A unit of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Albay (Santos Binamera Command) ambushed the 49th IB’s 16-man squad operating in Barangay Palapas, Ligao City, Albay on August 21. At least three fascist soldiers were killed and one more was reported wounded in the ambush..

NPA-Albay reported that the 49th IB troopers attempted to approach and raid the people’s army encampment. It said that the masses monitored the movements of the fascist troops, which enabled the people’s army unit to immediately and decisively conduct a preemptive strike.

In Negros Occidental, the NPA-South Central Negros (Romeo Nanta Command) ambushed the 94th IB troopers and CAFGU who were operating in Sityo Balao, Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City on September 4. Three fascist soldiers were wounded.

Active defense. In Aurora, an NPA-Aurora (Domingo Erlano Command) unit active defense wounded a 91st IB soldier on the afternoon of August 21 in Sitio Aguses, Barangay Matawe, Dingalan. The 91st IB has been conducting focused and sustained military operations in Dingalan and nearby towns for three months.

In the past weeks, NPA units carried out successive armed actions and active defense against Armed Forces of the Philippines attacking troops. Aside from Albay and Aurora, these took place in Masbate, Oriental Mindoro, Quezon, and Capiz.

These series of battles refute Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s July statement that “no guerrilla groups remain” in the country.

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