Eastmincom dismantles 6 more NPA units in December

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 13, 2022): Eastmincom dismantles 6 more NPA units in December (By Che Palicte)

DISMANTLED UNITS. Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom), said Tuesday (Dec. 13, 2022) six more communist New People's Army (NPA) units have been dismantled by government troops in December this year alone. Almerol called on NPA fighters to surrender and reunited with their families during holiday season. (PNA file photo)

DAVAO CITY - The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) reported Tuesday that another six Communist New People's Army (NPA) units were dismantled this month.

In a statement, Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, Eastmincom commander, said the dismantled units were the NPA's Regional Sentro de Grabidad, Regional Operational Command, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (RSDG, ROC, SMRC), Sub-Regional Committees (SRC) 1, 2, 4, and 5, under SMRC and SRC 4 of North Central Mindanao Regional Committee.

"Most of them formerly operate in Davao Region and Bukidnon," Almerol said.

As a result of the "neutralization of the NPA leadership," Almerol said the Eastern Mindanao Area-Clearing and Validation Committee composed of the Eastmincom and Area Police Command - Eastern Mindanao recommended the NPA units' dissolution to the Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Council.

In addition to the capture and deaths of top NPA leaders, Almerol noted that no reports have been received of the NPA's activities or presence in their former mass bases in Eastern Mindanao.

He said Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro and Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. signed the dissolution status for the dismantled NPA units in a joint resolution on Dec. 6.

"Since the declaration of the Davao Region as 'insurgency-free,' Eastmincom has not monitored any extortion activities, harassment, and other atrocities by the NPA, including their presence in the said area," he said.

On Oct. 12, Davao Region was declared insurgency-free following the defeat of the NPA in the area through the convergence of the civilian government and the military under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

Meanwhile, Almerol encouraged the remaining members and leaders of the NPA to "yield peacefully, so they can be reunited with their loved ones, especially during the Yuletide season."

"Christmas Season symbolizes freedom, and you cannot experience that if you are away from your families who are already missing you. It is time for you to embrace the government’s offer to help you start a new life," he said.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1190634

CPP/Ang Bayan: Correspondence: Kabataang Makabayan: Wellspring of the revolution in Negros

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): Correspondence: Kabataang Makabayan: Wellspring of the revolution in Negros

 

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December 07, 2022

The chapter of Kabataang Makabayan in Katrina (not its real name), a village in Negros, was established in 2008. The chapter was formed at a time when the village was surrounded by CAFGU detachments and bad elements abound.

Poverty is severe in Katrina due to backward agricultural production. Most farmers here are tenants of landlords, rich and upper middle peasants. They barely earn enough because of the existing sharing scheme that favor the land owner. Due to poverty, they cannot afford to send their children to school.

To add to their families’ income, Katrina’s youth take jobs as domestic helpers even as young as 15 years old. In 2008, nearly 300 of them left for the cities to work in temporary low-wage jobs with no benefits. They went to Metro Manila, Cebu, Panay and Bacolod City. Not a few of them became victims of prostitution, mistreatment and sexual abuse.

Due to their bitter experiences, many parents no longer allowed their children to leave to work in cities. They were instead encouraged to plant corn, root crops, bananas and other food crops.

In early 2008, the Pambansang Katipunan ng Magbubukid was established in Katrina. The youth were gathered and had a talk with their organized parents who asked them to be their partners in revolutionary work. A batch of eight young reliables with no criminal records was the first to study the Short Course on Philippine Society and Revolution. From here, the organizing group of the Kabataang Makabayan was set up.

The group was assigned to organize other youths in the village to develop production and mount anti-feudal struggles. They were also encouraged to join the dagyaw-alayon, a form of cooperation.

Interaction between the youth and the Red fighters became frequent. Their activities, including cultural and instruction for PaDePa (Pambansang Demokratikong Paaralan or National Democratic School) trainings, are regularly assessed. Eventually, they were asked to participate in studies of Party courses and short politico-military courses.

Part of their task is to stage performances during mass actions. In the guerrilla zones, they enliven the anniversary celebrations of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the Kabataang Makabayan. They also handle the tribute activities for the revolutionary martyrs.

Member-students are tasked to organize fellow students. They encourage students to participate in their cultural performances at school. They enlighten even their teachers.

Due to their perseverance and that of villagers, the organizing committee was built in December 2008 with more than 100 members. It expanded to more than 10 sitios from six at the beginning. Subsequently, three chapters were built in nearby villages.

When an encounter between the NPA and the AFP broke out in Katrina at the beginning of 2010s, close to platoon-sized number of young people volunteered to join the people’s army. In the following years, full-fledged mass organizations were established in the area. The level of the organs of political power and the local gu

errilla unit in the village was raised. The militia unit and self-defense units were assigned members from the organizations. The barrio revolutionary committee was established. Most of them became Party members.

In 2018, the US-Duterte regime brutally ravaged Katrina. Not a few were killed and illegally arrested. As a result, scores again joined the NPA. In 2019, Party cadres and Red fighters from Katrina were assigned to strategic areas and other guerrilla fronts on the island. Eight of its warriors became revolutionary martyrs.

On the occasion of the 58th anniversary of the Kabataang Makabayan this year, the people of Katrina stand proud of the youth and Red fighters it has produced for the continuing revolution, not only in their area, but throughout the island.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/kabataang-makabayan-wellspring-of-the-revolution-in-negros/

CPP/Ang Bayan: Military murders NDF consultant, peasant leader

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): Military murders NDF consultant, peasant leader

  

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December 07, 2022

Elements of the 94th IB and 47th IB killed Ericson Acosta and Joseph Jimenez on November 30 in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kanbankalan City, Negros Occidental. Acosta was a consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) in peace talks while Joseph Jimenez is a local organizer of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and an official of a local peasant organization in Barangay Camansi. The two were apprehended at 2 a.m., but were made to appear to have died in an armed encounter in the morning.

Acosta is a well-known poet, writer and composer. The Party hailed him as one of the important cadres and warriors in Negros. He became part of the NDFP panel preparing the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) during formal peace talks in 2016.

According to preliminary reports of the September 21 Movement, to make it appear than there was an encounter in the area, soldiers fired at Ronald Francisco’s home, where Acosta and Jimenez were resting. After that, Francisco, his wife and three children were taken to a military camp.

Human rights defenders, church people and friends of Acosta and Jimenez called for an impartial investigation into this incident violating humanitarian law.

On November 30, on the very day of their death, democratic organizations gathered before the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the murder of the two.
Two other victims

Instead of administering first aid, troopers of the 62nd IB killed two wounded Red fighters in Sitio Patuatan, Quinten Remo, Moises Padilla on November 28. Mario Baldusa (Ka Jekoy) and Janhel Sarsa (Ka Jorge) were injured in an encounter that morning.

Instead of treating, ascertaining their identity, and declaring them as prisoners of war, the 62nd IB willfully killed the two.

The four adds to the more than 100 revolutionaries and civilians who were not in a position to fight but willfully killed by the military since 2017. The killings violate existing humanitarian rules of warfare and protections for individuals under the CARHRIHL and Geneva Conventions.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/military-murders-ndf-consultant-peasant-leader/

CPP/Ang Bayan: NPA mounts 6 military actions in Negros and Bukidnon

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): NPA mounts 6 military actions in Negros and Bukidnon

 

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December 07, 2022

Six military actions in the last two weeks were launched by the New People’s Army (NPA) against fascist military troops. These actions were mounted amid AFP’s focus military operations.

In Sipalay City, the NPA-Southwest Negros seized two calibre .45 pistols, ammunition, three magazines, two cellphones and one grenade from two intelligence agents of 47th IB ambushed last November 24 in Sitio Camboguiot, Barangay Camindangan. The two soldiers, involved in spying and suppressing the masses, were killed.

NPA-Southwest Negros spokesperson Andrea Guerrero said the armed action serves as a warning to all AFP and PNP spies and assets.

The NPA-Central Negros fired at the PNP substation in Sitio Parkingan, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City on November 25. A police officer was wounded. On November 21, the NPA also fired at two different 62nd IB units in Sitio Tuko in the same village. Two soldiers were killed and another was wounded.

In the same city, the NPA fired at the Army Patrol Base in Barangay Sandayao on November 23. A soldier of the 62nd IB was wounded.

In Bukidnon, the NPA fired at the operating troops of the 8th IB in Purok 8, St. Peter, Malaybalay City on November 16. A soldier was killed in the armed action.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/npa-mounts-6-military-actions-in-negros-and-bukidnon/

CPP/Ang Bayan: Soldiers kill Negros farmer in front of his family

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): Soldiers kill Negros farmer in front of his family

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December 07, 2022

Recent weeks have seen successive cases of human rights violations under the Marcos regime. These include the killing of a farmer, bombing and strafing of a community, and arbitrary arrests of civilians.

The 62nd IB troops killed farmer Victor Baldonado at his home in Sitio Columbia, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on November 21, at 6 a.m. The soldiers shot him in front of his wife and children.

The 62nd IB claimed Baldonado was a fighter of the New People’s Army (NPA) and that he was killed in an armed encounter. The soldiers dressed his dead body and laid weapons and documents by his corpse to justify the crime.

Arrest. In Negros Occidental, the 62nd IB arbitrarily arrested Wilben Callura and Juliet Callura, residents of Sitio Binataan, Barangay Quinten Remo, Moises Padilla. At the same time, military troops strafed the house of Virgie Perolino, Roberto Gario and Jorenda Callura in the same sitio. Soldiers stole their chickens and butchered their pig. As a result, 800 farmers fled their homes in Sitio Oway-uway, Binataan and other nearby communities.

On November 25, soldiers of the 62nd IB and 33rd DRC ransacked homes in Sitio Ngalan in the same village. They forcibly entered and searched the house of Zaldy Jimenez, Richard Jimenez, Robert Jimenez, Cardo Juanites and Sernel Juanites. Soldiers stayed in these houses from November 25 to 28.

Unionist Roel Duyag was arrested on November 25 in Butuan City at the wake of his mother. Duyag is the coordinator of the Kilusang May Uno in the Caraga region. He was taken to Butuan PNP Station 1 and lodged with false charges of murder.

Bombings and strafing. Rockets and ammunition shook Purok 8, St. Peter, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on November 16 after the 8th IB rained the community with bombs and bullets. This attack is a clear retaliation against civilians after the AFP suffered defeats from two recent NPA armed actions. An MD520 helicopter released 16 rockets and strafed the village eight times. The first round lasted 40 minutes.

Residents ran away in panic because the bombs fell very near their community. Teachers and students dropped to the classroom floor as helicopters flew just above their village.

Shooting. Five civilian hunters were fired at by troops of the 24h IB in the forested area of Sitio Sap-al, Barangay Buneg, Lacub, Abra on November 27.
Two farmers were injured in the incident while the three ran to a nearby community to ask for help.

The soldiers came upon the five while they were resting. The hunters immediately raised their hunting weapons and shouted “We are civilians!” so that soldiers would not shoot them. Despite this, the soldiers still fired at them.

Dispersal. Police and guards violently dispersed a workers’ picket last November 25 at the Manila Harbor Center in Road 10, Manila City. They destroyed the tent that was just set up by workers and their youth supporters. Workers demand immediate reinstatement of 370 workers who were illegally terminated in 2020.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/soldiers-kill-negros-farmer-in-front-of-his-family/

CPP/Ang Bayan: Correspondence: Armed struggle against military rule in Masbate

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): Correspondence: Armed struggle against military rule in Masbate

 

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December 07, 2022

The New People’s Army-Masbate (Jose Rapsing Command) reported this December that more than 20 military actions were launched by its units against the military and police in the province in 2022. These form part of the NPA-Masbate’s ongoing campaign to emasculate and frustrate the focused military operations and the “shock and awe” campaign of the Joint Task Force Bicolandia in the province. No less than five AFP-PNP-CAFGU battalions were deployed in the province composed of more than 1,500 men to launch these operations and militarization of communities under the RCSP (Retooled Community Support Program).

These actions include the November 7 ambush in Barangay Manlut-od in Placer where two CAFGU troops were killed, and in which the NPA seized two pistols, magazines, ammunition and other equipment.

Four of the offensives were launched in the first 100 days of the new Marcos regime in power. Eleven soldiers were killed and five were wounded in these offensives.

These include the demolition action on August 11 against the 2nd IB in Sitio Puro, Talisay, San Fernando in Ticao island. Five enemy forces were killed and three were wounded. Five were also killed in the sniping-harassment operations against the armed group of village chief Adriel “Boyet” Besana, CAFGU and 2nd IB in Sitio Baldoza, Cabungahan, Cawayayan, Masbate on August 18.

These offensives also show the Red Army’s perseverance to defend and strengthen the determination of the Masbateño masses to act and fight the ongoing military reign in Masbate. Under the Marcos regime, the Masbateño peasants face threats of worse fascist attacks by the AFP-PNP-CAFGU and the Masbate TF-Elcac.

The military and local ruling classes have started its campaign to grab large tracts of former grazing and hacienda lands which were once won by the peasant movement. Up to 11 have been reported victims of political killings in the province. This include the series of murders of peasants cultivating in and around the Pecson land which provincial bureaucrats under Marcos want to secure. The latest case was the murder of Ronnie Andren in Placer town on November 27. He was apprehended while preparing copra and killed.

According to Luz del Mar, spokesperson for the NPA-Masbate, the people’s army will not stop defending the Masbateño masses against military violence and in making the AFP-PNP-CAFGU’s accountable for its crimes against the people. Del Mar declared the NPA’s readiness to continue fighting the worsening state fascism and terrorism in Masbate.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/armed-struggle-against-military-rule-in-masbate/

CPP/Ang Bayan: The militarist Biden-Harris Asia-Pacific strategy

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): The militarist Biden-Harris Asia-Pacific strategy

 

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December 07, 2022

US imperialism’s geopolitical strategy under the previous Donald Trump government and the current Biden-Harris government is no different in form, purpose and essence. It continues the earlier “Pivot to Asia” declared in 2008 which saw the strategic shift of its policy towards China as a leading imperialist rival. This military strategy aims to prevent further expansion of China’s military strength and political influence, and prepare for and incite a direct or indirect inter-imperialist war.

Under its so-called “Indo-Pacific Strategy,” the US consolidates its military power in countries surrounding China through the Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, with India, Japan and Australia) and AUKUS (Australia-United Kingdom-US), in conjunction with tightening control over its military puppets in South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, as well as Japan. The US is also provoking its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies in Europe to stand against China.

This strategy takes the form of launching a series of large “military drills” in various countries around China and sailing US warships in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. These are combat maneuver exercises against China at its very borders. These are combined with provocative acts such as the successive visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other officials to Taiwan in August, and by US Vice President Kamala Harris to South and Southeast Asia.

The military drills this year in Japan (Keen Sword, 36,000 troops) and South Korea (Ulchi Freedom Shield, over 67,500 troops) are said to be “biggest in history.” Similar exercises were held in Thailand (Carat), Indonesia (Garuda Shield), Australia (Cope North), Guam (Valiant Shield) and other US territories in the Pacific. In the Philippines, the Balikatan was launched in March-April in which 8,900 troops took part.

In June-August, the US conducted the 11-day Rim of the Pacific (RimPac), the world’s largest combat drill, in various parts of the Pacific from the US military base in Hawaii. Up to 38 warships, four submarines, nine armies, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 troops from 26 countries participated in the training. Eight of these countries are members of NATO, which are behind the US proxy war in Ukraine against Russia.

Thousands of small, medium-sized and unannounced military trainings are also conducted by the US in “all corners” of the Asia-Pacific. These involve hundreds of bomber planes, nuclear-capable warships, cannons, missiles, ammunitionsand troops that carry out “live-fire exercises” leaving toxic waste and chemicals in the water, air and soil. In the Philippines alone, there are approximately 300 such trainings per year.
Control of the seas

In September, the US announced the formation of Task Force 76/3, combining naval forces under the US Indo-Pacific Command, permanently stationed in the South China Sea. It aims to tighten US control over facilities, bases and naval troops in South, East and Southeast Asia countries behind the veil of “integration” and “interoperability.” It launched in October 2022 the Kamandag 2022 exercises in Bataan, Palawan and other points in Luzon.

This is a new mechanism under the Pentagon’s Pacific Deterrence Initiative, which got a $5.1 billion budget this year. This program aims to set up facilities in countries within the “First Island Chain” (Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, etc) to permanently station land-based long-range missiles near China’s borders.

When Harris visited the Philippines in November, her agenda was to finalize plans for building five additional US bases in the country. These include plans for rebuilding US military facilities in Subic, Zambales to position US forces, missile and warships, 30 years since they were booted out.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/the-militarist-biden-harris-asia-pacific-strategy/

CPP/Ang Bayan: Oppose US military intervention and heightening war-mongering

Propaganda editorial from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Dec 7, 2022): Oppose US military intervention and heightening war-mongering

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December 07, 2022

The Philippine’s false sovereignty is increasingly being exposed amid heightening military intervention of US imperialism. The strategic goal of the US is to reinforce its dominance and control of the country and to use it as launching pad for provoking war with its imperialist rival China in the Asia-Pacific region.

Heightening US military intervention in the Philippines at present has two salient aspects: first, the push to strengthen American troop presence and deployment of weapons, using the country as a military base or military outpost within its network of military bases in the Asia-Pacific; and second, increasing military assistance to the intensified war of suppression against revolutionary and progressive forces who raise the flag of national freedom.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is the main instrument of the US in these two aspects. It is the pillar of US domination and interference in the Philippines. The AFP was formed, molded and trained in line with US imperialist doctrine and since the outset has been used to secure the neocolonial state in the country. Over the past decades, it has been reliant on US military assistance and policy, could not stand on its own feet and is incapable of defending the country’s territory, especially in the face of Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea.

US Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent visit highlighted the country’s false independence. She used the AFP and the Marcos regime’s reliance on US assistance to promote US military presence in the Philippines as defense against China’s threats. Harris also used the visit to push for the use of nuclear energy which will benefit American capitalists and further drown the Philippines in a sea of foreign debt.

At the same time, Harris made use of the Philippines, especially when she traveled to Palawan, closest to China’s military facilities within Philippine maritime territory, to further raise tensions with China which she criticized for “irresponsible behavior” in the South China Sea.

Harris pushed the US demand for five more locations to set up US facilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Currently, the US has military facilities inside AFP camps at Basa Air Base in Pampanga, Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, Lumbia Air Base in Cagayan de Oro, Antonio Bautista Air Base in Palawan and Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base in Cebu.

The Marcos regime promptly acquiesced to the US demand when the AFP declared willingness to open two camps in Cagayan, and one each in Palawan, Zambales and Isabela, areas that are key to the US strategy of countering China’s growing military strength and expansion. The US clearly wants to riddle the country with its military facilities. This is brazenly overturning the historical victories of the Filipino people in the struggle against US military bases.

Harris’ visit forms part of the US push to raise the temperature of armed tensions in the Asia-Pacific. Prior to the Philippines, Harris also traveled to Japan and South Korea, to project military strength from US military bases in those countries, to which both China and North Korea responded with their own display of firepower. It was only a few months ago when US Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taiwan and assured it of “US defense” in a direct slap to China and the US’ long-standing recognition of the “One China” policy.

The US push to heighten armed tensions in the Asia-Pacific also complements its relentless stoking, together with the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), of the war in Ukraine against Russia. In fact, incited by the US, the Europe-centric NATO has now declared itself anti-China. By feeding an endless war, US monopoly capitalists in the military industry and its allies are raking in huge amounts of profits.

To further strengthen its power in the Philippines, the US also continuously provides the AFP with assistance to suppress the revolutionary and patriotic forces fighting US imperialist dominance and control in the country. The US trains, advises, funds, and arms the AFP to carry out a brutal counterinsurgency war against the Filipino people and their revolutionary forces.

All-out state terrorism is now underway across the country in the form of massacres and murders, torture, and imprisonment of suspected supporters of the New People’s Army. Capitalists earn superprofits with US supplying drones, airplanes and cannons to carry out the bombing of communities, farms and forests. Through the AFP and the fascist NTF-Elcac, and by occasionally joining ground operations, the US is again applying its tactics of widespread terrorism used in its failed Vietnam war. The Anti-Terror Law (patterned after the US “war against terrorism”) is being used to crush the patriotic and progressive forces, and prevent peace negotiations.

US imperialism is directly responsible for gross human rights violations and war crimes of the AFP. The US, Marcos and the AFP have bloodied hands in their relentless fascist attacks against the Filipino people. They should be held responsible and punished.

The ongoing crisis of the global capitalist system, particularly the US economy’s slide back to recession, will further push it to strengthen its hegemony and control over countries and areas to source natural resources and invest excessive capital, as well as over strategic international trade routes. This includes US imperialist control of the Philippines.

The people should fight against US military intervention, inter-imperialist war-mongering, and sponsoring fascist terrorism in the country. Agreements that bind the Philippines to the US and give American troops excessive rights to use the country for their strategic interests, must be abrogated. Filipinos should unite with peoples all over the world to fight imperialism and imperialist war.

The Filipino people must struggle to end US imperialist military, economic, political and cultural domination in the Philippines. This is the key element in the struggle for national democracy.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2022/12/07/oppose-us-military-intervention-and-heightening-war-mongering/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: Militar, nag-istraping at nambomba sa Buenavista, Agusan Norte

Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis propaganda article posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Web site (Dec 12, 2022): Militar, nag-istraping at nambomba sa Buenavista, Agusan Norte (Military, straffed and bombed in Buenavista, Agusan Norte)

 

December 12, 2022

Tatlong ulit na nang-istraping at naghulog ng mga bomba ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa bayan ng Buenavista sa Agusan del Norte sa huling kwarto ng 2022. Nagbunga ito ng malawakang pagkaligalig at paggambala sa mga komundiad, pagkasira ng mga sakahan at pagkasugat ng isang sibilyan na pinararatangang tagasuporta ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB).

Pinaulanan ng bala ng 23rd IB ang bahay na tinutuluyan ni Juanito Junaldo sa mabundok na bahagi ng Barangay Lower Olave noong Disyembre 2. Dalawampung minutong pinaputukan ang kubo gamit ang K3 masinggan, M16 at M203 grenade launcher. Nasugatan sa paa si Junaldo.

Dalawang ulit na kinanyon ng 23rd IB ang Sityo Tacub, Barangay Rizal noong Nobyembre 5 at Nobyembre 12. Gumawa ng kwento ang AFP na mayroon silang nakasagupang yunit ng BHB sa lugar para bigyang-matwid ang panganganyon sa erya. Iniulat ng mga sundalo na napaslang sa engkwentro ang pinangalanang si Rene Villa o alyas Jokol noong Nobyembre 5.

Pinasinungalingan ng BHB-Agusan del Norte na mayroong yunit ng hukbong bayan sa lugar nang maganap ang insidente. Ayon sa BHB, “puro sakahan at kubo ng mga sibilyan ang binagsakan ng mga bala ng kanyon.”

Nagpasabog ng 12 bala ng kanyon ang 23rd IB sa kabundukan sa Bal-ason, Sityo Balatacan, Barangay Guinabsan noong Oktubre 29. Ayon sa ulat, kinanyon ng AFP ang lugar para pagtakpan ang naganap na misengkwentro sa pagitan ng dalawang yunit ng 23rd IB noong Oktubre 28 at kabiguang mapatamaan ang yunit ng BHB sa erya. Ang misengkwentro ay pinalabas pa nilang isang lehitimong engkwentro sa pagitan ng kanilang yunit at ng BHB.

Ang yunit ng 23rd IB na sangkot sa mga krimeng ito ay nakahimpil sa Barangay Simbalan. Tumatayong kumander ng 23rd IB si Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Balingao. Nakapailalim sa 402nd IBde at 4th ID ang naturang batalyon.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/militar-nag-istraping-at-nambomba-sa-buenavista-agusan-norte/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: 3 bilanggong pulitikal sa Metro Manila, pinayagan magpyansa

Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis propaganda article posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Web site (Dec 12, 2022): 3 bilanggong pulitikal sa Metro Manila, pinayagan magpyansa (3 political prisoners in Metro Manila, allowed to post bail)

 

December 12, 2022

Kinatigan ngayong araw ng isang lokal na korte sa Maynila ang petisyon ng tatlong bilanggong pulitikal para makapagpyansa sa gawa-gawang mga kasong isinampa sa kanila. Kabilang sa tatlo si Reina Mae Nasino, ina ni Baby River, sanggol na namatay noong Oktubre 2020 matapos iwalay sa kanyang ina ilang araw pagkapanganak.

Sa inilabas na atas ng Regional Trial Court Branch 47 sa Manila City, pinayagan magpyansa si Nasino, at sina Ram Carlo Bautista at Alma Moran dahil hindi matibay ang mga ebidensya laban sa kanila. Ayon sa korte, bigo ang mga witness ng prosekusyon na tukuyin ang mga akusado at kung aling baril ang nakuha mula sa bawat isa sa kanila. Hindi umano makasasapat at mahina ang mga “pangkalahatan” na pahayag ng mga “saksi.”

Sina Bautista, Nasino at Moran ay mga kasapi ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (NCR) na inaresto nang ireyd ang kanilang tanggapan sa Tondo, Manila noong Nobyembre 2019. Sinampahan sila ng gawa-gawang kasong illegal possession of firearms and explosives.

Sa atas ng korte, pinagpapyansa si Nasino at Moran nang tig-₱420,000 habang si Bautista ay ₱570,000 o kabuuang ₱1,410,000 para pansamantalang makalaya.

Ayon sa Bayan-NCR, napatunayan umano ng desisyon ng korte na “ang mga ipinataw na kaso ni Judge Cecilyn Burgos Villavert ang dating Quezon City Executive Judge ay isang malaking kasinungalingan.”

Si Judge Villavert ay binansagan ng mga aktibista bilang “search at arrest warrant factory” kung saan arbitraryong naglalabas ng mga walang-batayang mandaymento na nagresulta sa pagkamatay at pagka-aresto ng maraming mga aktibista.

Paunang tagumpay itong maituturing para sa grupong Karapatan-NCR. Ayon sa kanila kailangang ipagpatuloy na igiit sa Court of Appeals na tindigan ang naunang desisyon nito noong Setyembre 4, 2022 na nagpapawalang-bisa sa mga search warrant na ginamit laban sa tatlo.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/3-bilanggong-pulitikal-sa-metro-manila-pinayagan-magpyansa/

CPP/Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis: Berdugong batalyon ng Scout Rangers, ipinakat sa Northern Samar

Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis propaganda article posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Web site (Dec 13, 2022): Berdugong batalyon ng Scout Rangers, ipinakat sa Northern Samar (Butcher battalion of Scout Rangers, deployed in Northern Samar)

December 13, 2022

Dumating noong Disyembre 11 ang berdugong batalyon na 4th Scout Ranger Battalion (4SRB) sa isla ng Samar, matapos silang magsanay sa Australia sa mga taktika sa operasyong air to ground combat, at small unit operations. Itatalaga ang batalyon sa prubinsya ng North Samar, para gapiin diumano ang mga “labi” ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan sa “iilang barangay.”

Ipapailalim ang naturang batalyson sa 8th ID at sa Joint Task Force Storm sa Eastern Visaya, na kasalukuyang may 12 nang batalyon. Pinamumunuan ang batalyon ni Lt. Col. Ricarte Dayata.

Halos isang taon nang walang-awat ang malalaking operasyong pangkombat ng AFP sa naturang rehiyon na kinatatampukan ng brutal na mga pang-ereng pambobomba at panganganyon sa mga komunidad, bukid at gubat. Ilandaang mga barangay ang pinopokusan ng mga operasyong saywar at panunupil ng AFP sa tabing ng programang “sibil-militar.”

Bago “nagsanay” sa Australia, naghasik ng lagim ang 4SRB sa rehiyon ng Caraga. Matagalang idineploy ang mga tropa nito sa rehiyon noong 2014, kasabay ng pagtatatag ng 3rd Special Forces Battalion sa Sibagat, Agusan del Sur. Nasa ilalim ng 402nd IBde ang 4SRB, kasama ng 23rd IB, 4th MIB, 42nd DRC at Tactical Operations Group 10 ng Philippine Airforce.

Ang mga yunit na ito ang nagsagawa ng mga pamboboma, pamamaslang, pang-aaresto at pwersahang pagpapasurender sa mga sibilyan sa mga barangay sa Agusan del Norte at Misamis Oriental. Kabilang sa mga krimen ng yunit na ito ang pagpatay sa isang bata sa Manila de Bugabos sa Butuan City noong 2019 at paglapastangan sa mga bangkay ng 10 mandirigmang napatay sa pambobomba sa Gingoog City noong Mayo 13, 2020.

Noong 2017, pansamantalang itinalaga ang 4SRB sa Marawi City, partikular sa Bato Ali Mosque, kung saan napakaraming paglabag sa karapatang tao ang naitala. Ipinailalim ito noon sa 501st IBde. May ilang panahon ding itinalaga ang yunit sa Basilan.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/berdugong-batalyon-ng-scout-rangers-ipinakat-sa-northern-samar/

Kalinaw News: Kumander ng BIFF at 43 iba pa sumuko sa Kabacan Cotabato

From Kalinaw News (Dec 13, 2022): Kumander ng BIFF at 43 iba pa sumuko sa Kabacan Cotabato (BIFF commander and 43 others surrendered in Kabacan Cotabato) By Jonathan Blanco

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Bulontaryong sumuko sa 90th Infantry (Bigkis-lahi) Battalion ang kumander ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters sa ilalim ng Karialan Faction kasama ang 43 nitong mga tauhan sa Kabacan, Cotabato nitong umaga ng December 9, 2022.

Kasali sa mga sumuko ay apat (4) na sub-leaders at pitong (7) bomb experts ng BIFF at nasa 34 na samot-saring armas at siyam (9) na high explosives ammunitions naman ang isinuko ng mga ito ayun kay Lieutenant Colonel Rommel Mundala, Battalion Commander ng 90IB.

“Napagtanto nila na panahon na para talikuran ang kanilang ipinaglalaban at nais na nilang mamuhay ng normal kasama ang kanilang mga pamilya”, dagdag ni Lt. Col. Mundala.

Nasa pag-iingat na ngayon ng 90IB ang isang (1) M14 Rifle, limang (5) .45 caliber pistol, dalawang (2) Ingram, isang (1) Carbine, isang (1) RPG2, anim (6) na Uzi, anim (6) na Thompson, dalawang (2) M79 Grenade Launchers, dalawang (2) Musil 7.62mm, walong (8 RPGs, walong (8 RPG Fragmentation-Type Rounds at isang (1) RPG High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) round.

Naging posible ang pagbalik-loob ng dating mga rebeldeng BIFF sa pagsisikap ng mga kasundalohan kasama ang suporta ng Local Government Unit ayon kay Col. Donald Gumiran, 602Bde Commander.

“Ang pagsuko ay resulta ng joint effort ng 90th Infantry Battalion at ng mga intelligence unit na naka-deploy sa lalawigan”, dagdag ni Col. Gumiran.

Isasailalim naman sa proseso ang enrolment ng mga former violent extremist sa reintegration program ng gobyerno ayun kay Maj. Gen. Roy Galido, JTF Central Commander.

“Their documents will also be processed for enrolment in the reintegration program of the government,” pahayag ni JTFC Commander Maj. Gen. Roy Galido.

Muling nanawagan ang JTF Central at 6ID sa mga naging biktima ng disinformation ng BIFF na magbalik-loob na sa pamahalaan alang-alang sa kanilang mga kaanak.

Kalinaw News is the official online source of information on the pursuit for peace in the Philippines This website is a property of the Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Philippine Army located at Lawton Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

https://www.kalinawnews.com/kumander-ng-biff-at-43-iba-pa-sumuko-sa-kabacan-cotabato/

Kalinaw News: Kampo at pagawaan ng pampasabog ng DI-MG nabawi ng JTF Central sa Lanao del Sur

From Kalinaw News (Dec 13, 2022): Kampo at pagawaan ng pampasabog ng DI-MG nabawi ng JTF Central sa Lanao del Sur  (DI-MG camp and explosive factory recovered by JTF Central in Lanao del Sur) (By Jonathan Blanco)

CAMP SIONGCO, Awang, DOS, Maguindanao del Norte – Iba’t-ibang uri ng mga war materials ang nabawi ng Joint Task Force Central matapos makubkub ang bagong diskubreng pinagkakampuhan ng Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group sa Bagumbayan, Marogong, Lanao Del Sur gabi nitong December 10, 2022.

Ayun kay Major General Roy Galido, JTF Central at 6ID Commander ito ay dahil sa matibay na suporta ng komunidad at maigting na intelligence efforts ng government security forces.

“Nasa 30 na mga tagasunod ni Abu Zacharia ang lider ng DI-MG ang namanmanan ng mga residente sa kalapit na lugar. Dahil baguhan ang kanilang hitsura madali silang ini-report ng community sa mga sundalo ng 1st Marine Brigade”, dagdag pa ni Maj. Gen. Galido.

Narekober sa lugar ang tatlong (3) units ng UHF Handheld Radio (Baofeng), dalawang (2) piraso ng radio batteries, isang (1) uniporme, isang (1) lower receiver ng M14 Rifle, isang (1) kevlar helmet, dalawang (2) 81MM mortar fuse, isang (1) barrel ng M60 Light Machine Gun, isang (1) cellphone, isang (1) combat boots, isang (1) pack ng wire, dalawang (2) kilo ng fertilizer, gun powder, isang (1) manual ng pagawa ng eksplosibo, isang (1) sako ng 81MM Fuse (25kls), isang (1) ‘tornohan’, isang (1) dynamo, dalawang (2) improvised RPG launchers, isang (1) empty magazine (7.62mm) at isang (1) prayer booklet.

Sa ginawang Focused Military Operations ng JTFC sa lugar na pinagkukutaan ng DI-MG ay na-recover ang mga gamit pangdigma, mga sangkap sa pagawa ng anti-personnel mines at personal na kagamitan ng mga terorista.

“Nais ng JTF Central na pasalamatan ang patuloy na suporta ng Local Government Units at kanilang mga community leaders dahil sa pagbibigay nila ng mahalagang impormasyon”, pahayag ng JTFC Commander.

Mariin din niyang inihayag na ang seguridad ay pananagutan ng lahat, “No single person is responsible for the security. We have to unite and work together”.

Kalinaw News is the official online source of information on the pursuit for peace in the Philippines This website is a property of the Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Philippine Army located at Lawton Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

https://www.kalinawnews.com/kampo-at-pagawaan-ng-pampasabog-ng-di-mg-nabawi-ng-jtf-central-sa-lanao-del-sur/

Kalinaw News: Mga Menor de Edad na nilinlang ng mga terroristan grupo, sumudo!

From Kalinaw News (Dec 13, 2022): Mga Menor de Edad na nilinlang ng mga terroristan grupo, sumudo! (Minors deceived by terrorist groups, spit!)  (By Jonathan Blanco)

Kasama ang kanilang mga magulang at tagapatnubay pati na rin ang ilang opisyales ng barangay, nagtungo ang pitong (7) menor de edad na pawang mga residente ng San Juan, Batangas sa Command Post ng 59IB sa Brgy Tulos, Rosario upang ihayag ang kanilang pagsuko kahapon, ika-10 ng Disyembre taong kasalukuyan.

Naitalang ang pitong kabataan na ito na may edad mula 13 hanggang 17 ay naging instrumento at kaanib ng mga teroristang grupong CPP-NPA-NDF sa Batangas nuong taong 2020-2021. Sila’y mga musmos na tinuruan ng mga berdugong NPA ukol sa paggamit ng armas at sinanay rin sa iba’t-ibang gawaing pandigma.

Para sa mga teroristang grupong CPP-NPA-NDF, ngayon ninyo sabihin na malinis at mabuti nga ang inyong hangarin at mga pinaglalaban.. Ngayon ninyo ipagsigawan na kapayapaan nga ang nais ninyo para sa bayan.. Di na kayo naawa at maging mga walang muwang na mga bata ay inyong nilagay sa kapahamakan. Sa murang edad pa lamang ay hinubog na ninyo na pahawakin ng mga pinagbabawal na armas para lamang sa inyong mga pansariling hangarin na maituloy ang inyong mga huwad na gawain.

Tunay nga namang wala kayong sini-sino na maging mga kabataan na siyang dapat ay pag-asa ng bayan ay inyong nililinlang. Tunay nga namang kayo’y mga berdugo na salot sa lipunan.

Mapalad ang mga kabataang ito at ang kanilang mga magulang sapagka’t sa kanilang pagsuko ay maiwawasto nang tuluyan ng pamahalaan ang mga maling kanilang natutunan. Asahang magkakaisa ang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan para matiyak ang agarang tulong na maaaring maigawad sa mga kabataang ito.

Kalinaw News is the official online source of information on the pursuit for peace in the Philippines This website is a property of the Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Philippine Army located at Lawton Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

https://www.kalinawnews.com/mga-menor-de-edad-na-nilinlang-ng-mga-teroristang-grupo-sumuko/

Military on alert as Maute resumes recruitment in Lanao del Sur

From Rappler (Dec 12, 2022): Military on alert as Maute resumes recruitment in Lanao del Sur (By FERDINANDH CABRERA)

Soldiers find the terrorist group's weeks-old training camp and bomb-making facility in a forested area in Marogong, Lanao del Sur

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Government troops stepped up military operations in Lanao del Sur province where the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group has been recruiting new members again.

Soldiers from the Army and 1st Marine Brigade found the group’s weeks-old training camp and bomb-making facility in a forested area in Marogong, Lanao del Sur, Joint Task Force-Central commander Major General Roy Galido said on Sunday, December 11.

The military said the new head of the terrorist organization, Faharudin Hadji Satar, also known as Abu Zacariah, had a hand in setting up the Lanao del Sur training camp and bomb-making facility.

Satar, according to the military, is the ISIS emir in Southeast Asia.

The task force said as many as 40 members of the Maute Group-Dawlah Islamiyah were monitored in the area.

Galido said some were believed to be remnants of the terrorist group government forces fought against in Marawi City in 2017 while others were recruits receiving training.

The military said the Maute Group included teenage-looking members, indicating that the terrorist group has been recruiting young members.

The Maute camp was set up about three weeks ago, he said.

Galido said the Maute camp was located in the secluded area in Marogong following weeks of military operations.

He said security measures were scaled up in Lanao del Sur, especially in areas where members of the group could escape to other provinces.

Galido appealed to Lanao del Sur officials and residents to help.

He said, “We have to help each other to keep radicalism from proliferating. This is important because if it proliferates, then we will have a bigger problem or worse, see something like what happened in Marawi. Let’s keep our youth from getting recruited,” he said.

In 2017, Marawi City was destroyed after five months of fighting between the military and the Maute Group.

The Duterte administration said it had no choice because the Maute Group had attempted to establish a caliphate in the predominantly Muslim city.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/military-alert-maute-resumes-recruitment-lanao-del-sur-december-2022/