NPA launches punitive actions against companies, businesses
Seven companies and businesses were punished by Red fighters of the NPA because of non-compliance with the taxation policies of the people's democratic government. The punitive actions were undertaken through separate raids in Occidental Mindoro, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac, Bohol and Cotabato in March and April.
Cotabato. The NPA burned a bus owned by the Yellow Bus Company in Palian, Tupi, South Cotabato in the early morning of April 27 as punishment for the company's non-payment of revolutionary taxes.
Tarlac. Red fighters punished the Bondoc Poultry Farm owned by Cecilio Bondoc in Barangay Sta. Ines, Sta. Ignacia on April 10 at 8 p.m. Razed were the poultry farm, a generator, an XLT van, a delivery truck and two other company vehicles. The poultry farm sustained up to P2.5 million in damages.
Bondoc was proven to have tipped off the military on the NPA's movements in 1997 during a scheduled negotiation regarding revolutionary taxes. Later, Bondoc also had a detachment of the 69th IB set up in Sta. Ines, not far from his poultry farm.
Occidental Mindoro. The NPA punished the Jopel Construction Company in Sitio Siruban, Barangay Batong Buhay, Sablayan on May 1. It was around 8 p.m. when fighters of the Lucio de Guzman Command burned a crane and tires owned by the company and seized two sets of communications equipment. The punitive action was undertaken after the company ignored previous notifications and warnings from the NPA regarding its non-compliance with the revolutionary movement s policies, including nonpayment of taxes.
Bohol. Red fighters burned quarry equipment, including three backhoes, two payloaders and a dump truck owned by Jose Jumamoy Jr. on April 9 in Sitio Kauslan, Barangay Kawayan, Inabanga. The equipment were estimated to have cost up to P4.5 million. Jumamoy, a former mayor of Inabanga and husband of the current mayor Josephine Jumamoy, was punished for refusing to pay revolutionary taxes, destroying the environment and masterminding illegal gambling, drug trafficking and gunrunning activities.
Nueva Vizcaya. The NPA raided the motorpool of a foreign contractor of the Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and electrification projects in Alfonso Casta�eda town on April 9. The Red fighters disarmed the project's guards. People in the locality have been fiercely opposing the project because of its negative effect on the environment and their livelihoods.
Nueva Ecija. The NPA raided the G and L Associated Brokerage in Barangay Cambitala, Pantabangan on March 11 at 8 p.m. and burned a 10- wheeler truck owned by the company. Up to P1 million worth of property was destroyed. G and L Associated Brokerage is owned by Gerry Trinidad.
On March 4, the NPA swiftly raided the MIESCOR (Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp.) compound in Sitio Kakapalan, Barangay Salvacion North, Lupao and burned a backhoe worth up to P3 million.
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