The National Democratic Front-Cagayan Valley (NDF-CV) expressed concern over the disappearance of its regional public information team member Scarlet Lyne Gayo. The NDF-CV has been unable to contact her for more than three weeks.

NDF-CV spokesperson Salvador del Pueblo said Gayo was on medical leave and was scheduled to return to her unit when communication with her was lost. Gayo was last seen in Cavite on December 9, 2025.

“According to relevant information, Gayo was cornered by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and is being pressured to turn against her revolutionary comrades in exchange for the dismissal of several trumped-up charges against her,” Ka Salvador explained.

Before she went missing, Gayo was conducting research in Region 2 on the impact of droughts, typhoons, and other disasters on poor farming communities.

“The AFP and NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict) of the US-Marcos regime must be made to answer if Gayo and her family are harmed in anyway, in violation of international humanitarian law and protocols of war,” said del Pueblo.