Archive of Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command)

“Surrendered” father and son in Kibawe, Bukidnon are civilians
July 04, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | NPA-Mt. Apo Sub-Regional Operational Command | Isabel Santiago | Spokesperson |

The Mt. Apo Subregional Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao strongly condemns the AFP’S 72nd Infantry Battalion over the fake surrender of a father and son, both civilian farmers, in Brgy. Magsaysay, Kibawe town in Bukidnon on June 23. Residents of Brgy. Magsaysay were puzzled when they heard over the local radio […]

Troops deployment, FMO betray 10th ID’s claim of insurgency-free provinces in Southern Mindanao
June 26, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

Behind all the bravado, the 10th ID and the Eastern Mindanao Command know for sure it is only a matter of time when their declarations will come back and haunt them, as they did many times in the past.

In the face of failure, 10th ID stoops down to ludicrous lies yet again
June 01, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

Ever the purveyor of fake news and disinformation, the 10th Infantry Division has recently ramped up its campaign of lies and intrigue in the remaining days of the tyrannical US-Duterte regime. In the face of its failure to decimate the NPA in Southern Mindanao, the AFP made claims that a ranking NPA commander and CPP […]

Trigger-happy 48th IB troops open fire at peasants in Davao Oriental, killing two
April 30, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

Troops belonging to 48th Infantry Battalion fired upon five peasant civilians in Brgy. Talisay, San Isidro town in Davao Oriental. Two of the civilians were killed, the other three sustained severe wounds and have been misrepresented as members of the New People’s Army and falsely charged with illegal possession of firearms. The five individuals whom […]

Comrades arrested in Tagum City must be accorded rights as hors de combat
March 13, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

The Regional Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao demands that the three comrades arrested on March 9 by combined forces of the 1001st Infantry Brigade and CIDG Region 11 in Tagum City must be treated as and accorded with the rights of hors de combat, in accordance with the Comprehensive Agreement […]

AFP’s fiction of armed encounter cannot belie cold-blooded summary execution of civilian activists in New Bataan
March 02, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

The Regional Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao strongly condemns the barefaced lie of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that the three activists and two of their companions were killed in an armed encounter in New Bataan, Davao de Oro on February 24. In truth, the unarmed civilians were abducted […]

It is the AFP, not the NPA, that receives billions to finance terroristic activities
January 15, 2022 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

Akin to Duterte’s narco-list of his proscribed individuals embroiled in the illegal drug trade, the 1001st Infantry Brigade has recently warned unnamed companies and persons, saying it has a “list” of supposed supporters financing the New People’s Army. This latest psywar ploy by the Armed Forces of the Philippines invoked the insidious Anti-Terrorism Act and […]

Mass shooting by drunk soldier bares evils of AFP’s RCSP in Bukidnon
October 22, 2021 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | NPA-Mt. Apo Sub-Regional Operational Command |

BRGY. CALAPATON, KITAOTAO, BUKIDNON—The festivities during this village’s fiesta turned bloody when a drunk soldier from the 72nd Infantry Battalion’s retooled community service program (RCSP) ran amok and shot seven civilians following an altercation during an illegal gambling game on Sunday, October 17. The intoxicated soldier was playing “hantak,” an illegal gambling game, when a […]

AFP military siege in Talaingod and Pantaron worsens: 69 artillery bombs, air missiles in 34 days
October 20, 2021 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | NPA Davao-Bukidnon Sub-Regional Command | Tano Paragas | Spokesperson |

The joint forces of four combat battalions of the Armed Forces of the Philippines deployed in Talaingod in Davao del Norte and around Pantaron mountain range have continued the fascist siege of the Monobo homeland. Since September 15, the AFP launched 51 bombs from Howitzer cannons and fired 18 rocket missiles and hundreds of rounds […]

In highest honor of Ka Parts Bagani
August 20, 2021 | New People's Army | Southern Mindanao Regional Operational Command (Merardo Arce Command) | Rigoberto F. Sanchez | Spokesperson |

The Regional Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao confers its highest revolutionary tribute to Jhon Niebres Peñaranda, Ka Parts Bagani to comrades, the masses and revolutionary allies, who was executed Tokhang-style by fascist state forces of the US-Duterte regime last August 16 in Brgy. Cannery Site, Polomolok, South Cotabato. Ka Parts […]