Archive of Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command)

Deluge of flagrant acts of rights abuses marked Sta. Catlina FMO -- NPA-Southeast Negros
July 28, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

The recently concluded focused military operation (FMO) in the hinterland vilages of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental and the adjoining boundary areas of the towns of Sitaon and Valencia precipitated in numerous incidents of human rights violations that include assassination, abducation, raid of civilian houses, manufacturing evidence, threat and coercion, blackmail, forced surrender among others. This […]

The true state of the nation presented by the people demands Duterte’s ouster
July 28, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | New People's Army | NDF-Negros Island | Bayani Obrero | Spokesperson | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | Juanito Magbanua | Spokesperson |

Joint statement of NPA and NDF Negros The revolutionary movement recognizes the genuine State of the Nation Address (SONA) conducted by the Negrosanons in the cities of Bacolod, Kabankalan and Dumaguete where they revealed the true worsening conditions of every sector in the fifth year of the insufferable and bloody Duterte regime. Despite the obvious […]

NPA-Negros: AFP tagging NPA as ‘terrorists’ a mistake and a desperate cover-up for their own crimes
July 25, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | Juanito Magbanua | Spokesperson |

  NPA-Negros slams the AFP’s recent statements once again wrongfully tagging revolutionaries as ‘terrorists’, and accusing them for the recent spate of killings in Negros and attacking communities. If anything, it is the AFP who continue to murder innocent civilians, violate International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and terrorize communities. Before and even during the onslaught of […]

The true State of the Nation: 4 tormented years of fascist bloodshed, imperialist subservience bootlicking, and anti-popular neoliberal schemes - NPA Southeast Negros
July 25, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

As early as 2016, when Duterte kicked-off the infamous Philippine Drug War, the Filipino people already had glimpses of and foreshadowed Duterte’s murderous open terrorist dictatorship. Unlike the pseudo-democratic regimes of Aquino the mother, FVR, pare Erap, GMA, and Aquino the son who preferred to camouflage their fascist rule with a thin veil of so-called […]

Cracking down on dissent à la Duterte - NPA Southeast Negros
July 25, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

11th IB troopers round-up Bayawan residents; make threats against joining SONA rally Taking cue from their fascist chieftain Duterte, soldiers from 11th IB this week forcefully summoned and interrogated like a criminal a farmer-leader in Barangay Nangka, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental and then proceeded to gather the members of the local farmers’ association and browbeat […]

Ongoing focused military operation in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental terrorize farmers – RMPC-NPA
July 22, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

Starting July 6, 2020, military and police forces from the 11th IB AFP & 705th RMFB launched a focused military operation in the hinterland villages of Sta. Catalina and its boundaries to Siaton and Valencia towns in Negros Oriental. At least two Army companies, 1 PNP mobile force company and two paramilitary geographic companies were […]

NPA-Southwest Negros launches tactical offensives, condemns AFP retaliatory terror against civilians and activists
July 19, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southwest Negros (Armando Sumayang Jr. Command) | Andrea Guerrero | Spokesperson |

Red fighters of the Armando Sumayang Jr. Command (ASJC) of the New People’s Army’s Southwest Negros Front ambushed a platoon of the 15th Infantry Battalion last Wednesday afternoon, July 8, 2020 in Brgy. Pinggot, Ilog Town, Negros Occidental, killing at least 12 AFP soldiers and wounding four others. In a statement, the ASJC said that […]

RMPC-NPA: ‘Lapulapu” soldiers, militiamen violate social distancing protocol
July 18, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

While the fascistic Duterte regime imposed a stringent implementation of social distancing protocol upon the people ostensibly to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, its military and paramilitary forces in the countryside brazenly violate this. The residents of far flung villages of Siaton and Zamboanguita reported having observed soldiers from 11th “Lapulapu” Infantry Battalion […]

NPA-MCC nakakuha sang 4 ka armas sa lider-panatiko sa Binalbagan
July 15, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-South Central Negros (Mt. Cansermon Command) | Dionesio Magbuelas | Spokesperson |

Translation: English Ang NPA-Mount Cansermon Command sang South Central Negros nga Larangan Gerilya nakakuha sang 4 ka armas-luthang (isa ka M16, shotgun, .45 kag .38 nga kalibre sang pistola) kay alyas ‘Tikboy’ Bongaita kag sa iya pamilya sa Sitio Binadlan, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, sadtong Hulyo 14, 2020 mga alas 4:30 sang kaagahon. Nakakuha […]

NPA-MCC seizes 4 firearms from fanatic leader in Binalbagan; punishes intelligence asset in Himamaylan
July 15, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-South Central Negros (Mt. Cansermon Command) | Dionesio Magbuelas | Spokesperson |

Translation: Hiligaynon The NPA-Mount Cansermon Command of the South Central Negros Guerilla Front seized 4 firearms (an M16 rifle, a shotgun, and .45 and .38 cal pistols) from alyas ‘Tikboy’ Bongaita and his family members in Sitio Binadlan, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, last July 14, 2020, at around 4:30 AM. They were also able […]