AFP tipsters get P14.2-M for info vs. Red terror leaders

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 16, 2019): AFP tipsters get P14.2-M for info vs. Red terror leaders



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A total of PHP14.25 million reward money was given to informants responsible for providing vital information that led to the neutralization of five high-value communist terrorist leaders.

Handover of the reward money took place at the Silid Lapu-Lapu, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City Friday afternoon.

AFP chief-of-staff, Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr. personally handed the money to the five informants, whose identities were concealed for security reasons.

Through information shared by tipsters, five Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) terrorist leaders were either killed or arrested in law enforcement operations conducted by the AFP in coordination with the Philippine National Police.

One of the communist leaders killed was Victorio Tesorio who had a PHP5-million bounty on his head.

Tesorio is wanted for the crimes of multiple murder and frustrated murder among others, and was Number 12 in the Joint Order Number 14-2012 or the Joint Order on Rewards of the Department of National Defense and Department of Interior and Local Government (DND-DILG).

Another high-value target is Promencio Abaya Cortez with a PHP4.8 million bounty. Cortez was arrested in 2017 for crimes of multiple murder, double frustrated murder, rebellion, and attempted murder.

He is Number 26 in the DND-DILG Joint Order on Rewards.

He was also involved in the burning of two dump trucks of Philex Mining Corporation in Sitio Tapak, Barangay Ampucao, Itogon, Benguet on February 9, 2017.

Also killed in joint AFP-PNP operations was Deomedes Apinado with a PHP2.2 million bounty.

Apinado was wanted for four counts of murder and Number 73 in the most-wanted list and was killed in an encounter in April 2017.

Other CPP-NPA leaders arrested were Mauricio Sagun with a PHP1.7 million bounty and Jaime Soledad with a PHP550,000 reward on his head.

Sagun is wanted for murder while Soledad is wanted for 15 counts of murder.

Monetary rewards are given to any person who furnishes information leading to the surrender, arrest, capture or neutralization of wanted persons for involvement in several grave offenses such as murder, kidnap for ransom, and other heinous crimes.

While the AFP sustains its focused military operations against the communist rebels and other local terrorist groups, it calls for the continuous cooperation of the people as peace, security and the fight against terrorism is a shared responsibility of every Filipino.

"The AFP is grateful for all the informants whose help and cooperation became vital in the neutralization of these criminals who were responsible for heinous and atrocious crimes against our people and the nation," Madrigal added.

In line with this, the AFP chief said fight against terrorism and the attainment of lasting peace for the country are a shared responsibility of each and every Filipino.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078018

Lorenzana wants POGOs away from military facilities

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 16, 2019): Lorenzana wants POGOs away from military facilities



Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. (File photo)

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday backed proposals to put Chinese nationals working for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in a hub away from military camps and other vital installations.

"So I support the idea to put them in a hub na malayo sa mga kampo (which are away from camps). Doon lang sila (They will just stay there), para ma-control sila ng authorities saka ng (so their movement can be controlled by authorities and also by the) (Department of) Finance saka (and) (Bureau of) Immigration. Para (ma-monitor) kung sino ang pumapasok, sino ang lumalabas (So they can monitor who is entering and who is leaving)," Lorenzana added.

The defense chief said this move will allay fears of espionage.

"Personally I think there should be no need to worry. Pero kung nakikita mo na siguro na maraming tao dyan na palaging nandyan (But if you see that there are many people there), it’s very easy for these people to shift their activities to spying, kung meron mang mag-eespiya(if there is really spying taking place)," he said in an interview with reporters to Friday.

Lorenzana said business establishments near military facilities are ideal for housing these activities.

"Oo, huwag sana (As for me, I don't like). Pero ito rin ba kasi yung mga areas na nag-offer eh (But these are the areas where many businesses offer their spaces), like Araneta Center (in Cubao, Quezon City) malaking (they have a big) area, tapos (and then) Eastwood (also in Quezon City) and dun naman sa may (in) Villamor Airbase (Pasay City), yung (the) Resorts World. Yung Island Cove which is just within seeing distance of Cavite, (where we are) going to park our capital ships there in the near future," he added.

As this developed, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Benjamin Madrigal, Jr., said that the military always has advocated that development and security should come together.

Also, he said that they are always looking into the possibility that these Chinese POGOs are being used for spying.

"Of course lahat ng ito tinitingnan natin ano, ang sabi nga (We are looking at all of these) without being paranoid, of course we can always, meron tayong (we have) hi-low na sinasabi na ganyan yung (which we mention about) possibilities, most probable, of course most dangerous, and lahat ito binibigay naman natin (these are all given)," Madrigal said during an interview with reporters Friday.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078023

Family issue another Reds' lame excuse to avoid hearing: Parlade

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 16, 2019): Family issue another Reds' lame excuse to avoid hearing: Parlade



AFP Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations Major General Antonio Parlade Jr., (File photo)

A ranking official from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) on Friday said leftist-group Bayan Muna is skirting again around the issue of recruitment of young people, when it claimed that there are no missing minors to speak of and that these students are of legal age and have willingly joined Anakbayan and other militant organizations.

Major General Antonio Parlade Jr., in a statement, said claims that the missing minors just ran away due to family-related problems is lousy and is only being used as an excuse by Bayan Muna party-list leaders to avoid the Senate hearing convened to look into the issue.

"To highlight that the matter on the missing activists was about family and private issues is a lame excuse, Rep. (Carlos) Zarate and Mr. (Neri) Colmenares. That's what happens when you skirt around a very important hearing such as the safety of missing children," he added.

Face the truth

Parlade, who is also Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Civil-Military Operations, said these party-list groups' leaders or their representatives must make an effort to attend the Senate hearing so that they can personally hear from the mothers of the missing minors who are feared recruited into the communist terrorist ranks, that there no family quarrels or squabbles to speak off.

He challenged militant group leaders to hear from witnesses and resource persons on how the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) commit atrocities like killing their loved ones, using police uniforms to get themselves new recruits for their causeless fight.

"Listen how they manipulate fellow students’ hardship in life and offer them false promises of scholarship in UP (University of the Philippines) and PUP (Polytechnic University of the Philippines), but led them instead to the mountains after becoming LFS (League of Filipino Students) members, then the underground Kabataang Makabayan, and finally integrated into the NPA, in your classic arouse, organize, mobilize (AOM) methodology," Parlade added.

He further slammed Bayan Muna's justification of the recruitment of minors into the communist terrorist ranks and dismissing the Senate probe as their own blood and kin are living and studying comfortably abroad while their cadres are living a miserable existence in the forests and hills.

"Family issues? Maybe you have none of it as your families live in affluence, studying abroad, living comfortable lives, and enjoying the perks of a Bayan Muna representative, while your pawns in the NPA have become miserable and cannot even avail of proper medical needs," he added.

Why send a spy?

Parlade also chided the militants for having the temerity of using a "Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan" (KARATULA) member to spy on the proceedings instead of personally attending the hearing so that they can get first-hand information on the proceedings and the resources persons giving their statements to the committee.

"They are all in the transcript and I'm sure you are studying it. But if you only waived a simple parliamentary courtesy and heeded the invitation, rather than send a spy, using a KARATULA member, Michael Beltran, to take pictures of the former rebels being presented as reference persons, then all these ambiguity is resolved, in favor of those on the side of truth," he added.

Had these party-list representatives decided to come, Parlade said Zarate and other Bayan Muna leaders would have learned the truth about the 24 missing students from the Far Eastern University (FEU).

"Had you come, you should have known, honorable Rep. Zarate, that what I posted last April was true, and not figments of the AFP's imagination. Alicia Lucena, who was then only 16, and so with 23 other missing students from FEU, when their parents begged for our help. You successfully presented the two missing kids yesterday, and you wanted the people to believe that this case is closed? That the AFP and PNP (Philippine National Police) only conspired with the good senators to red-tag Kamatayan (Makabayan) bloc. What about the 8,635 children that the CPP recruited as of September 2015? This is not over until 8,000 mothers stop grieving in silence when you present them, hopefully still full of life," he said.

Bring the kids back

Parlade also challenged the militants, especially those from the "Kamatayan (Makabayan) bloc", to present these minors alive and healthy and state for themselves that they simply ran away from their parents because of some "family issues”.

"You cannot deny that because that figure was not plucked from thin air. It is from the files of captured CPP cadre Vic Ladlad. It is not 'planted evidence' but is part of the CPPs 'People's Academy' strategy to boost the support of Makabayan Bloc in the last elections. You asked for the recruitment of 20,000 to 40,000 Anakbayan members aged 13 to 35 to support your candidacies?” he added.

He also called these progressive groups "hypocrites" for recruiting these minors only to let them die needlessly and purposelessly.

"You are indeed hypocrites to call yourselves 'Makabayan', while you push these kids to the cliff and die. With your armed Red fighters between them and the ocean, do you think these children will have any choice?" he said.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078037

AFP makes adjustments amid China warships passage in PH waters

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 16, 2019): AFP makes adjustments amid China warships passage in PH waters



AFP chief-of-staff, Gen. Benjamin Madrigal. (File photo)

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday said it is making adjustments following the series of uncoordinated passages of Chinese warships in the country's territorial waters.

"Actually, may mga ginagawa tayo ano, hindi lang natin pwedeng bangitin lahat ng ating mga hakbangin (We are doing something. We cannot divulge all of our moves) but at the same time, we, of course, strengthen our relations with our allies, to protect of course 'yung tinatawag nating (what we call) freedom of navigation, to protect those yung masiguro na lahat ng (to ensure all) concerned countries ay ano, magbigay,freely na nakakapunta sa mga lugar na ito at nagagawa ang maluwag na pagdaloy ng ating kalakal (will be able to freely travel to these areas and secure the smooth transport of our goods)," Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff, Gen. Benjamin Madrigal said.

Reports said there had been a series of unauthorized passages of Chinese naval vessels in Sibutu Strait and other territorial waters of the country.

Aside from naval assets, Madrigal said the newly-activated Coast Watch Systems, including other surveillance units, along with the help of intelligence and information-gathering capabilities of the Philippines’ allies, are being used in this initiative.

Madrigal said these incidents are a national security concern aside from causing unnecessary confrontations.

"Halimbawa magkaroon ng (For example, in case there are) unnecessary confrontations, mas maganda kung napag-uusapan yung mgacoordinations (it's much better if coordinations are being talked about) like these eh nagpapaalam para masiguro natin na hindi naman naba-violate ang ating (they should inform us so we can ensure that there is no violation of our) territory," he added.

Earlier, the Western Mindanao Command reported that five Chinese naval vessels passed through Sibutu Strait -- four recorded in July and the last on August 4.

Meanwhile, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he is recommending the filing of a diplomatic protest following the series of unauthorized passages of Chinese warships in Philippine waters.

"Oo, automatic yun (Yes, that's automatic)," he added.

Lorenzana said the Philippines has yet to receive any advance warning or information from the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) regarding the entry of its ships.

"We did not receive any advance warning, advance notice that there are warships passing through Sibutu Strait," he added, despite an earlier pledge from the Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua that the country will be informed in advance of any movement of Chinese naval craft in Philippine waters.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078028

Opinion: Not just ROTC, but mandatory military service to strengthen the nation

Opinion piece by Rigoberto D. Tiglao posted to the Manila Times (Aug 14, 2019): Not just ROTC, but mandatory military service to strengthen the nation (By RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO)

I FIND it astonishing that commentators with doctorates in political science who oppose the revival of mandatory college-based military training (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or ROTC), miss one of the most important reasons why this is necessary.

This is the fact that one of the most essential features of sovereign states — the most important social organization in this stage of humanity’s history — is their military. There is no state that doesn’t have a military (except perhaps the Vatican). It’s a no-brainer that the strongest states in the world are those with the strongest military forces. Even the orthodox political science definition of a state is that it is the only entity within a defined territory which has the legitimate use of force — which the military and its cousin the police exercises.

A state’s military force does not just tell the world that its sovereignty is to be respected, thereby strengthening its citizens’ patriotism, and pride in it. Through military service, citizens of one country get to realize deep in their hearts and minds that they are members of a community called the nation-state, which is so important that they can be called to risk their life for it as soldiers. The ROTC is in fact the “lite” version of military conscription, the least demanding way of requiring a citizen to contribute to the nation.

Empirical evidence shows that in the modern era, nations which have become strong in a very short period of time, and whose citizens are inarguably among the most patriotic in the world, are those which have required mandatory military service for its youth on the way to adulthood.

Singapore and South Korea require two years of full-time military service. Israel requires every citizen over the age of 18 to serve in the military for two years and eight months. Even women over 18 are required to do so for two years. (And it didn’t affect “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot’s attractiveness, did it?)

Lottery

Thailand has an interesting system of required military service. At age 21, each Thai male is required to participate in some kind of “lottery” in April. He picks one colored ball from a barrel. If he picks red, he is drafted for two years. If black, he goes home.

Military service is enshrined in the 1993 constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: “Defending the fatherland is the citizen’s sacred duty and noble right. Citizens are duty-bound to perform their military service and participate in building the all-people national defense.” Conscription typically takes place twice annually and service obligation lasts for 18 months (Army, Air Defense), two years (Navy and Air Force). (I cannot, however, verify reports that exemptions are given for educated youth with skills or expertise the government deem to be so important.)

China has a military service law that says that “it is the sacred duty of every citizen of the People’s Republic of China to defend the motherland and resist aggression” and that “it is the honorable duty of citizens of the People’s Republic of China to perform military service.”

Because of its huge population though, China has had enough volunteers and has not been enforcing conscription. Another law though requires students from secondary schools and universities to undergo two weeks of basic military training.

Eschewing this profound reason why military conscription and part-time training are essential to strengthening a state and imbuing its citizens with patriotism, our political leaders scrapped the ROTC in 2002 for really flimsy reasons and political opportunism.

The scrapping of the mandatory ROTC in 2002 under Republic Act 9163 was due to a spineless Congress (led by Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia) buckling under the outrage over the accidental killing of a UST student undergoing ROTC training. That was such an extreme case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Left lobby

The Left also vigorously lobbied for the scrapping of mandatory ROTC. The government acceded to this demand, not only because the Left provided much of the warm bodies for “EDSA 2” that toppled Estrada, but also because it needed to consolidate its political base after the extra-constitutional accession to power.

The communists of course had been undertaking a vigorous campaign since their emergence in the 1970s for the ROTC’s scrapping, first on the ideological level that this strengthened the State they wanted to topple.

But not only that, the ROTC had been the only well-organized force that the communists’ fronts like the Kabataan Makabayan (KM) had to compete with for “hegemony” in the campus. The UP’s Vanguard Fraternity composed of ROTC officers for example had vigorously opposed the KM, engineering its defeat in elections for the Student Council. Even communist fire-brands in the UP then wouldn’t want to lock horns with Vanguard members, thinking that these people had guns issued to them. In fact, the military often recruited from the ROTC its spies against the communist student organizations.

The ROTC’s absence in school campuses since 2002 gave the communist front organizations all the freedom to undertake their recruitment and propaganda work, unopposed.

With the prospect of military conflict of some kind in the South China Sea, certainly extremely remote but for the first time ever since World War 2 imaginable to us, I would have thought that President Duterte’s move to revive ROTC would be a no-brainer.

Puniest

We have the puniest military in Asia and certainly among claimants to disputed areas in the South China Sea, that is, after Brunei Darussalam with its 400,000 citizens. But with its oil-based wealth, Brunei can probably buy an entire mercenary army in case of war with a neighbor. With our resources so limited to build up a modern army, the very least we can do is to ensure that our youth are trained militarily to fight.

Even mandatory military training — as Singapore, Vietnam and Israel, among others, require of their citizens — should be undertaken here. Of course, it could be only on a limited basis, as many poor Filipinos have been keen on joining the military, as their way out of poverty. Our military wouldn’t have the funds, resources and officers to undertake universal military training of our youth.

I have a well-considered suggestion. Since the cost for our Republic to provide a four-year education for a UP student amounts to nearly a million pesos, it is only fair to require him to serve the nation, even just for a year.

Such a student would have to undertake mandatory military service, on top of their ROTC training. Those who train to become doctors at the UP, the cost of which has been estimated to be P2 million, should be required to undergo another year of military service.

I would think that with their tax-exempt status, students from the richest Catholic schools, mainly Ateneo and the like, should also be required to undergo similar service and training. Some reason could be found for also requiring such military service and training for students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, which since the 1970s (then Philippine College of Commerce) has been a recruiting ground for the Communist Party.

Mandatory ROTC and a selected military conscription would strengthen the Republic. (Can you image the youth of our elite, many of whom go to the UP and Ateneo, being imbued with patriotism?)

This has been proven by Israel and our neighbors in Asia. It will also help stop the communist recruitment of our gullible youth to become casualties in a useless cause.

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AFP-CRS: Manila-based army medical staff beefs up Iloilo’s fight vs dengue

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AFP-CRS: Senate probe on missing minors not meant to harass activist groups

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): Senate probe on missing minors not meant to harass activist groups



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AFP-CRS: AFP seeks tougher counterterrorism law

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): AFP seeks tougher counterterrorism law



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AFP-CRS: Anti-Subversion law revival

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): Anti-Subversion law revival



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AFP-CRS: Be vigilant

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): Be vigilant



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AFP-CRS: AFP seeks tougher anti-terror law, supports criminalizing subversion

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): AFP seeks tougher anti-terror law, supports criminalizing subversion



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AFP-CRS: Soldiers donate blood for Zamboanga dengue patients

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): Soldiers donate blood for Zamboanga dengue patients



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Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): Philippine Navy's most powerful ship, sailing home



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AFP-CRS: AFP, BSP, BDO ink pact on financial literacy education

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Aug 16, 2019): AFP, BSP, BDO ink pact on financial literacy education



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