one alleged New People’s Army rebel were wounded in an encounter Saturday in Makilala, North Cotabato,

1Lt. Silver Belvis, 39th Infantry Battalion spokesperson identified the soldiers as Pfc Gella and Pvt Labnaw, and the alleged rebel as Randy Indo, of Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur, who is said to be a member of the militia of NPA Front 51.

Indo suffered several gunshot wounds and was brought to the Cotabato Provincial Hospital in Amas Complex, Belvis said.

The encounter occurred along the boundary of barangays Biangan and Batasan, both in Makilala. It started around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday when some 30 fully armed rebels attacked a detachment of the 39th IB.

Belvis said at least hundred mostly Manobo families evacuated.

He said the Army used artillery support (105mm howitzer) during the encounter.

Some of the evacuees had already returned to their homes on Sunday, but others decided to stay with their relatives as the situation in the area was still ‘volatile,’ he said.

He added that the soldiers recovered some improvised explosive devices one of which looked like a “pressure-type landmine”.

“This is my first time to see an explosive like that,” he said.

He said he turned over the IED to the explosives and ordnance disposal team to determine its type.

He said that if it’s indeed a pressure-type landmine, “we will file the necessary complaint against the NPAs in a proper venue” for violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.

The rest of the bombs recovered by the 39th IB had no electrical wiring and blasting caps.

http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2017/10/2-soldiers-1-alleged-rebel-wounded-in-encounter/

Hapilon, Maute killed on Day 147 of Marawi Crisis

From MindaNews (Oct 16): Hapilon, Maute killed on Day 147 of Marawi Crisis

Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and Maute Group leader Omar Maute were killed during a military operation that also led to the rescue of 17 hostages in the early hours of Monday, Day 147 of the Marawi Crisis.

“They were both killed… They are confirmed dead,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo shortly before noon Monday.

Lorenzana noted that through the testimony of a hostage “who escaped” Saturday, they were able to confirm the presence of Hapilon, touted as the Emir of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia, and Maute in one of the buildings.



Isnilon Hapilon of the Abu Sayyaf, touted to be Emir of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia, and Omar Maute of the Maute Group (right), killed in the early hours of Monday, 16 October 2017, Day 147 of the Marawi Crisis.

He said the death of these leaders means the fighting is almost over and they will announce the termination of hostilities “in a couple of days.” In the latter part of the brief press conference, Lorenzana declared the announcement will be “within the week.”

In a press statement, Lorenzana said they will announce the termination of hostilities “once government forces have ensured that there are no more terrorists-stragglers in the city and we have cleared all structures of IEDs and other traps.”

“After the fighting stops, we will refocus our efforts on the challenging task of rebuilding and rehabilitating Marawi,” said Lorenzana, also head of Task Force Bangon Marawi.

At the press conference, aired live nationwide, Lorenzana, said Malaysian national Dr. Mahmud,Ahmad, a Universiti Malaya professor who joined the Islamic State and is believe to have been among those who planned the Marawi siege, is reportedly still hiding in one of the buildings there.

Lorenzana said there are still around “21 or 22” hostages held by the terrorists.

Since September 15, a total of 41 hostages have been rescued: Fr. Teresito Soganub, Vicar-General of the Prelature of Marawi, and a teacher of Dansalan College on September 15; four others on September 21; 17 on October 4; one on October 14; and 17 on October 16.

Martial law lifting
Lorenzana acknowledged that even as Hapilon and Maute are dead, the terrorists still have “cells in Basilan, Sulu, also in Central Mindanao, but we will also get them.”

The bodies of Hapilon and Maute will be subjected to DNA tests, “because there are rewards coming from a foreign country” and rewards offered by the Philippine government as well.

The Rewards for Justice Program of the United States Department of State has placed a reward of up to 5 million US dollars (approximately 256 million pesos) “for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction” of Hapilon. He was indicted in the District of Columbia for his alleged involvement in terrorist acts against US nationals and other foreign nationals as an official of the Abu Sayyaf, which is listed as a foreign terrorist organization.

President Rodrigo Duterte in early June offered a P10 million bounty on Hapilon, , and the P5 million each for the Maute brothers, Abdullah and Omar.

Asked if martial law in Mindanao will be lifted now that the leaders are dead, Lorenzana replied: “we are not talking about lifting martial law yet. Tingnan pa natin” (we’ll see).

He said after the cessation of hostilities in Marawi “within this week,” they will “assess the entire Mindanao if there is a need to recommend to the President the lifting of martial law.”

http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2017/10/hapilon-maute-killed-on-day-147-of-marawi-crisis/

Top ISIS leaders killed in Marawi City

From the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 16): Top ISIS leaders killed in Marawi City 

Security forces killed 2 top Filipino ISIS leaders in fierce clashes in the besieged city of Marawi in southern Philippines as troops continue to push jihadists out into the open in an effort to end the bloody siege that has dragged on for nearly 6 months now.

The bloodied cadavers of Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute were recovered by troops late Monday and had been positively identified by the military. Hapilon, chieftain of the dreaded Abu Sayyaf group; and Maute, one of revered leaders of the local ISIS, who led the siege of Marawi on May 23 in an effort to put up an Islamic State province in the restive Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The United States offered a $5 million reward for Hapilon and another P10 million from the Filipino government. Omar also had a P5 million bounty on his head, but it was unclear if troops responsible for the death of the two leaders are entitled to the huge bounties, not unless the military would claim that troops had an informant that guided them and resulted in the slaying of Hapilon and Omar.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has confirmed the killing of both jihadist leaders and said the offensive against the remaining militants have been intensified, but troops were being slowed down by booby traps and improvised explosives planted by the ISIS fighters in many structures they had previously occupied and now abandoned because of the advancing soldiers.

Military forces were still running after other leaders of the ISIS fighting in Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur province. Among them are Omar’s brothers – Abdullah, Ottoh and Maddie – who were at many times reported killed by the military – and other foreign militants that included Malaysian professor Mahmud Ahmad, who was one of those that reportedly financed the siege with money coming from the Islamic State.

Three other Malaysian fighters – Pendek, Mohammad Amin Baco and Jeknal Adil – were all killed in separate clashes with the Philippine military.

The fighting had displaced over 200,000 people and had killed more than 160 soldiers and about 50 civilians. The military claimed to have slain over 800 militants, but this largely came from unverified reports and intelligence information, and actual body counts were far lesser than the actual number of enemy casualties.

http://mindanaoexaminer.com/top-isis-leaders-killed-in-marawi-city/