The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) suffered at least 14 casualties in more than two weeks of all-out military offensive and massive bombardment at the height of preparations for Christmas and New Year holidays in the boundaries of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Agusan del Sur provinces, according to initial reports from field commands of […]
The unilateral declaration of a temporary 5-day ceasefire in solidarity with the people’s traditional holidays and to commemorate the historic 50th anniversary of the CPP stands and will be strictly complied with even as the Pary calls for heightened armed resistance against the Duterte regime’s extended martial law in Mindanao and de facto nationwide martial […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the Philippine Congress for extending Duterte’s martial law in Mindanao by another year. Further extension of military rule will result in more killings, abductions, torture and worse abuses against the people. Everyone who voted in favor of extending martial rule in Mindanano will have their names tainted […]
Malacañang yesterday announced Duterte’s issuance of Executive Order No. 70 forming the National Task Force which he will head with the declared aim of ending the armed revolution through the “whole-of-nation” approach and “delivery of basic services” to supposedly “address the root causes” of the armed conflict. It is a actually a thin veil to […]
Of course, it is up to Duterte and the leadership of the AFP and PNP to decide whether they will declare a unilateral ceasefire or not this holiday season. In not unilaterally declaring a ceasefire, however, they are showing complete disregard of the traditional holidays and chosen to continue mounting combat operations and raining bombs […]
The AFP and PNP claims another reason for martial law is to stop the collection of revolutionary taxes and prevent the New People’s Army (NPA) from implementing the revolutionary policies on the reactionary elections. In fact, the AFP and PNP cannot stop the revolutionary movement from collecting taxes or ensuring policies with regard the conduct […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines vehemently condemns the arrest of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Rey Claro Casambre and activist Corazon Casambre by combined elements of the police and military in Cavite, past midnight last night. The arrest grossly violates Rey Casambre’s rights under the Joint Agreement on Safety and […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines condemns the recent arrest and incarceration of NDFP consultant Vic Ladlad and his elderly companions based the overused trumped up charges of possessing illegal weapons and explosives. Ladlad’s arrest brings to three the number of consultants the GRP has arrested in the recent months. The other two arrested consultants, […]
The order yesterday by Duterte to form a National Task Force against the NPA comes after the earlier proposal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to set up a task force to direct all efforts of government agencies to fight the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA). This […]
Duterte’s military takeover of the Bureau of Customs signal his assumption of complete and direct control of the drug smuggling operations in the Philippines. Frustrated over how recent operations to smuggle in more than two tons of methamphetamine hydrocholoride (shabu) was publicly exposed, Duterte now wants to use martial law powers to take complete control […]