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CAPTURE OF SOLCOM SPY CHIEF BARED
A New People�s Army (NPA) special unit has arrested the the intelligence chief of the Philippine Army�s Southern Luzon Command (Solcom). Communist Party spokesperson Gregorio �Ka Roger� Rosal announced in November that the NPA had captured Maj. Noel Buan on July 6 in a special operation for his intelligence activities that wrought damage to the people and the revolutionary movement in Southern Tagalog and Bicol.
Buan, formerly the intelligence chief of the 76th IB, was assigned to Bicol in 1989. He was transferred to Southern Tagalog in 1990, reassigned to Bicol in 1992 and to Southern Tagalog in 1998. He was arrested in San Pablo City through the use of stratagem.
POLICE CHIEF NABBED, 3 SCOUT RANGERS KILLED IN QUEZON
New People�s Army guerrillas captured the police chief of a Quezon town on November 3. Chief Insp. Abelardo Martin was arrested when Red fighters attacked the Philippine National Police station in Dolores town. The guerrillas attacked at 12:30 noon aboard two jeeps. The Red fighters also seized an M14, five M16s, four .38s, two 9 mm�s and a radio in the 10-minute raid.
Meanwhile, three Scout Rangers belonging to a composite team of the 415th Police Provincial Mobile Group and the 9th Scout Rangers Coy were killed in an NPA ambush on November 9. The soldiers who were aboard a truck were part of the enemy forces sent to comb through towns near Dolores to look for Martin.
REGIME�S NEGLECT OF BUAN AND MARTIN ASSAILED
Gregorio �Ka Roger� Rosal condemned the Estrada government�s lack of concern for two prisoners of war, Maj. Noel Buan and Chief Insp. Abelardo Martin (see related news). In a statement aired at the end of December, Ka Roger said that the regime was taking a hardline position in refusing to negotiate for their release.
Instead, it has massively deployed as many as 10 battalions of military and police forces in Southern Tagalog. On the other hand, the New People�s Army has accorded Buan and Martin their rights as prisoners of war. Buan and Martin sent a voice tape and a letter, respectively, to their families.
NPA PUNISHES KOREAN COMPANY
Red fighters of the New People�s Army (NPA) punished a Korean company in Barangay Sta. Rosa, Mulanay, Quezon on October 30. The raid against the Keangnam Construction Co. was launched at 2:45 a.m. Guerrillas from the Maria Teresa de Leon Command of South Quezon burned company machinery worth P25 million and confiscated other equipment such as video cameras and a computer. In a statement, the NPA command said it punished the company for its refusal to abide by the revolutionary movement�s taxation policies. This, despite the fact that it operates within the NPA�s guerrilla zones that fall under the people�s Red authority.
PNP COMPANY HEADQUARTERS IN BOHOL RAIDED
Three policemen were killed when Red fighters raided the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP)�s 702nd Provincial Mobile Group in Sta. Fe, Danao, Bohol. The 702nd Provincial Mobile Group is the PNP unit primarily responsible for waging suppressive campaigns against the people and the revolutionary movement in Bohol province.
The raid was launched on December 2 by about 50 New People�s Army guerrillas who were in police uniform and aboard a truck and 10 motorcycles. The Red fighters were able to come close by playing a ruse on the policemen. Pretending to hold a Christmas party, the guerrillas brought with them two roasted pigs, bread, rice and drinks.
PNP DETACHMENT RAIDED IN MINDORO
The New People�s Army (NPA) raided the Philippine National Police (PNP) station in Pola, Oriental Mindoro. The raid launched on November 1 was successfully executed in a matter of five minutes. The raiding Red fighters were aboard an L-300 van, a jeep and four motorcycles. Seized from the police station were an M14, two M16s, a 9mm, ammunition, a radio set and typewriters.
Meanwhile, a notorious policeman was meted revolutionary justice in Oriental Mindoro also on November 1. SPO4 Ciriaco Manalo, who is assigned to Naujan, was punished at 5 a.m. in Sitio Murangan, Barangay Alcate, Victoria town. Confiscated from him was a .38, ammunition and a hand-held radio.
POLICEMEN, SOLDIERS AMBUSHED IN EASTERN SAMAR
Six policemen and soldiers were wounded in two separate ambushes by the New People�s Army (NPA) this December in Samar.
Three policemen assigned to the Philippine National Police (PNP) station in MacArthur, Eastern Samar were seriously wounded in an ambush by NPA guerrillas. The policemen, who were aboard a patrol car, were ambushed on December 22 in Sitio Palanas, Barangay Vigan, MacArthur, Eastern Samar.
Earlier, another ambush was launched by the NPA on December 15 against Philippine Army elements in Barangay Lale, Pinabacdao, Samar, wounding three soldiers.
SUCCESSFUL AMBUSHES LAUNCHED IN SURIGAO DEL SUR AND ABRA
Nine paramilitary elements and soldiers were killed in separate ambushes in Surigao del Sur and Abra.
Seven elements of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) were killed in an ambush by Red fighters on November 7 in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur. They were part of a truckload of CAFGU.
Meanwhile, two Philippine Army troopers were killed in an NPA ambush on their unit in Tubo, Abra on October 30. The soldiers were attacked as they were crossing a hanging bridge.
NDF DECLARES HOLIDAY CEASEFIRE
A four-day ceasefire was declared by the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People�s Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) this Christmas season. In a statement, Elias Dipasupil, Secretary General of the NDF National Council, announced that the ceasefire would take effect from midnight of December 23 till midnight of December 25 and from midnight of December 30 till midnight of January 2. All NPA units were nonetheless ordered to maintain alertness against military and police attacks.
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