Victorious NPA Offensives
NPA demolishes FM bust
The people and the entire revolutionary movement hailed the destruction of the gigantic Marcos bust by operatives of the NPA Chadli Molintas Command (CMC) in Tuba, Benguet on December 29.
In a statement, the CMC said that the bust "was a monument to a dictator's absolute arrogance and egotism. It is a blight upon a land that is the ancestral home of the Ibaloi people and a grim reminder of the monstrous crimes that the Marcoses have committed against the people." The Ibaloi have long resisted the construction of the bust because they were forcibly evacuated from their land when the monument was built in the early 1980s.
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal hailed the demolition of the bust. In a statement, he said the destruction of the Marcos bust is an indication that victims of human rights violations under the Marcos dictatorship have not been served justice and "the oppressed people and victims of Marcos' only recourse is to turn to the revolutionary movement.� Ka Roger emphasized that the directive of the CPP Central Committee issued in 1999 on the "arrest, trial and punishment of the principal implementors and beneficiaries of martial law" remains in force.
Guerrillas raid PA camp in Surigao del Norte
NPA guerrillas successfully raided the camp of the abusive 20th IB in Barangay Ombong, Alegria, Surigao del Norte on December 19. A sergeant and a CAFGU element were wounded in the 15-minute firefight. The abusive and notorious soldiers of the 20th IB had long been the subject of complaints by lumad and officials of nearby Las Nieves town.
Meanwhile, a Philippine Navy officer was divested of his .45 caliber pistol on December 20. Lt. Christopher Salimbangon was caught flatfooted by a three-member unit of the NPA in Sitio Dalaw-an, Barangay Rizal, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Seized from him aside from his weapons were his cell phone and night vision goggles.
Colonel wounded in South Cotabato ambush
A commander of the Philippine Army and three soldiers were wounded in an NPA ambush in Sitio Salapidan, Barangay Palian, Tupi, South Cotabato on January 4. Troops of the 27th IB, under the command of Lt. Col. Eduardo Laden were on patrol when they were ambushed. The detachment of the Philippine National Police is only about three kilometers from the ambush site.
9 rifles seized in Davao Oriental raid
Nine rifles were confiscated in a raid on the office of the Civil Security Unit (CSU) in Mati, Davao Oriental at dawn on December 29. The raid was executed by the NPA without firing a single shot. Confiscated were two M14s, three M16s, a carbine, a garand and two shotguns. The office of the CSU, located at the Davao Oriental provicial capitol, is only 200 meters from the headquarters of the Philippine Army 4th Special Forces and 300 meters from the Mati PNP station.
Soldiers ambushed in Samar
Two soldiers were killed and three were wounded, including Lt. Reran Ante, when they were ambushed by the NPA on the morning of December 29 in Sitio Hebabaugan, Barangay Washington, Catarman, Northern Samar. The troops belonging to the 63rd IB were riding in a Kennedy-type jeep when a landmine was detonated by Red fighters under the NPA Sergio Lobina Command.
RPA, 12th IB suffer losses in Panay
An element of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army (RPA) bandit group was wounded when their team was sniped by the NPA in Barangay Tacoyong Norte, Leon, Iloilo on December 6.
Earlier, a sergeant of the 12th IB was killed and another was wounded in a failed military operation against the NPA on November 29 in Barangay Sta. Carmen, Dumalag, Capiz. There was no casualty on the NPA side.
9 firearms seized in 2 offensives in Central Visayas
Seven enemy forces were killed and nine highpowered firearms were seized by the NPA in separate offensives launched against fascist military troops and CAFGU elements in Cebu and Bohol in December.
The NPA guerrillas confiscated four M14s, one M203 grenade launcher, one M16 and all ammunition in a raid on the 78th IB's mobile detachment in Sitio Siotes, Barangay Caurasan, Carmen, Cebu on December 12. Four soldiers died while one was wounded in the firefight that lasted for half an hour.
Meanwhile, two M14s and one M16 were seized by Red fighters when they ambushed elements of the 15th IB and the CAFGU in Sitio Fatima, Barangay Taming, Danao, Bohol on December 9. Three CAFGU elements were killed in the first volley of fire.
Notorious mayor punished
Partisans from the Pulang Diwata Command of the New People�s Army in Northeast Mindanao meted punishment on Victor Elipe, antipeople and counterrevolutionary mayor of Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte on December 19.
His case was reviewed by the people's court up to the regional level for a year before he was meted the death penalty.
Among the charges filed against him were landgrabbing, harassment of his political opponents, rape and sexual harassment.
The NPA apologized to the families of the two local officials who were wounded during the firefight between the partisans and Elipe's bodyguards.
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