Tactical offensives continue in Bicol
�If we accumulate small gains,
We shall reap great victories��
The New People's Army continues to launch tactical offensives in the various provinces of Bicol. From June to August, 14 were killed and 20 assorted firearms were confiscated in eight offensives.
Last August, forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Citizens� Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) were taken by surprise by a tactical offensive launched by combined forces of the Communist Party provincial committee in Masbate and the NPA-Bicol regional guerilla unit. The NPA punished a PNP agent, ambushed the PNP and CAFGU elements that served as reinforcement and came to the agent�s rescue and confiscated 18 assorted firearms.
Barangay Captain Roberto Inopia, an active PNP spy who was guilty of a long list of crimes against the people, was punished on August 1 in Sitio Bat-og, Balite, Aroroy, Masbate. An M16, a .45, a .357, a .22 and two riot shotguns were confiscated from him.
The following day, at 2:00 a.m., PNP troops aboard a jeep, a truck and two motorcycles charged towards the spot where Inopia was punished. They were ambushed by Red fighters who concentrated their fire at the jeep and one of the motorcycles, as the truck and the other motorcycle quickly retreated. Four policemen and a CAFGU were killed. Three others who were wounded, surrendered. The NPA confiscated six M16s, two garands, one M14, two .45s, a .38, magazines and assorted ammunition.
The wounded PNP troops were given medicine, treated as prisoners of war and adviced to resign.
Also on the morning of August 2 at Lukbanan, Capalonga, Camarines Norte, an NPA special team punished Nilo Elip y Rosas after he was proven to have tipped the enemy on the NPA�s movements on two occasions. He also served as guide in enemy operations. He was punished after he ignored the opportunity given him by the movement to reform, and because the people of the area demanded his punishment. It was also on August 2 when a special team of the NPA meted out revolutionary justice on PNP Sr. Insp. Nomeriano Relorcasa. He was punished for being a counterrevolutionary and for the blood debts he owed the people of Tomolin, Ligao, Albay.
These are but the latest tactical offensives launched in the region.
The NPA successfully conducted a special operation on July 30 in Sorsogon. Punished in Barangay Bacolod, Juban was SPO1 Alfredo B. Baraquiel, an abusive policeman. Seized from Baraquiel were an M16 and a 9 mm pistol.
On July 10, the NPA punished Ronald Creer, a former NPA guerrilla who surrendered to the enemy and became an informer for the 203rd Bde. Creer was also involved in theft, holdups and murder.
Another intelligence operative of the 203rd Bde was punished by the NPA on July 3. Sergeant Toreret, an enemy spy, organized and coordinated barrio intelligence networks in Camarines Norte. In addition, he headed drug, kidnap for ransom, carnapping and illegal logging syndicates. He also ordered the massacre of innocent civilians in Canapawan, Labo last March. A special NPA team ambushed Toreret in Sitio Cucod Kabayo, Barangay Bagong Silang I, in the town of Labo.
Meanwhile, on June 27, the NPA punished Bong Acula in the municipality of San Vicente, Camarines Norte. Acula was an ex-NPA guerrilla who surrendered and became an enemy asset. He served as a guide in military operations and facilitated the surrender of other former fighters. He also bribed parents of Red fighters to convince their children to surrender or leave the NPA.
AS LONG AS the toiling masses are exploited and oppressed, the New People�s Army in Bicol will intensify guerrilla warfare based on an ever-broadening and everdeepening mass base, marching in step with the revolutionary masses all over the country.
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