Maj. Gen. Pio Diñoso III of the 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army is just one of the many Army chiefs before him who declared they have “dismantled” the NPA’s guerrilla fronts or that they will defeat the NPA in Eastern Visayas. And like all his warmongering predecessors, who think that more troops, more bombs and bigger […]
The New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today condemned the increasing number of forced “surrenders” in Matuguinao, Western Samar, as the 19th IB-Philippine Army and the PNP-Special Action Force intensify the Duterte regime’s counter-insurgency campaign and undeclared martial law in the said town. The 19th IB recently presented some 353 residents who “surrendered” as NPA […]
Isang full-size platun ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Eastern Samar (Sergio Lobina Command o BHB-SLC) ang nakapagtapos ng batayang kursong pulitiko-militar nitong Oktubre. Sa loob ng 12 araw, nagawang sanayin ng BHB-SLC ang mga buong panahong Pulang mandirigma sa gitna ng matinding operasyong kombat at Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) ng AFP-PNP sa lugar. Ayon sa apat […]
Sa Western Samar, ikinagagalit ng mga magsasaka ang panloloko sa kanila ng mga elemento ng 63rd IB, 801st IBde at lokal na PNP na kumuha ng ayuda para sa mga naapektuhan ng kalamidad kapalit ang “pagsurender.” Ayon sa ulat na natanggap ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command o BHB-AOC), pinalabas ng mga sundalo […]
Sa Western Samar, tatlong magsasaka ang pinakahuling mga biktima ng ekstrahudisyal na pamamaslang sa kamay ng death squad ng 46th IB. Bahagi sila ng siyam na magsasaka na pinaslang ng berdugong batalyon ngayong taon. Pinatay ng mga sundalo si Joey Ocasla, 39, residente ng Brgy. Sinalangtan, Calbiga noong Oktubre 23 bandang alas-3 ng madaling araw. […]
This is to warn the public against a certain individual posing as “Ka Butil”/”Ka Bente” of the New People’s Army in Western Samar, who in recent months has been approaching several individuals to extort money allegedly as a representative of the People’s Democratic Government. This impostor is not authorized by the People’s Democratic Government to […]
In the weeks leading up from September 20 until as of this writing, massive indiscriminate mortar shelling, gunfire strafing, towards upland communities of Palapag, Mapanas, and Gamay in Northern Samar province have been noted as perpetrated by the government’s 20th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army. A scene the villagers call “Almost like the rain of fire […]
The New People’s Army-Eastern Visayas (Efren Martires Command or EMC) today commemorates with the Filipino people the 119th anniversary of the historic Balangiga Uprising, a memory of the triumph of people’s war over the war of aggression by US imperialism. More than a hundred years later, the militancy, creativity, and heroism of the people of […]
Nasa 39 na pamilya ang pinipilit ng mga elemento ng 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army na sumurender o hindi nila maaaring anihin ang libu-libong sako ng palay sa San Jose de Buan, Western Samar. Sa ulat ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command), tuloy-tuloy ang kampanyang pagpapasurender ng 8th ID sa Barangay San Nicolas kung […]
The New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas (Efren Martires Command or EMC) today reports that an NPA unit was raided by troops under the 87th Infantry Battalion last July 29 near Sitio Salvacion, Barangay San Nicolas, San Jose de Buan, Western Samar. The said NPA unit was able to retaliate with gunfire. The firefight […]