In advance of the 51st founding anniversary of the New People’s Army, journalists, academics and activists have asked me what is the key role of the NPA and related questions in the context of the ongoing people’s democratic revolution in the Philippines. I have relied on my background knowledge and reading of current publications from […]
Upon the recommendation of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), by way of direct response to the call of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire between warring parties for the common purpose of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the Senate and the House of Representatives for railroading last night the bill that grants authoritarian powers to Rodrigo Duterte in the guise of emergency response to the threat of a Covid-19 epidemic. Duterte is unscrupulously and shamelessly using the rising public health emergency to further reinforce […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today questioned the Duterte regime’s ceasefire declaration saying reports indicate that combat, psywar and intelligence operations continue to be conducted by AFP units against the New People’s Army and against the peasant masses. After imposing the militarist Luzon Lockdown purportedly to contain the spread of the Covid-19, Duterte […]
The Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the Regional Operational Command (Chadli Molintas Command) of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the Ilocos-Cordillera Region (ICR) vehemently condemn the ruthless murder of Comrades Julius Soriano Giron, Ma Lourdes Denero Tangco, and Arvie Alarcon Reyes. Such cold-blooded carnage by Philippine state security […]
Sa harap ng krisis na iniluwal ng pandemic ng Covid-19 sa bansa, isa lamang ang maaaring gawin ng rehimeng Duterte upang bumaba ang antas ng mga sagupaan sa pagitan ng NPA at mersenaryong AFP at PNP. Kailangan lamang atasan ng rehimen ang AFP at PNP na iatras ang mga pwersa nito na nagsasagawa ng focus […]
Peke at boladas lamang ang deklarasyon ni Duterte ng unilateral ceasefire (UCF) na magkakabisa mula ngayon, Marso 19 at magtatapos sa Abril 15, 2020. Matapos pakitang-tao na maglabas ng SOMO ang AFP at SOPO ang PNP, nagpapatuloy pa rin ang mga inilulunsad na focused military operations (FMO) sa mga larangang gerilya ng NPA sa Palawan, […]
Even before the Duterte government declared yesterday a 27-day ceasefire in line with its imposition of a lockdown, the Party had already issued directives to all revolutionary forces to carry out a mass campaign to encourage collective action to respond comprehensively and extensively to the threat of a Covid-19 outbreak. Ceasefire or not, NPA Red […]
The Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the Regional Operational Command (Chadli Molintas Command) of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the Ilocos- Cordillera Region (ICR) fervently condemn the ruthless massacre of Comrades Julius ‘Ka Nars’ Soriano Giron, Dr. Ma Lourdes Denero Tangco, and Arvie Alarcon Reyes, perpetrated by the […]
Translation/s: Pilipino The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the cold-blooded assassination of Party leader Julius Giron (Ka Nars), his doctor Lourdes Tan Torres and their aide last March 13 in Baguio City. Claims made by the military and police that they were about to serve an arrest warrant are […]