From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 11, 2019): AFP appeals for public understanding on anti-terror measures
An official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is urging the public to cooperate in the implementation of security measures in the metropolis, including the prohibition of some bottled liquid items in metro rail stations.
AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo on Sunday said that while measures such as the prohibition of backpacks, knapsacks, large boxes and bags in churches may be an inconvenience, a "little sacrifice (is) for the good) of the many".
"All of these pre-emptive, pro-active measures, (and we are hoping that the public will understand) that we have to do this," Arevalo said.
Arevalo said instead of complaining about the measures, everyone's "whole-hearted cooperation" is needed to quell acts of terrorism.
The public is prohibited from taking with them inside MRT and LRT stations some bottled liquid items following the January 27 twin bombings of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu which killed 23 persons and wounded 95 others.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061520
Sunday, February 10, 2019
NDF/Sison: Duterte claims of victory vs. revolutionary forces fake – Joma
Jose Maria Sison propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front Philippines (NDFP or NDF) Website (Feb 10, 2019): Duterte claims of victory vs. revolutionary forces fake – Joma
REPLY TO DUTERTE AND SPOKESMAN
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
February 10, 2019
Contrary to the false claims of Duterte and his spokesman Panelo, the revolutionary forces of the Filipino people are winning on a nationwide scale. The CPP, NPA, NDFP, the revolutionary mass organizations and the people’s democratic government are growing in strength and advancing against the reactionary government.
It is the reactionary government of big compradors, landlords and corrupt bureaucrats that is losing and suffering one defeat after another. It makes false claims of victory only by inventing fake surrenders, fake encounters and fake development projects for so-called returnees. Its death squads can only murder the innocent and vulnerable who are misrepresented as “rebels” or “terrorists”.
A tyrannical, treasonous, murderous, corrupt and swindling regime like that of Duterte has no future but total ignominy. This regime is merely a passing phase in the mortal life of the decadent anti-national and anti-democratic government. It has a demented scheme of imposing a full-blown fascist dictatorship on the people but this will actually drive the people to greater resistance and greater revolutionary victory.
Soon after the murder of the people’s hero, Randy Malayao who is a peace advocate and holder of a safe conduct document under the JASIG in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations, Duterte offered an insulting and false offer of peace negotiations premised on the surrender and political suicide of the revolutionary forces. Duterte’s false offer of peace negotiations is nothing but a cheap demagogic trick to cover up and distract public attention from the criminal actions of his death squads.
NDFP Chief Political Consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison / JB
As far as I am concerned, I have already accomplished the lifetime mission that I set for myself since I was 19 years old. I have already laid the theoretical, political and organizational foundation for the resumption and development of the Philippine revolution against against foreign and feudal domination. The revolutionary movement is always being reinvigorated by younger proletarian revolutionaries, Red fighters and mass activists by the hundreds of thousands and millions.
The increase of imperialist powers since 1991, which now includes China and Russia, has intensified inter-imperialist contradictions and pushed the worsening and more frequent recurrence of the crisis of the world capitalist system. The broad masses of the people suffer more oppression and exploitation than ever before but are driven to fight more fiercely for national liberation, democracy and socialism.
From the current period of political turmoil and social disorder, we are now in transition to a period of great resurgence of the people’s revolutionary forces on a global scale. US imperialism and the local reactionary forces want to destroy the people’s democratic revolution in the Philippines because it has become one of the major factors for the advance of the global anti-imperialist and socialist movement.
https://www.ndfp.org/duterte-claims-of-victory-vs-revolutionary-forces-fake-joma/
REPLY TO DUTERTE AND SPOKESMAN
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
February 10, 2019
Contrary to the false claims of Duterte and his spokesman Panelo, the revolutionary forces of the Filipino people are winning on a nationwide scale. The CPP, NPA, NDFP, the revolutionary mass organizations and the people’s democratic government are growing in strength and advancing against the reactionary government.
It is the reactionary government of big compradors, landlords and corrupt bureaucrats that is losing and suffering one defeat after another. It makes false claims of victory only by inventing fake surrenders, fake encounters and fake development projects for so-called returnees. Its death squads can only murder the innocent and vulnerable who are misrepresented as “rebels” or “terrorists”.
A tyrannical, treasonous, murderous, corrupt and swindling regime like that of Duterte has no future but total ignominy. This regime is merely a passing phase in the mortal life of the decadent anti-national and anti-democratic government. It has a demented scheme of imposing a full-blown fascist dictatorship on the people but this will actually drive the people to greater resistance and greater revolutionary victory.
Soon after the murder of the people’s hero, Randy Malayao who is a peace advocate and holder of a safe conduct document under the JASIG in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations, Duterte offered an insulting and false offer of peace negotiations premised on the surrender and political suicide of the revolutionary forces. Duterte’s false offer of peace negotiations is nothing but a cheap demagogic trick to cover up and distract public attention from the criminal actions of his death squads.
NDFP Chief Political Consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison / JB
As far as I am concerned, I have already accomplished the lifetime mission that I set for myself since I was 19 years old. I have already laid the theoretical, political and organizational foundation for the resumption and development of the Philippine revolution against against foreign and feudal domination. The revolutionary movement is always being reinvigorated by younger proletarian revolutionaries, Red fighters and mass activists by the hundreds of thousands and millions.
The increase of imperialist powers since 1991, which now includes China and Russia, has intensified inter-imperialist contradictions and pushed the worsening and more frequent recurrence of the crisis of the world capitalist system. The broad masses of the people suffer more oppression and exploitation than ever before but are driven to fight more fiercely for national liberation, democracy and socialism.
From the current period of political turmoil and social disorder, we are now in transition to a period of great resurgence of the people’s revolutionary forces on a global scale. US imperialism and the local reactionary forces want to destroy the people’s democratic revolution in the Philippines because it has become one of the major factors for the advance of the global anti-imperialist and socialist movement.
https://www.ndfp.org/duterte-claims-of-victory-vs-revolutionary-forces-fake-joma/
CPP/NP-Quezon: Kumpanyang gumagawa ng Kaliwa Dam, matagumpay na nireyd at pinaralisa ng NPA Quezon
NPA-Quezon propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Feb 10, 2019): Kumpanyang gumagawa ng Kaliwa Dam, matagumpay na nireyd at pinaralisa ng NPA Quezon
Eliza “Ka Eli” de la Guerra
Deputy Spokesperson
Apolonio Mendoza Command
NPA-Quezon
Matagumpay na ni-reyd at pinaralisa ng isang iskwad ng AMC-NPA-Quezon ang isang kumpanya sa konstruksyon na gumagawa ng KALIWA DAM sa Sityo Salok, Brgy. Magsaysay, Infanta, Quezon sa ganap na alas-4:45 ng hapon hanggang alas-6:25 ng gabi kahapon, Pebrero 7, 2019. Nasira sa operasyon ang 3 backhoe at 1 bulldozer na siyang pangunahing kagamitan ng kumpanya sa pagsira sa kalikasan at kabuhayan ng mga magsasaka at mga katutubong Dumagat at Remontado.
Ang nasabing kompanya ay malaon nang inirereklamo ng mamamayan ng lalawigan ng Quezon dahil sa malawakang pagsira nito sa mga pananim at kabuhayan ng mga mamamayang ninirahan at apektado ng itinatayong KALIWA DAM. Bahagi ang kumpanyang ito sa mga walang-konsensyang nagraratsada ng pagtatayo ng Kaliwa Dam bilang bahagi ng New Centennial Water Source Project (NCWSP) na ngayon ay nasa ilalim ng programang Build, Build, Build ng Rehimeng US-Duterte. Ang nasabing Kaliwa Dam ay hindi lang magpapalubog sa mga komunidad ng mga magsasaka at katutubong Dumagat at Remontado kundi pati na sa mamamayan ng Pilipinas dahil sa pag-utang sa Tsina ng P12.8 Bilyong Piso na gagastusin sa pagtatayo ng mapanirang Dam.
Nagbubunyi ang mamamayan sa aksyong ito ng NPA sa matagal na nilang kahilingan na mabigyang katarungan ang kanilang kaapihan. Bago ang ganitong aksyon ay pinaabutan at binigyang babala ng AMC-NPA-Quezon ang naturang kumpanya hinggil sa malaking pinsalang dulot nito sa kabuhayan at ari-arian ng mamamayan. Pinaabutan din ang nasabing kumpanya na kagyat na itigil ang pagwasak sa kabundukan at kalikasan subalit hindi nila pinakinggan ang mga paabot ng mamamayan at ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan. Tuloy-tuloy ding ipinaabot ng mamamayan sa mga ahensya ng gubyernong Duterte ang kanilang pagtutol sa pagtatayo ng Kaliwa Dam ngunit sa halip na pakinggan ay pananakot at karahasang militar ang naging tugon nila. Tuloy-tuloy na naglulunsad ng malakihang operasyong militar ang mga pwersa ng 2nd ID-PA-AFP, pangunahin na ang 80th IB-PA at ang 2nd ID-Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC) para diumano’y palayasin ang mga pwersa ng NPA subalit ang katotohanan ay naglulunsad sila ng operasyon para supilin ang demokratikong pagkilos ng mga mamamayan at katutubong Dumagat at Remontado para tutulan ang pagtatayo ng mapanirang KALIWA DAM.
Nagsisilbing babala ang aksyong ito sa mga kumpanyang sumisira sa kalikasan at wumawasak sa buhay at ari-arian ng mga magsasaka, mamamayan at katutubong Dumagat at Remontado. Hindi mapapayagan ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan na basta na lamang wasakin ang kalikasan at yurakan ang buhay at ari-arian ng mamamayan. Sa lahat ng panahon, handa ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan sa pamumuno ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, na tupdin ang rebolusyonaryong tungkulin nito na pangalagaan ang kalikasan at protektahan ang interes ng mamamayan. Sa pagsalubong sa ginintuang anibersaryo nito, lalo itong pursigido at determinado na isulong ang demokratikong interes ng mamamayang Pilipino at patuloy itong maglunsad ng mga taktikal na opensibang magtatanggol sa mamamayan laban sa mga kumpanyang ginagamit ng estado upang sirain ang buhay at kabuhayan ng mamamayan. Mananatiling tapat ang BHB sa panata nitong ubos-kaya at buong pusong paglingkuran ang sambayanang Pilipino, buhay man ay ialay.
MABUHAY ANG BAGONG HUKBONG BAYAN!
MABUHAY ANG PARTIDO KOMUNISTA NG PILIPINAS!
MABUHAY ANG NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES!
MABUHAY ANG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO!
Eliza “Ka Eli” de la Guerra
Deputy Spokesperson
Apolonio Mendoza Command
NPA-Quezon
February 10, 2019
Matagumpay na ni-reyd at pinaralisa ng isang iskwad ng AMC-NPA-Quezon ang isang kumpanya sa konstruksyon na gumagawa ng KALIWA DAM sa Sityo Salok, Brgy. Magsaysay, Infanta, Quezon sa ganap na alas-4:45 ng hapon hanggang alas-6:25 ng gabi kahapon, Pebrero 7, 2019. Nasira sa operasyon ang 3 backhoe at 1 bulldozer na siyang pangunahing kagamitan ng kumpanya sa pagsira sa kalikasan at kabuhayan ng mga magsasaka at mga katutubong Dumagat at Remontado.
Ang nasabing kompanya ay malaon nang inirereklamo ng mamamayan ng lalawigan ng Quezon dahil sa malawakang pagsira nito sa mga pananim at kabuhayan ng mga mamamayang ninirahan at apektado ng itinatayong KALIWA DAM. Bahagi ang kumpanyang ito sa mga walang-konsensyang nagraratsada ng pagtatayo ng Kaliwa Dam bilang bahagi ng New Centennial Water Source Project (NCWSP) na ngayon ay nasa ilalim ng programang Build, Build, Build ng Rehimeng US-Duterte. Ang nasabing Kaliwa Dam ay hindi lang magpapalubog sa mga komunidad ng mga magsasaka at katutubong Dumagat at Remontado kundi pati na sa mamamayan ng Pilipinas dahil sa pag-utang sa Tsina ng P12.8 Bilyong Piso na gagastusin sa pagtatayo ng mapanirang Dam.
Nagbubunyi ang mamamayan sa aksyong ito ng NPA sa matagal na nilang kahilingan na mabigyang katarungan ang kanilang kaapihan. Bago ang ganitong aksyon ay pinaabutan at binigyang babala ng AMC-NPA-Quezon ang naturang kumpanya hinggil sa malaking pinsalang dulot nito sa kabuhayan at ari-arian ng mamamayan. Pinaabutan din ang nasabing kumpanya na kagyat na itigil ang pagwasak sa kabundukan at kalikasan subalit hindi nila pinakinggan ang mga paabot ng mamamayan at ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan. Tuloy-tuloy ding ipinaabot ng mamamayan sa mga ahensya ng gubyernong Duterte ang kanilang pagtutol sa pagtatayo ng Kaliwa Dam ngunit sa halip na pakinggan ay pananakot at karahasang militar ang naging tugon nila. Tuloy-tuloy na naglulunsad ng malakihang operasyong militar ang mga pwersa ng 2nd ID-PA-AFP, pangunahin na ang 80th IB-PA at ang 2nd ID-Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC) para diumano’y palayasin ang mga pwersa ng NPA subalit ang katotohanan ay naglulunsad sila ng operasyon para supilin ang demokratikong pagkilos ng mga mamamayan at katutubong Dumagat at Remontado para tutulan ang pagtatayo ng mapanirang KALIWA DAM.
Nagsisilbing babala ang aksyong ito sa mga kumpanyang sumisira sa kalikasan at wumawasak sa buhay at ari-arian ng mga magsasaka, mamamayan at katutubong Dumagat at Remontado. Hindi mapapayagan ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan na basta na lamang wasakin ang kalikasan at yurakan ang buhay at ari-arian ng mamamayan. Sa lahat ng panahon, handa ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan sa pamumuno ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, na tupdin ang rebolusyonaryong tungkulin nito na pangalagaan ang kalikasan at protektahan ang interes ng mamamayan. Sa pagsalubong sa ginintuang anibersaryo nito, lalo itong pursigido at determinado na isulong ang demokratikong interes ng mamamayang Pilipino at patuloy itong maglunsad ng mga taktikal na opensibang magtatanggol sa mamamayan laban sa mga kumpanyang ginagamit ng estado upang sirain ang buhay at kabuhayan ng mamamayan. Mananatiling tapat ang BHB sa panata nitong ubos-kaya at buong pusong paglingkuran ang sambayanang Pilipino, buhay man ay ialay.
MABUHAY ANG BAGONG HUKBONG BAYAN!
MABUHAY ANG PARTIDO KOMUNISTA NG PILIPINAS!
MABUHAY ANG NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES!
MABUHAY ANG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO!
DWDD: CNTs burns equipment of Kaliwa Dam, Infanta
From Katropa DWDD Virtual RTV (Feb 10, 2019): CNTs burns equipment of Kaliwa Dam, Infanta
PCSUPT EDWARD E CARRANZA, Regional Director condemned the arson incident occurred at Sitio Queborosa, Brgy. Magsaysay, Infanta, Quezon on February 8 at 6:30 in the morning....
According to report of Police Chief Inspector Lowell Atienza, Chief of Police Infanta Municipal Police Station, three (3) Back Hoe and one (1) Bulldozer owned by Northern Builders Corporation was burned by more or less fifteen (15) members of Community NPA Terrorists (CNTs), these heavy equipments are being utilize for the road widening of the construction for the Kaliwa Dam.
Infanta MPS together with the members of the 3rd and 4th Platoon, 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) led by PCI Hobert O Sarmiento, and Quezon Police Provincial Office, Intelligence Branch headed by PSupt Norman T Ranon validated the said report and conducted in-depth investigation.
“Upon knowledge of the incident, I immediately directed my men to double their efforts in solving the case and assure that the responsible persons will be put behind bars”, RD Carranza.
“Nakikipagtulungan na po ang PRO4A sa ating Armed Forces para mahuli ang may pakana sa insidenteng ito. Hindi po naming hahayaan na patuloy na gumawa at maghasik ng karahasan ang mga rebeldeng ito sa ating komunidad. Makakaasa po kayong gagawin naming ang lahat para matukoy natin ang mga suspects at mapanagot natin sila sa batas.”
“Nananawagan po ako sa ating mga kababayan na kung mayroon po kayong impormasyon na pwedeng makatulong para sa pagresolba ng kasong ito at makakapagturo sa mga miyembro ng CNTs maaari lamang ay ipagbigay alam ninyo o i-text sa ating RD’s Hotline: 0945-764-4414 and 0908-777-9992”. (PIO- PRO4A)
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PCSUPT EDWARD E CARRANZA, Regional Director condemned the arson incident occurred at Sitio Queborosa, Brgy. Magsaysay, Infanta, Quezon on February 8 at 6:30 in the morning....
According to report of Police Chief Inspector Lowell Atienza, Chief of Police Infanta Municipal Police Station, three (3) Back Hoe and one (1) Bulldozer owned by Northern Builders Corporation was burned by more or less fifteen (15) members of Community NPA Terrorists (CNTs), these heavy equipments are being utilize for the road widening of the construction for the Kaliwa Dam.
Infanta MPS together with the members of the 3rd and 4th Platoon, 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) led by PCI Hobert O Sarmiento, and Quezon Police Provincial Office, Intelligence Branch headed by PSupt Norman T Ranon validated the said report and conducted in-depth investigation.
“Upon knowledge of the incident, I immediately directed my men to double their efforts in solving the case and assure that the responsible persons will be put behind bars”, RD Carranza.
“Nakikipagtulungan na po ang PRO4A sa ating Armed Forces para mahuli ang may pakana sa insidenteng ito. Hindi po naming hahayaan na patuloy na gumawa at maghasik ng karahasan ang mga rebeldeng ito sa ating komunidad. Makakaasa po kayong gagawin naming ang lahat para matukoy natin ang mga suspects at mapanagot natin sila sa batas.”
“Nananawagan po ako sa ating mga kababayan na kung mayroon po kayong impormasyon na pwedeng makatulong para sa pagresolba ng kasong ito at makakapagturo sa mga miyembro ng CNTs maaari lamang ay ipagbigay alam ninyo o i-text sa ating RD’s Hotline: 0945-764-4414 and 0908-777-9992”. (PIO- PRO4A)
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DWDD: Statement | New CSAFP Visits NOLCOM
From Katropa DWDD Virtual RTV (Feb 10, 2019): Statement | New CSAFP Visits NOLCOM
GEN BENJAMIN R MADRIGAL JR, AFP, The new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP) visited Northern Luzon Command on February 09, 2019 around 9 in the morning to assess the advancement of NOLCOM campaign and activities in connection in fulfilling the mission of the AFP. ...
After the Arrival Honors for GEN MADRIGAL, they proceeded with a brief conference on NOLCOM's campaign efforts and gains in advancing peace and development and confronting the local communist threats in the Northern Luzon area.
GEN MADRIGAL has commended the NOLCOM for its significant accomplishment and contribution in promoting significant peace and development initiatives and sustaining a stable security environment in Northern Luzon. The CSAFP stressed the importance of the whole of nation approach in ending the local communist insurgency and addressing the various concern of people in all insurgency-affected areas in Northern Luzon. The event was attended by all subordinate unit commanders under NOLCOM and the unified command’s primary staff.
Subsequently, a short awarding ceremony was conducted in front of NOLCOM’s Admin Building to honor and appreciate the service of several military men who have astoundingly and meritoriously performed their duties.
GEN MADRIGAL left a message to the whole NOLCOM stating “Let us do our duty, we share the burden of accomplishing our mission, and that every time, we must think of ways on how we can contribute in carrying out our mission. Let us help each other.”
With the guidance of CSAFP and the leadership of LTGEN EMMANUEL B SALAMAT, AFP NOLCOM Commander, the whole command will continue to strive in attaining its mission and will relentlessly execute its purpose of Advancing Peace and Development, Fighting for our people’s rights and against all threats to peace, development, & security, and protecting our sovereign territory.
📸 Nolcom
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GEN BENJAMIN R MADRIGAL JR, AFP, The new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP) visited Northern Luzon Command on February 09, 2019 around 9 in the morning to assess the advancement of NOLCOM campaign and activities in connection in fulfilling the mission of the AFP. ...
After the Arrival Honors for GEN MADRIGAL, they proceeded with a brief conference on NOLCOM's campaign efforts and gains in advancing peace and development and confronting the local communist threats in the Northern Luzon area.
GEN MADRIGAL has commended the NOLCOM for its significant accomplishment and contribution in promoting significant peace and development initiatives and sustaining a stable security environment in Northern Luzon. The CSAFP stressed the importance of the whole of nation approach in ending the local communist insurgency and addressing the various concern of people in all insurgency-affected areas in Northern Luzon. The event was attended by all subordinate unit commanders under NOLCOM and the unified command’s primary staff.
Subsequently, a short awarding ceremony was conducted in front of NOLCOM’s Admin Building to honor and appreciate the service of several military men who have astoundingly and meritoriously performed their duties.
GEN MADRIGAL left a message to the whole NOLCOM stating “Let us do our duty, we share the burden of accomplishing our mission, and that every time, we must think of ways on how we can contribute in carrying out our mission. Let us help each other.”
With the guidance of CSAFP and the leadership of LTGEN EMMANUEL B SALAMAT, AFP NOLCOM Commander, the whole command will continue to strive in attaining its mission and will relentlessly execute its purpose of Advancing Peace and Development, Fighting for our people’s rights and against all threats to peace, development, & security, and protecting our sovereign territory.
📸 Nolcom
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NPA rebels burn heavy equipment for road project
From Tempo (Feb 10, 2019): NPA rebels burn heavy equipment for road project
The Philippine National Police criticized the New People’s Army Saturday after three backhoes and a bulldozer used in a road-widening project for the construction of a dam in Infanta, Quezon were burned by suspected communist rebels over the weekend.
Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Philippine National Police Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area, said at least 15 NPA rebels are believed to be behind the arson incident.
According to Chief Insp. Lowell Atienza, chief of the Infanta Municipal Police Station, they received a report from a concerned citizen that the communist rebels raided a construction site in Sitio Queborosa in Barangay Magsaysay around 6:30 a.m. Friday and burned some equipment.
Atienza said investigators were immediately dispatched to verify the incident and it turned out that indeed, three backhoes and a bulldozer owned by Northern Builders Corp. were burned by the still unidentified NPA rebels.
Carranza said the burned equipment was used in a road-widening work for the construction of the P12.2-billion Kaliwa Dam project.
The Kaliwa Dam project is expected to provide an additional 600 million liters of water a day to the province and other nearby areas, including Metro Manila, according to authorities.
Carranza said the police have coordinated with the military to identify the perpetrators of the arson incident and make them pay for what they did.
The Calabarzon top cop appealed to the public to reach out to them should they have any helpful information that could lead to the location of the rebels. The Calabarzon police could be reached through their hotlines 09457644414 and 0908777-9992.
http://tempo.com.ph/2019/02/10/npa-rebels-burn-heavy-equipment-for-road-project/
The Philippine National Police criticized the New People’s Army Saturday after three backhoes and a bulldozer used in a road-widening project for the construction of a dam in Infanta, Quezon were burned by suspected communist rebels over the weekend.
Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Philippine National Police Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area, said at least 15 NPA rebels are believed to be behind the arson incident.
According to Chief Insp. Lowell Atienza, chief of the Infanta Municipal Police Station, they received a report from a concerned citizen that the communist rebels raided a construction site in Sitio Queborosa in Barangay Magsaysay around 6:30 a.m. Friday and burned some equipment.
Atienza said investigators were immediately dispatched to verify the incident and it turned out that indeed, three backhoes and a bulldozer owned by Northern Builders Corp. were burned by the still unidentified NPA rebels.
Carranza said the burned equipment was used in a road-widening work for the construction of the P12.2-billion Kaliwa Dam project.
The Kaliwa Dam project is expected to provide an additional 600 million liters of water a day to the province and other nearby areas, including Metro Manila, according to authorities.
Carranza said the police have coordinated with the military to identify the perpetrators of the arson incident and make them pay for what they did.
The Calabarzon top cop appealed to the public to reach out to them should they have any helpful information that could lead to the location of the rebels. The Calabarzon police could be reached through their hotlines 09457644414 and 0908777-9992.
http://tempo.com.ph/2019/02/10/npa-rebels-burn-heavy-equipment-for-road-project/
Opinion: False claims by the CPP-NPA
Opinion piece by Marit Stinus-Cabugon in the Manila Times (Feb 11): False claims by the CPP-NPA
The battle for Central Negros rages on, on the ground and in cyberspace.
The New People’s Army recently claimed that its military offensives in Central Negros in January resulted to the death of not less than 23 soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion in Guihulngan City alone.
However, aside from one member of the Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) who was liquidated by the NPA on January 6, not a single soldier was killed or seriously wounded or injured.
Before 5 in the morning of January 19, the NPA attacked a group of soldiers near the barangay hall of Brgy. Tacpao in Guihulngan City. “Ni-reyd ng mga kasama ang [Peace and Development Team of 94th Infantry Battalion] sa barangay hall at Day Care Center ng Tacpao gamit ang mga command-detonated na explosibo (CDX). … Namatay sa naturang reyd ang 12 sundalo”, Ang Bayan, the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines, reported in its January 21, 2019 issue. Such a slaughter would obviously have been difficult to hide from the local residents.
What actually happened was that the attackers fled after a brief firefight, leaving behind several rounds of assorted ammunition, a pistol, three caps, and bloodstains. Three NPA members were wounded according to 19-year old Efren Canumay who participated in the attack but later surrendered to the troops. The Leonardo Panaligan Command (NPA Central Negros) not surprisingly denied having Efren in their roster and also denied recruiting minors. Efren joined the NPA when he was 17.
That the NPA recruits minors is old news. No amount of denial by JB Regalado, the spokesperson of the NPA in Central Negros, can take away the fact that the NPA recruits minors, sometimes as young as 15. Didn’t the NPA take great pride in having more than 100 youth, including students, parade in a remote corner of Guihulngan City in connection with the recent 50th founding anniversary of the CPP?
The CPP-NPA is increasingly experiencing problems getting its propaganda and narrative out to the public as its social media accounts and websites have been under attack lately. The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines on December 26 complained that “alternative media outfits Bulatlat and Kodao … were taken down almost simultaneously. That these assaults on freedom of the press and of free expression took place on the 50th founding anniversary of the CPP is clearly no coincidence.” Obviously, as the CPP-NPA-NDFP’s website www.philippinerevolution.info became inaccessible too.
Facebook accounts of the NPA in Negros have less if any activity with other accounts taking over the posting of updates. Fake accounts, some using the names and photos of the NPA accounts, have emerged posting anti-NPA comments, photos and memes on Facebook walls of the CPP-NPA, allied organizations and individuals.
Kodao Productions that featured CPP’s 50th anniversary in Bicol, in 2016 covered the anniversary with the NPA in Central Negros. On that occasion, Juanito Magbanua of the NPA’s Apolinario Gatmaitan (Negros) Command told Kodao that the gathering was the “largest event” the NPA in Negros had “ever hosted.” Magbanua bragged that more guerrilla fronts were being developed. And true enough, the Mt. Cansermon Command was activated sometime late 2017, becoming the fifth NPA command in Negros.
In December 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte’s ceasefire was still in force. Troops were being pulled out of Negros. But the situation is different today with soldiers again being deployed in Negros – 220 additional a few days ago – and the Duterte Administration no longer having intentions of giving political or military concessions to the CPP. The plan last year for a stand-down agreement (to have taken effect June 21 2018) seems to have been the last hoorah of those who, despite all the evidence of the CPP-NPA-NDFP’s real intentions and lack of sincerity, still believed in formal peace talks.
The government is luring both regular NPA members and its mass base to abandon the communist cause and avail of the programs offered to rebel returnees. In Bohol, 77 CPP-NPA supporters “surrendered” last year to avail of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) jointly offered by the provincial and national governments. The number of surrenderees – mass base and combatants – in Negros Island in 2018 was a modest 19 (The Daily Guardian, February 8, 2019). However, as the government intensifies its anti-insurgency campaign in Negros – militarily, propaganda-wise and through civil-military initiatives – more NPA mass base and fighters are likely to see the wisdom of surrendering.
A government that fails to address the needs and concerns of the people is usually the biggest recruiter for insurgent movements. However, while the communists often raise valid points against the government, armed attacks on soldiers only make life more miserable for the local population. Furthermore, untrue claims of losses inflicted on government troops have the CPP-NPA look like just another purveyor of fake news.
https://www.manilatimes.net/false-claims-by-the-cpp-npa/509821/
The battle for Central Negros rages on, on the ground and in cyberspace.
The New People’s Army recently claimed that its military offensives in Central Negros in January resulted to the death of not less than 23 soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion in Guihulngan City alone.
However, aside from one member of the Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) who was liquidated by the NPA on January 6, not a single soldier was killed or seriously wounded or injured.
Before 5 in the morning of January 19, the NPA attacked a group of soldiers near the barangay hall of Brgy. Tacpao in Guihulngan City. “Ni-reyd ng mga kasama ang [Peace and Development Team of 94th Infantry Battalion] sa barangay hall at Day Care Center ng Tacpao gamit ang mga command-detonated na explosibo (CDX). … Namatay sa naturang reyd ang 12 sundalo”, Ang Bayan, the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines, reported in its January 21, 2019 issue. Such a slaughter would obviously have been difficult to hide from the local residents.
What actually happened was that the attackers fled after a brief firefight, leaving behind several rounds of assorted ammunition, a pistol, three caps, and bloodstains. Three NPA members were wounded according to 19-year old Efren Canumay who participated in the attack but later surrendered to the troops. The Leonardo Panaligan Command (NPA Central Negros) not surprisingly denied having Efren in their roster and also denied recruiting minors. Efren joined the NPA when he was 17.
That the NPA recruits minors is old news. No amount of denial by JB Regalado, the spokesperson of the NPA in Central Negros, can take away the fact that the NPA recruits minors, sometimes as young as 15. Didn’t the NPA take great pride in having more than 100 youth, including students, parade in a remote corner of Guihulngan City in connection with the recent 50th founding anniversary of the CPP?
The CPP-NPA is increasingly experiencing problems getting its propaganda and narrative out to the public as its social media accounts and websites have been under attack lately. The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines on December 26 complained that “alternative media outfits Bulatlat and Kodao … were taken down almost simultaneously. That these assaults on freedom of the press and of free expression took place on the 50th founding anniversary of the CPP is clearly no coincidence.” Obviously, as the CPP-NPA-NDFP’s website www.philippinerevolution.info became inaccessible too.
Facebook accounts of the NPA in Negros have less if any activity with other accounts taking over the posting of updates. Fake accounts, some using the names and photos of the NPA accounts, have emerged posting anti-NPA comments, photos and memes on Facebook walls of the CPP-NPA, allied organizations and individuals.
Kodao Productions that featured CPP’s 50th anniversary in Bicol, in 2016 covered the anniversary with the NPA in Central Negros. On that occasion, Juanito Magbanua of the NPA’s Apolinario Gatmaitan (Negros) Command told Kodao that the gathering was the “largest event” the NPA in Negros had “ever hosted.” Magbanua bragged that more guerrilla fronts were being developed. And true enough, the Mt. Cansermon Command was activated sometime late 2017, becoming the fifth NPA command in Negros.
In December 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte’s ceasefire was still in force. Troops were being pulled out of Negros. But the situation is different today with soldiers again being deployed in Negros – 220 additional a few days ago – and the Duterte Administration no longer having intentions of giving political or military concessions to the CPP. The plan last year for a stand-down agreement (to have taken effect June 21 2018) seems to have been the last hoorah of those who, despite all the evidence of the CPP-NPA-NDFP’s real intentions and lack of sincerity, still believed in formal peace talks.
The government is luring both regular NPA members and its mass base to abandon the communist cause and avail of the programs offered to rebel returnees. In Bohol, 77 CPP-NPA supporters “surrendered” last year to avail of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) jointly offered by the provincial and national governments. The number of surrenderees – mass base and combatants – in Negros Island in 2018 was a modest 19 (The Daily Guardian, February 8, 2019). However, as the government intensifies its anti-insurgency campaign in Negros – militarily, propaganda-wise and through civil-military initiatives – more NPA mass base and fighters are likely to see the wisdom of surrendering.
A government that fails to address the needs and concerns of the people is usually the biggest recruiter for insurgent movements. However, while the communists often raise valid points against the government, armed attacks on soldiers only make life more miserable for the local population. Furthermore, untrue claims of losses inflicted on government troops have the CPP-NPA look like just another purveyor of fake news.
https://www.manilatimes.net/false-claims-by-the-cpp-npa/509821/
Police condemns NPA for burning heavy equipment in Quezon
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 10, 2019): Police condemns NPA for burning heavy equipment in Quezon
(Photo courtesy of PRO4A-RPIO)
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – Calabarzon Police Regional Office Chief Supt. Edward Carranza on Saturday condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) terrorist group for the of burning heavy equipment in Infanta, Quezon.
Carranza said around 15 members of the NPA torched three backhoes and a bulldozer being used for Kaliwa Dam project at Sitio Queborosa in Barangay Magsaysay in the eastern Infanta town on Friday.
“Upon knowledge of the incident, I immediately directed my men to double their efforts in solving the case and assure that the responsible persons will be put behind bars,” Carranza said.
He said the Region 4A Police Office (PRO4A) is now coordinating with our Armed Forces of the Philippines for the arrest of the perpetrators of the incident.
“Hindi po namin hahayaan na patuloy na gumawa at maghasik ng karahasan ang mga rebeldeng ito sa ating komunidad (We will not allow these rebels to continue to commit and sow violence in our communities),” he warned.
He also assured to exhaust all means to track down and arrest the suspects.
Infanta police chief Lowell Atienza said heavy equipment burned by the NPA, tagged by the US and European Union as terrorist group, are owned by the Northern Builders Corporation.
Atienza said the Infanta police together with members of the 3rd and 4th Platoon, 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) led by PCI Hobert O. Sarmiento, and Quezon Police Provincial Office, Intelligence Branch headed by Supt. Norman Ranon are now conducting in-depth investigation.
The regional police office urged the public to provide information for the immediate arrest of the suspects through RD’s Hotline: 0945-764-4414 and 0908-777-9992”.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061490
(Photo courtesy of PRO4A-RPIO)
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – Calabarzon Police Regional Office Chief Supt. Edward Carranza on Saturday condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) terrorist group for the of burning heavy equipment in Infanta, Quezon.
Carranza said around 15 members of the NPA torched three backhoes and a bulldozer being used for Kaliwa Dam project at Sitio Queborosa in Barangay Magsaysay in the eastern Infanta town on Friday.
“Upon knowledge of the incident, I immediately directed my men to double their efforts in solving the case and assure that the responsible persons will be put behind bars,” Carranza said.
He said the Region 4A Police Office (PRO4A) is now coordinating with our Armed Forces of the Philippines for the arrest of the perpetrators of the incident.
“Hindi po namin hahayaan na patuloy na gumawa at maghasik ng karahasan ang mga rebeldeng ito sa ating komunidad (We will not allow these rebels to continue to commit and sow violence in our communities),” he warned.
He also assured to exhaust all means to track down and arrest the suspects.
Infanta police chief Lowell Atienza said heavy equipment burned by the NPA, tagged by the US and European Union as terrorist group, are owned by the Northern Builders Corporation.
Atienza said the Infanta police together with members of the 3rd and 4th Platoon, 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) led by PCI Hobert O. Sarmiento, and Quezon Police Provincial Office, Intelligence Branch headed by Supt. Norman Ranon are now conducting in-depth investigation.
The regional police office urged the public to provide information for the immediate arrest of the suspects through RD’s Hotline: 0945-764-4414 and 0908-777-9992”.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061490
Centcom lauds resident’s tip-off in foiled NPA attack
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 10, 2019): Centcom lauds resident’s tip-off in foiled NPA attack
SEIZED BELONGINGS. Photo shows the M16 rifle with 11 magazines, an Anti-Personnel Mine, a rifle grenade, a commercial radio, personal belongings, and subversive documents recovered by the soldiers of the 15th Infantry Battalion based in Negros Oriental after an encounter in Sitio Baliw, Barangay Bagtic, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Feb. 8, 2019. (Photo contributed by Central Command - Information Office)
CEBU CITY — The Central Command (Centcom) on Sunday praised the act of a concerned citizen in the town of Mabinay in Negros Oriental for reporting to soldiers the plan of New People's Army rebels to disrupt a community program supported by the military and the local government unit.
Centcom commander, Lt. Gen. Noel Clement said the timely report by the resident led to the encounter between troops under the 15th Infantry Battalion and the “anti-development communist terrorist group” in Sitio Baliw, Barangay Bagtic of said town last Friday, February 8.
Clement said the soldiers were conducting community support programs in said place when they received a report from one of the townsfolk about the plan of the NPA rebels to attack government troops attending the activity.
Lt. Col. Patricio Tomales, commander of the 15th Infantry Battalion, “immediately ordered his troops to launch a deliberate action to preempt the evil plan,” Clement said in statement sent to the Philippine News Agency.
“We were able to hit the enemy for about 30 minutes and later pushed them out of the encounter site, recovering several items such as one M16 rifle with 11 magazines, one Anti-Personnel Mine, one rifle grenade, one commercial radio, personal belongings, and subversive documents,” the statement quoted Tomales as saying.
There were no reports of casualties on both sides. Clement, however, said the blood stains along the enemy withdrawal route suggest that the enemy suffered gunshot wounds during the firefight.
He also emphasized the motivation of the soldiers who managed to quell the plans of the NPA rebels.
“This victory is a testimony of courage coupled with strong determination of our troops who are helping the local government units ensure full implementation of programs that will alleviate the socio-economic problem affecting their localities,” Clement said.
He reminded the people in the Visayas on the rebels’ stance on development.
“The evil plan however, is a solid proof of NPA’s anti-development stance to keep people drenched in poverty. Their pathetic move didn’t work this time. The people, to whom we dedicate our service, are now actively reporting the enemy’s presence and activities in their barangays. We are happy that they fully understand and support the government’s peace and development initiatives,” he also said.
Brig. Gen. Ignacio Madriaga, commander of the Army's 302nd Infantry (Achiever) Brigade, said in the same statement that "This encounter is the result of the continuing coordinative effort of the populace who had grown weary of the NPA menace and the unrelenting commitment of your Army troops to protect the community from the NPA terrorists.”
According to him, the incident which sprang from a concerned resident’s report “is a clear manifestation that the locals are no longer afraid of the NPA terrorist group.”
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061510
SEIZED BELONGINGS. Photo shows the M16 rifle with 11 magazines, an Anti-Personnel Mine, a rifle grenade, a commercial radio, personal belongings, and subversive documents recovered by the soldiers of the 15th Infantry Battalion based in Negros Oriental after an encounter in Sitio Baliw, Barangay Bagtic, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Feb. 8, 2019. (Photo contributed by Central Command - Information Office)
CEBU CITY — The Central Command (Centcom) on Sunday praised the act of a concerned citizen in the town of Mabinay in Negros Oriental for reporting to soldiers the plan of New People's Army rebels to disrupt a community program supported by the military and the local government unit.
Centcom commander, Lt. Gen. Noel Clement said the timely report by the resident led to the encounter between troops under the 15th Infantry Battalion and the “anti-development communist terrorist group” in Sitio Baliw, Barangay Bagtic of said town last Friday, February 8.
Clement said the soldiers were conducting community support programs in said place when they received a report from one of the townsfolk about the plan of the NPA rebels to attack government troops attending the activity.
Lt. Col. Patricio Tomales, commander of the 15th Infantry Battalion, “immediately ordered his troops to launch a deliberate action to preempt the evil plan,” Clement said in statement sent to the Philippine News Agency.
“We were able to hit the enemy for about 30 minutes and later pushed them out of the encounter site, recovering several items such as one M16 rifle with 11 magazines, one Anti-Personnel Mine, one rifle grenade, one commercial radio, personal belongings, and subversive documents,” the statement quoted Tomales as saying.
There were no reports of casualties on both sides. Clement, however, said the blood stains along the enemy withdrawal route suggest that the enemy suffered gunshot wounds during the firefight.
He also emphasized the motivation of the soldiers who managed to quell the plans of the NPA rebels.
“This victory is a testimony of courage coupled with strong determination of our troops who are helping the local government units ensure full implementation of programs that will alleviate the socio-economic problem affecting their localities,” Clement said.
He reminded the people in the Visayas on the rebels’ stance on development.
“The evil plan however, is a solid proof of NPA’s anti-development stance to keep people drenched in poverty. Their pathetic move didn’t work this time. The people, to whom we dedicate our service, are now actively reporting the enemy’s presence and activities in their barangays. We are happy that they fully understand and support the government’s peace and development initiatives,” he also said.
Brig. Gen. Ignacio Madriaga, commander of the Army's 302nd Infantry (Achiever) Brigade, said in the same statement that "This encounter is the result of the continuing coordinative effort of the populace who had grown weary of the NPA menace and the unrelenting commitment of your Army troops to protect the community from the NPA terrorists.”
According to him, the incident which sprang from a concerned resident’s report “is a clear manifestation that the locals are no longer afraid of the NPA terrorist group.”
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061510
Palace to Joma: Extend hands for peace, rejoin society
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 10, 2019): Palace to Joma: Extend hands for peace, rejoin society
Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria "Joma" Sison should extend his hands for peace and rejoin society, Malacañang said on Sunday.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made his call after Sison slammed the offer of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to reopen peace talks, describing it as an “insult to the revolutionary movement.”
“Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance on no peace talks with the local communists unless it puts a stop to their collection of revolutionary taxes which is a euphemism for extortion, he considers it as an insult to them,” Panelo said in a statement.
“Sison must step down from his ivory tower and extend his hands for peace, for his own sake, for his followers, for the Filipino people, for his country he loves so well,” he added.
Panelo said Sison should also contribute his intellect and expertise in peaceful dialogues for the betterment and progress of all Filipinos.
“It is time to rejoin society. There is nothing dishonorable in accepting defeat. There is another path for change other than armed struggle. Filipinos cannot continue killing Filipinos,” Panelo said.
He noted that it would be “tragic” and “such a waste” for Sison to reject the President’s willingness to resume peace negotiations for disagreeing with the precondition to stop the collection of revolutionary taxes.
“To miss this golden opportunity will only reduce him to a historical footnote and thrown him into the dustbin of history. That will be tragic and such a waste,” he added.
Panelo mocked Sison’s reason for refusing to stop the collection of revolutionary taxes saying he must be “running berserk with his imagination.”
“He (Sison) claims that they cannot stop the extortion activities because its stoppage will deprive the ‘people’s government of financial resources for administration and social programs.’ Oh... they have a government?” Panelo said.
“He has to wake up from his daydreaming lest he gets a nightmare that will cut short his bourgeoisie lifestyle in The Netherlands,” he added.
Panelo, meanwhile, described Sison and a handful of his followers as “victims of their own revolution” for still hoping to overthrow the existing political order but failing to do so for over 50 years.
In 2017, Duterte terminated peace talks with communist rebels following continued attacks against government troops.
The United States and European Union have declared the CPP-NPA as a terror group.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061509
Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria "Joma" Sison should extend his hands for peace and rejoin society, Malacañang said on Sunday.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made his call after Sison slammed the offer of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to reopen peace talks, describing it as an “insult to the revolutionary movement.”
“Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance on no peace talks with the local communists unless it puts a stop to their collection of revolutionary taxes which is a euphemism for extortion, he considers it as an insult to them,” Panelo said in a statement.
“Sison must step down from his ivory tower and extend his hands for peace, for his own sake, for his followers, for the Filipino people, for his country he loves so well,” he added.
Panelo said Sison should also contribute his intellect and expertise in peaceful dialogues for the betterment and progress of all Filipinos.
“It is time to rejoin society. There is nothing dishonorable in accepting defeat. There is another path for change other than armed struggle. Filipinos cannot continue killing Filipinos,” Panelo said.
He noted that it would be “tragic” and “such a waste” for Sison to reject the President’s willingness to resume peace negotiations for disagreeing with the precondition to stop the collection of revolutionary taxes.
“To miss this golden opportunity will only reduce him to a historical footnote and thrown him into the dustbin of history. That will be tragic and such a waste,” he added.
Panelo mocked Sison’s reason for refusing to stop the collection of revolutionary taxes saying he must be “running berserk with his imagination.”
“He (Sison) claims that they cannot stop the extortion activities because its stoppage will deprive the ‘people’s government of financial resources for administration and social programs.’ Oh... they have a government?” Panelo said.
“He has to wake up from his daydreaming lest he gets a nightmare that will cut short his bourgeoisie lifestyle in The Netherlands,” he added.
Panelo, meanwhile, described Sison and a handful of his followers as “victims of their own revolution” for still hoping to overthrow the existing political order but failing to do so for over 50 years.
In 2017, Duterte terminated peace talks with communist rebels following continued attacks against government troops.
The United States and European Union have declared the CPP-NPA as a terror group.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061509
Saturday, February 9, 2019
2 NPAs surrender, yield EIDs to Army
From the Manila Bulletin (Feb 8, 2019): 2 NPAs surrender, yield EIDs to Army
Two Communist New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists (CNTs) surrendered on Thursday to the 71st Infantry Battalion (71st IB) in Purok 8, Barangay Nueva Visayas, Mawab, Compostela Valley (ComVal) province, according to First Lt. Jhocell D. Asis, Civil Military Operation (CMO) officer of the 71st IB.
Asis added the former rebels also yielded powerful bombs weighing at least 15 kilos each.
In a statement sent to The Manila Bulletin late Thursday afternoon, the 71st CMO officer said the two regular NPA fighters, whose names were withheld for their safety, were accompanied by Mawab town Mayor Ruperto S. Gonzaga III when they voluntarily presented themselves to the command group of the 71st IB led by Lt. Col. Estevyn E. Ducusin.
They yielded three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS) weighing at least 15 kilos each.
The ex-rebels said the bombs were already planted in strategic places and intended to inflict damage on the military and the public. But their conscience reportedly convinced them to dig up the bombs and surrender these to the Army, Asis said.
They former members of Guerilla Front 27 (GF 27), Sub Regional Committee 2 (SRC2) of the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines)-NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Command (SMRC), the 71st CMO officer said.
One of those who surrendered was a 25-year-old vice political instructor and vice commanding officer, while the other was 24 years old and was a squad medical officer.
The latter said it was his father’s involvement in the movement that persuaded her to join the NPA. When her father killed during an encounter in Barangay Parasanon, Maragusan last 2016, she learned that his body was just abandoned by his comrades.
This was a complete lie to what her father’s companions told her that he was still alive.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/02/08/2-npas-surrender-yield-eids-to-army/
Two Communist New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists (CNTs) surrendered on Thursday to the 71st Infantry Battalion (71st IB) in Purok 8, Barangay Nueva Visayas, Mawab, Compostela Valley (ComVal) province, according to First Lt. Jhocell D. Asis, Civil Military Operation (CMO) officer of the 71st IB.
Asis added the former rebels also yielded powerful bombs weighing at least 15 kilos each.
In a statement sent to The Manila Bulletin late Thursday afternoon, the 71st CMO officer said the two regular NPA fighters, whose names were withheld for their safety, were accompanied by Mawab town Mayor Ruperto S. Gonzaga III when they voluntarily presented themselves to the command group of the 71st IB led by Lt. Col. Estevyn E. Ducusin.
They yielded three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS) weighing at least 15 kilos each.
The ex-rebels said the bombs were already planted in strategic places and intended to inflict damage on the military and the public. But their conscience reportedly convinced them to dig up the bombs and surrender these to the Army, Asis said.
They former members of Guerilla Front 27 (GF 27), Sub Regional Committee 2 (SRC2) of the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines)-NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Command (SMRC), the 71st CMO officer said.
One of those who surrendered was a 25-year-old vice political instructor and vice commanding officer, while the other was 24 years old and was a squad medical officer.
The latter said it was his father’s involvement in the movement that persuaded her to join the NPA. When her father killed during an encounter in Barangay Parasanon, Maragusan last 2016, she learned that his body was just abandoned by his comrades.
This was a complete lie to what her father’s companions told her that he was still alive.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/02/08/2-npas-surrender-yield-eids-to-army/
2 Abu Sayyaf suspects in 2001 Basilan abduction case arrested
Posted to UNTV News & Rescue (Feb 8, 2019): 2 Abu Sayyaf suspects in 2001 Basilan abduction case arrested
(L-R) Harub Jaljalis aka Indal; Pinky Ani Hadjinulla
Eighteen years since the kidnapping and beheading incidents at Golden Harvest Plantation in Basilan in 2001, authorities finally arrested on Sunday (February 3) two elusive suspects in the crime.
Harub Jaljalis alias Indal, 45, and Pinky Ani Hadjinulla, 37, have been positively identified by survivors of the Golden Harvest Plantation incident as among the abductors. The two are alleged members of the Islamist terrorist organization, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Indal, who was arrested at a canteen in Zamboanga City, is a bomb maker for the Radullan Sahiron faction of the ASG. He received bomb-making training from Indonesian and Middle Eastern jihadists. He also served as an escort for a number of high-profile terrorists.
Indal has been known to work closely with Pinky Ani Hadjinulla who was arrested inside a shopping mall in Zamboanga City.
NBI Counter Terrorism Division chief, Atty. Raoul Manguerra said, “In a way we tried to neutralize this cell of Indal and Pinky Hadjinulla. Pinky Hadjinulla, we believe, conducts reconnaissance around Zamboanga to know possible targets either kidnapping or to commit other atrocities like throwing grenades.”
Authorities believe that the arrested suspects employ such tactics to create chaos in Zamboanga, Basilan Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, particularly after the series of bombings in these areas.
“They can conduct a series of bombings and kidnapping incidents to divert the focus and the attention of the law enforcement and the security forces in the area,” said NBI Deputy Director Ferdinand Lavin.
Authorities are still looking into the suspects’ possible involvement in the recent Jolo and Sulu blasts.
https://www.untvweb.com/news/2-abu-sayyaf-suspects-in-2001-basilan-abduction-case-arrested/
(L-R) Harub Jaljalis aka Indal; Pinky Ani Hadjinulla
Eighteen years since the kidnapping and beheading incidents at Golden Harvest Plantation in Basilan in 2001, authorities finally arrested on Sunday (February 3) two elusive suspects in the crime.
Harub Jaljalis alias Indal, 45, and Pinky Ani Hadjinulla, 37, have been positively identified by survivors of the Golden Harvest Plantation incident as among the abductors. The two are alleged members of the Islamist terrorist organization, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Indal, who was arrested at a canteen in Zamboanga City, is a bomb maker for the Radullan Sahiron faction of the ASG. He received bomb-making training from Indonesian and Middle Eastern jihadists. He also served as an escort for a number of high-profile terrorists.
Indal has been known to work closely with Pinky Ani Hadjinulla who was arrested inside a shopping mall in Zamboanga City.
NBI Counter Terrorism Division chief, Atty. Raoul Manguerra said, “In a way we tried to neutralize this cell of Indal and Pinky Hadjinulla. Pinky Hadjinulla, we believe, conducts reconnaissance around Zamboanga to know possible targets either kidnapping or to commit other atrocities like throwing grenades.”
Authorities believe that the arrested suspects employ such tactics to create chaos in Zamboanga, Basilan Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, particularly after the series of bombings in these areas.
“They can conduct a series of bombings and kidnapping incidents to divert the focus and the attention of the law enforcement and the security forces in the area,” said NBI Deputy Director Ferdinand Lavin.
Authorities are still looking into the suspects’ possible involvement in the recent Jolo and Sulu blasts.
https://www.untvweb.com/news/2-abu-sayyaf-suspects-in-2001-basilan-abduction-case-arrested/
1ID: New Team Tabak Commander
From the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division Website (Feb 8, 2019): New Team Tabak Commander
Brigadier General Roberto T Ancan, AFP assumed office as the Commander of the 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division, Philippine Army, on February 7, 2019, replacing Maj. Gen. Roseller G Murillo AFP, who compulsory retired from the service. Since its establishment on May 5, 1936, Brig. Gen. Ancan now becomes the 45th Commander among the lineage of noble Officers to lead the unit tasked to serve the communities and protect the land in its Area of Responsibility in Zamboanga Peninsula, Lanao Province and Misamis Oriental.
The new 1st Division Commander hails from the province of Victorias, Negros Occidental and is a member of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Hinirang” Class of 1987. An Airborne Ranger and well-rounded military officer with expertise in training, operations and managerial acumen. He is a graduate of Master in Management Major in Public Management.
Earlier in his military career, he was a platoon leader of the 11th and 66th Infantry Battalion, Company Commander of the 11th Scout Ranger Company, First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR), Special Operations Command (SOCOM). He also rendered service on training as Course Directors in Scout Ranger Training School in Mindanao and Combat Arms School, Training and Doctrine Command.
Brig. Gen. Ancan also served at management branch of Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations G7, and Personnel G1 of the FSRR, SOCOM. He also became the Commanding Officer of the 66th and the 72nd Infantry Battalion of the 10th Infantry Division.
His previous assignments speak well of his leadership by example, excellent performance and remarkable influence, which put him in various sensitive key positions as Commander of the AFP Peace Keeping Operations. Chief of Staff of the FSRR, SOCOM, PA and the 3rd Infantry Division based in Jamindan Capiz.
Prior to his new post, he was the commander of the 1002nd Infantry Brigade based in Malungon, Sarangani.
A recipient of a long list of rightfully earned awards and commendations, the highest of which is the Distinguished Service Star that sets the bar high for all Tabak Troopers to emulate.
http://teamtabak.com/2019/02/08/new-team-tabak-commander/
Brigadier General Roberto T Ancan, AFP assumed office as the Commander of the 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division, Philippine Army, on February 7, 2019, replacing Maj. Gen. Roseller G Murillo AFP, who compulsory retired from the service. Since its establishment on May 5, 1936, Brig. Gen. Ancan now becomes the 45th Commander among the lineage of noble Officers to lead the unit tasked to serve the communities and protect the land in its Area of Responsibility in Zamboanga Peninsula, Lanao Province and Misamis Oriental.
The new 1st Division Commander hails from the province of Victorias, Negros Occidental and is a member of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Hinirang” Class of 1987. An Airborne Ranger and well-rounded military officer with expertise in training, operations and managerial acumen. He is a graduate of Master in Management Major in Public Management.
Earlier in his military career, he was a platoon leader of the 11th and 66th Infantry Battalion, Company Commander of the 11th Scout Ranger Company, First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR), Special Operations Command (SOCOM). He also rendered service on training as Course Directors in Scout Ranger Training School in Mindanao and Combat Arms School, Training and Doctrine Command.
Brig. Gen. Ancan also served at management branch of Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations G7, and Personnel G1 of the FSRR, SOCOM. He also became the Commanding Officer of the 66th and the 72nd Infantry Battalion of the 10th Infantry Division.
His previous assignments speak well of his leadership by example, excellent performance and remarkable influence, which put him in various sensitive key positions as Commander of the AFP Peace Keeping Operations. Chief of Staff of the FSRR, SOCOM, PA and the 3rd Infantry Division based in Jamindan Capiz.
Prior to his new post, he was the commander of the 1002nd Infantry Brigade based in Malungon, Sarangani.
A recipient of a long list of rightfully earned awards and commendations, the highest of which is the Distinguished Service Star that sets the bar high for all Tabak Troopers to emulate.
http://teamtabak.com/2019/02/08/new-team-tabak-commander/
MILF: Result of North Cotabato plebiscite was a landslide in favor of BARMM- Sinarimbo
Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Feb 10, 2019): Result of North Cotabato plebiscite was a landslide in favor of BARMM- Sinarimbo
Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao-Sixty-three (63) villages in North Cotabato is set to join the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) after the yes vote won overwhelmingly in 7 municipalities in the just-concluded plebiscite.
Only four (4) of the villages whose petitions were approved by COMELEC where the yes vote failed to muster majority votes.
The four barangays that did not make it to the BARMM were Galidan in Tulunan town, Balatican in Pikit and Pagangan and Lower Mingading in Aleosan said North Cotabato Board Member Kelie Antao.
Antao campaigned hard for the Yes vote throughout the campaign period.
Results of the canvassing of the municipal plebiscite results were slated to be flown to Manila Friday for submission to the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers, which shall officially declare the results, according to a report by Inquirer Mindanao.
Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, Secretary General of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party, the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said the result of the plebiscite in North Cotabato was a landslide in favor of the BARMM.
Sinarimbo thanked North Cotabato leaders, headed by Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, for backing the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which was ratified by a majority of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during the first plebiscite on January 21, the Inquirer Mindanao also said.
Inquirer Mindanao said that based on the results from the municipal Plebiscite Board of Canvassers for Wednesday’s plebiscite, 22 villages in Pikit will become part of BARMM; 13 villages in Midsayap; 12 in Pigcawayan; seven in Carmen; seven in Kabacan; and two in Aleosan.
Sinarimbo said the poll outcome would pave the way for long-term stability in North Cotabato, a province affected by the Moro rebellion. (Source: Inquirer Mindanao)
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1727/result-of-north-cotabato-plebiscite-was-a-landslide-in-favor-of-barmm--sinarimbo
Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao-Sixty-three (63) villages in North Cotabato is set to join the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) after the yes vote won overwhelmingly in 7 municipalities in the just-concluded plebiscite.
Only four (4) of the villages whose petitions were approved by COMELEC where the yes vote failed to muster majority votes.
The four barangays that did not make it to the BARMM were Galidan in Tulunan town, Balatican in Pikit and Pagangan and Lower Mingading in Aleosan said North Cotabato Board Member Kelie Antao.
Antao campaigned hard for the Yes vote throughout the campaign period.
Results of the canvassing of the municipal plebiscite results were slated to be flown to Manila Friday for submission to the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers, which shall officially declare the results, according to a report by Inquirer Mindanao.
Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, Secretary General of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party, the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said the result of the plebiscite in North Cotabato was a landslide in favor of the BARMM.
Sinarimbo thanked North Cotabato leaders, headed by Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, for backing the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which was ratified by a majority of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during the first plebiscite on January 21, the Inquirer Mindanao also said.
Inquirer Mindanao said that based on the results from the municipal Plebiscite Board of Canvassers for Wednesday’s plebiscite, 22 villages in Pikit will become part of BARMM; 13 villages in Midsayap; 12 in Pigcawayan; seven in Carmen; seven in Kabacan; and two in Aleosan.
Sinarimbo said the poll outcome would pave the way for long-term stability in North Cotabato, a province affected by the Moro rebellion. (Source: Inquirer Mindanao)
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1727/result-of-north-cotabato-plebiscite-was-a-landslide-in-favor-of-barmm--sinarimbo
CPP: Highest honors to Comrade Jose Ma. Sison
Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Feb 10, 2019): Highest honors to Comrade Jose Ma. Sison
Great communist thinker, leader, teacher and guide of the Filipino proletariat and torch bearer of the international communist movement.
Resolution of the Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines
November 7, 2016
The Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its profound appreciation and expresses deepest gratitude to Comrade Jose Ma. Sison for his immense contribution to the Philippine revolution as founding chair of the Party, founder of the New People’s Army and pioneer of the People’s Democratic Government in the Philippines.
Ka Joma is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist extraordinaire and indefatigable revolutionary fighter. He applied dialectical and historical materialism to expose the fundamental nature of the semicolonial and semifeudal social system in the Philippines. He put forward an incisive class analysis that laid bare the moribund, exploitative and oppressive rule of the big bourgeois compradors and big landlords in collusion with the US imperialists.
He set forth the program for a people’s democratic revolution as immediate preparation for the socialist revolution. He always sets sights on the ultimate goal of communism.
Ka Joma was a revolutionary trailblazer. In his youth, he joined workers federations and helped organize unions. Ka Joma formed the SCAUP (Student Cultural Association of the University of the Philippines) in 1959 to promote national democracy and Marxism-Leninism and wage ideological and cultural struggle against the religio-sectarians and anti-communist forces among the student intellectuals. Together with fellow proletarian revolutionaries, he initiated study meetings to read and discuss Marxist-Leninist classic writings.
Under Ka Joma’s leadership, the SCAUP organized a protest action in March 1961 against the congressional witchhunt of the Committee on Anti-Filipino Activities which targeted UP faculty members accused of writing and publishing Marxist materials in violation of the Anti-Subversion Law. Around 5,000 students joined the first demonstration with an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal character since more than ten years prior. As a consequence, Ka Joma became a target of reactionary violence and survived attempts on his life. Unfazed, he and the SCAUP continued to launch protests against the Laurel-Langley Agreement and the Military Bases Agreement and other issues as land reform and national industrialization, workers rights, civil and political liberties and solidarity with other peoples against US acts of agression up to 1964.
He and other proletarian revolutionaries eventually joined the old merger Socialist and Communist Party in 1961. In recognition of his communist and youthful fervor, he was assigned to head the youth bureau of the old Party and appointed as member of the executive committee. He initiated meetings to study the classic works of Marx, Lenin, Mao and other great communist thinkers which challenged the stale conditions of the old Party.
He founded the Kabataang Makabayan (KM) in November 1964 and led its development as one of the most important youth organizations in Philippine history. As KM chair, and as a young professor and militant, he went on campus tours and spoke before students as well as young professionals to espouse the necessity of waging a national democratic revolution. His speeches compiled in the volume Struggle for National Democracy (SND) served as one of the cornerstones of the national democratic propaganda movement. The KM would eventually be at the head and core of large mass demonstrations during the late 1960s up to the declaration of martial law in 1972.
As one of the leaders of the old party, Ka Joma prepared a political report exposing and repudiating the revisionism and opportunism of the successive Lava leadership as well as the errors of military adventurism and capitulation of the Taruc-Sumulong gang of the old people’s liberation army. The old party had deteriorated as an out-and-out revisionist party.
Despite Ka Joma’s effort, the old party proved to be beyond resuscitation from its revisionist death. Gangsters in the old party would carry out attempts on his life to snuff the revolutionary revival of the Filipino proletariat.
As Amado Guerrero, Ka Joma led the reestablishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines on the theoretical foundations of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. He prepared the Party constitution, the Program for a People’s Democratic Revolution and the document Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party and presided over the Congress of Reestablishment held in Alaminos, Pangasinan on December 26, 1968. In 1969, he authored Philippine Society and Revolution which presents the history of the Filipino people, analyzes the semicolonial and semifeudal character of Philippine society and defines the people’s democratic revolution. He prepared the Basic Rules of the New People’s Army and the Declaration of the New People’s Army and directed the Meeting of Red commanders and fighters to found the New People’s Army (NPA) on March 29, 1969.
He led the Party in its early period of growth. He wrote the Organizational Guide and Outline of Reports in April 1971 and the Revolutionary Guide to Land Reform in September 1972 which both served to direct the work of building the mass organizations, organs of political power, units of the people’s army and the Party, as well as in mobilizing the peasants in waging agrarian revolution. He authored the Preliminary Report on Northern Luzon in August 1970 which served as a template in the work of other regional committees.
While directing the development and training of the New People’s Army from its initial base in Central Luzon to the forests of Isabela in Cagayan Valley, he also guided the youth activists in waging mass struggles in Metro Manila against the US-Marcos dictatorship.
Ka Joma was ever on top of the revolutionary upsurge of the students and workers movement in 1970 and 1971. Chants of Amado Guerrero’s name reverberates in Manila and other cities in harmony with calls to join the people’s war in the countryside.
The CPP grew rapidly in its first few years under Ka Joma’s leadership. The Party established itself across the country and led the nationwide advance of the revolutionary armed struggle. He personally supervised the political and military training of Party cadres and NPA commanders in the forested region of Isabela from where they were deployed to other regions.
In 1971, he presided over the Central Committee and presented the Summing-Up Our Experiences After Three Years (1968-1971). He prepared in 1974 the Specific Characteristics of Our People’s War which authoritatively laid out the strategy and tactics for waging people’s war in the Philippines. In 1975, he authored Our Urgent Tasks, containing the Central Committee’s report and program of action. He served as editor-in-chief of Ang Bayan in its first years of publication.
In the underground movement, Ka Joma continued to guide the Party and the NPA in its growth under the brutal fascist martial law regime of dictator Marcos. He issued advisories to underground Party cadres and mass activists. Inspired by the raging people’s war in the countryside, they dared the fascist machinery and carried-out organizing efforts among students and workers.
The first workers’ strike broke out in 1975 preceding the growth of the workers movement. Large student demonstrations against rising school fees and the deterioration of the educational system were carried out from 1977 onwards completely shattering the terror of martial law.
Ka Joma continued to lead the Party in nationwide growth until 1977 when he and his wife Julie were arrested by the wild dogs of the Marcos dictatorship while in transit from one guerrilla zone to another. He was presented by the AFP to Marcos as a trophy. He was detained, subjected to severe torture, put under solitary confinement for more than five years interrupted only by joint confinement with Julie in 1980-1981, and later partial solitary confinement with one or two other political prisoners from 1982-1985.
While in prison, Ka Joma was able to maintain contact with the Party leadership and revolutionary forces outside through clandestine methods of communication. With the collaboration of Ka Julie, lifelong partner and comrade of Ka Joma, they produced important letters and advisories. In 1983, Ka Julie released the article JMS On the Mode of Production which served as a theoretical elucidation and clarification of the nature of the semicolonial and semifeudal social system in order to cast away confusion brought about by claims of industrialization by the US-Marcos dictatorship. It counterattacked claims made by pretenders to socialism who insist that the Philippines had become a developing capitalist country under the fascist dictatorship.
A powerful upsurge of the anti-fascist mass movement followed the assassination of Marcos archrival Benigno Aquino in 1983. This was principally propelled by the workers and student movement which could mount demonstrations of 50,000 or greater from the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, Ka Joma released the paper On the Losing Course of the AFP under the pseudonym Patnubay Liwanag to assess the balance of forces and to signal to or sway the Pentagon to better drop Marcos, which would entail causing a split in the AFP. In September 1984, the Pentagon acceded to the Armacost formula and decided to join the US State Department and other US agencies to drop him. By early 1985 Reagan signed the National Security Directive with definite plan to ease out Marcos.
Ka Joma also asserted the need to weaken the reactionary armed strength in the countryside and expand the people’s army to a critical mass 25,000 rifles and one guerrilla platoon per municipality as constructive criticism of the plan to carry out a “strategic counter-offensive.”
The anti-fascist upsurge culminated in a people’s uprising supported by a military rebellion of elements in the reactionary AFP. The Party’s persevering and solid leadership of the anti-fascist movement and revolutionary armed struggle created favorable conditions that led to the overthrow the US-Marcos dictatorship in 1986. Despite strong opposition by the US and reactionary defense establishment, the Aquino regime was compelled to open the detested gates of the Marcos dungeons allowing Ka Joma to be released.
He wasted no time resuming revolutionary work. In a few months time, he mounted a major lecture series to propound a critical class analysis of the Corazon Aquino regime and expose it as representative of big bourgeois comprador and landlord rule. The series of lectures which later comprised the volume Philippine Crisis and Revolution countered the “political spectrum” analysis of populists which pictured the Aquino regime as a bourgeois liberal regime to goad the revolutionary forces along the path of class collaboration and capitulation.
These populists as well as other charlatans carried out a campaign to undermine the basic analysis of classes and production system in the Philippines to justify the convoluted concept of a strategic counter-offensive wishfully thinking that the people’s war can leapfrog to strategic victory bypassing the probable historical course. A number of key leaders of the Party and revolutionary forces were drawn to the self-destructive path of insurrectionism and premature regularization and military adventurism. This would later bring about grave and almost fatal losses to the Party and the NPA, as well as to the urban mass movement.
Forced to exile in 1987 by the Aquino regime which canceled his passport and travel papers, Ka Joma sought political asylum in The Netherlands while on a lecture tour. He eventually resided in Utrecht and work with other comrades in the international office of the National Democratic Front. Although thousand of miles away from the Philippines, he continued to maintain close contact with the Party leaders in the country and provide advise and guidance to help them in their work.
Ka Joma served as one of the steadfast exponent of the Second Great Rectification Movement launched by the 10th Plenum of the CPP Central Committee in 1992. The Party leadership actively sought Ka Joma’s theoretical insights and analysis. In preparing the key document Reaffirm Our Basic Principles and Rectify Errors, the Party leadership referred to Ka Joma and the Party’s founding documents which he authored. With Ka Joma’s full support, the rectification campaign of 1992-1998 united and strengthened the Party to ever greater heights.
Ka Joma also played a key role in authoring the paper Stand for Socialism Against Modern Revisionism which illuminated the path of socialist revolution during the dark hours of the complete restoration of capitalism in the Soviet Union in 1990 touted in the monopoly bourgeois mass media as the fall of socialism, a refutation of communism, and the “end of history” and final victory of the capitalist system.
Reflecting Ka Joma’s sharp Maoist critique of modern revisionism, the paper presented a clear historical understanding of the process of capitalist restoration in the USSR from 1956 onwards. This served as key to understanding the continuing viability of socialism and to inspiring the Filipino proletariat to persevere in the two-stage revolution and the international proletariat to carry forward the socialist cause.
Ka Joma’s Utrecht base eventually became a political center of the international communist and anti-imperialist resistance movements. He played an important role in the centennial celebration of Mao Zedong in 1993 which served as a vigorous ideological campaign to reaffirm Marxist-Leninist views and to proclaim Maoism as the third epochal development of Marxism-Leninism.
Up to the early 2000s, he also played a lead role in the formation of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) which serves as a center for ideological and practical exchange among communist and workers parties which stood for socialism and opposed modern revisionism. He provided valuable insights and practical assistance to numerous communist parties from Asia to Europe and the Americas.
Over the past decade, he has led the International League of People’s Struggles or the ILPS which has served as coordinating center for anti-imperialist movements around the globe. He authored the paper “On imperialist globalization” in 1997 which clarified that the proletariat remains in the era of imperialism and socialist revolution.
Because of his role in guiding the advance of the international anti-imperialist struggle, Ka Joma was put in the crosshairs of US imperialism. He was included in the US list of “foreign terrorists”, together with the CPP and NPA. At 68 years old, he was arrested in 2007 by the Dutch police and detained for more than 15 days.
Since 1992, together with the NDFP Negotiating Panel, Ka Joma has also ably represented the interests of the Filipino people and revolutionary movement in peace negotiations with successive representatives of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). He has been appointed as Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP Negotiating Panel and has deftly guided it in negotiations with the GRP over the past 25 years.
Over the past several years, Ka Joma continued to provide invaluable insights into the domestic crisis and the situation of the revolutionary forces. He continues to provide advise to the Party and the revolutionary forces in the Philippines on resolving the problems of advancing the revolution to a new and higher stage.
He has set forth critical analysis of the objective international conditions. He has put forward a Marxist-Leninist critique of the capitalist crisis of overproduction which is at the base of the international financial crisis and the prolonged depression that has wracked the global capitalist system. He has reaffirmed that we are still at the historical epoch of imperialism, the last crisis stage of capitalism.
Ka Joma is the torch bearer of the international communist movement. Through the dark period of capitalist restoration, he has kept the flames of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism burning and inspired the proletariat to take advantage of the crisis of global capitalism, persevere along the path of socialism and communism and bring the international communist revolution to a new chapter of revival and reinvigoration.
Resolutions:
The Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) resolves to give the highest honors to Comrade Jose Ma. Sison, great communist thinker, leader, teacher and guide of the Filipino proletariat and torch bearer of the international communist movement.
In recognition of Ka Joma’s immense contribution to the Philippine revolution and the international workers movement, the Second Congress further resolves:
1. to instruct the Central Committee to continue to seek Ka Joma’s insights and advise on various aspects of the Party’s work in the ideological, political and organizational fields.
2. to endorse the five volume writings of Jose Ma. Sison as basic reference and study material of the CPP and to urge the entire Party membership and revolutionary forces to read and study Ka Joma’s writings.
The Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is certain that with the treasure of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist work that Ka Joma has produced over the past five decades of revolutionary practice, the Party is well-equipped in leading the national democratic revolution to greater heights and complete victory in the coming years.
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