Archive of Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command)

Efren Martires Command condemns murder of Salvador “Ka Bulig” Nordan
March 13, 2020 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command (New People’s Army-Eastern Visayas) today expressed outrage at the extrajudicial killing by Duterte’s fascist police last March 6 of Salvador Nordan, an NPA leader in Northern Samar who was on leave at the time of his death. “The NPA-Eastern Visayas believes Salvador Nordan, who was better known as “Ka Bulig” in […]

Unwittingly, Gen. Dagoy of the 802nd IBde helps the NPA advance in Leyte
November 27, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command of the New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today dismissed the prediction made by 802nd Infantry Brigade commander Lope Dagoy that Leyte will be “insurgency-free” by 2020, as it called the Army official responsible for the state repression and climate of impunity in the island which persuade the masses to fight […]

NPA vows more tactical offensives after Borongan ambush rattles Duterte, 8th ID
November 20, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command (New People’s Army-Eastern Visayas) today congratulates the Red fighters in Eastern Samar on their triumphant tactical offensive against the fascist troops of the 14th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army in Sitio Bangon, Barangay Pinanag-an, Borongan City last November 11. The victory of the Sergio Lobina Command (NPA-Eastern Samar) is a timely and fitting […]

NPA emerges victorious from series of firefights, belies AFP claims
November 07, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | NPA-Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command) | Amado Pesante | Spokesperson |

Amidst the deluge of the joint forces of the 20th Infantry Battalion and the 81st Division Reconnaissance Company, the New People’s Army-Rodante Urtal Command (RUC) overcame the challenge and ran triumphant despite the enemy’s massive military campaign in Las Navas, Northern Samar. In the series of firefights that ensued near the barrios of Brgy. Epaw, […]

NPA scores victories in Northern Samar, chides 8th ID for lying about clashes
October 28, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | NPA-Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command) | Amado Pesante | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army in Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command or RUC) today claimed victories against forces of the 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army in the past weeks, as it called out the government troops for lying about its own casualties and exaggerating those of the NPA. The RUC reported that two active military agents of […]

NPA hits Dagoy for staging Carigara “encounter” to cover up losses, attacks on civilians
October 23, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command (NPA-Eastern Visayas) today belied the claims of Army brigade commander Lope Dagoy that Red fighters suffered heavy losses in an encounter with elements of the 93rd Infantry Battalion in Caghalo village, Carigara, Leyte last October 2. “No NPA unit engaged in firefight or had their arms confiscated in that area at […]

NPA warns civil-military juntas to sideswipe provincial governments in the name of EO 70
September 27, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command of the New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today warned that the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) set up in each of the six provinces of the region are essentially civil-military juntas which will sideswipe the local governments. “Organized by virtue of Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order […]

NPA raps 8th ID for make-believe victory at the expense of civilians
September 23, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command (New People’s Army-Eastern Visayas) belies the Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division attained victory in its intensified campaign since August 1. “According to the latest reports from our units, the NPA acknowledges only two Red fighters killed in action; these were martyred in Sulat, Eastern Samar,” said Ka Karlos Manuel, EMC spokesperson. […]

NPA predicts AFP and Dagoy bound to lose in Leyte
September 16, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The Efren Martires Command (New People’s Army-Eastern Visayas) today said it is the Armed Forces of the Philippines that is on the losing course and along with Gen. Lope Dagoy will be finished in Leyte in the long run. “The people are increasingly attracted to the NPA in the face of the loathsome mass killings […]

63rd IB commanding officer lying; 5 soldiers dead after NPA counter-offensive
September 05, 2019 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | NPA-Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command) |

The commanding officer of the 63rd Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army, Lt. Col. Rizaldo Laurena, is lying when he claims no soldiers were hurt after a successful counter-offensive by the Arnulfo Ortiz Command (AOC or NPA-Western Samar) against the said AFP troops last September 2. Five soldiers were killed in the first clash between a unit of […]