The Armed Forces of the Philippines is on a ceasefire violation streak after attacking members of the New People’s Army in Iloilo. This is the nth time that government troops attacked the NPA despite a GRP unilateral ceasefire declaration issued last March 19. Troopers of the 301st Brigade fired at a unit of the NPA-Central […]
Operating troops of the AFP in Zamboanga and Misamis Occidental have been reported going around villages and communities with no face masks, potentially exposing peasant and Lumad residents to Covid-19. In complete disregard of the residents’ health, the soldiers conducted gambling and drinking sessions, and even spearheaded cockfights in the communities amid the pandemic. These […]
The AFP continues to waste hundreds of millions of pesos of people’s money in relentless aerial and artillery operations in the hinterlands of the Bukidnon province. According to the New People’s Army (NPA) in Bukidnon, it recorded at least 84 incidents of aerial bombardment since 2018, and 395 shelling of mountainous villages of Bukidnon. For […]
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is on a bombing spree and continues to carry out focused military offensives in the Bukidnon-Davao border area in disregard of the Covid-19 ceasefires declared by the Duterte government (March 19 to April 15) and by the Communist Party of the Philippines (March 26 to April 15). Based […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Friday denounced the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippines National Police (PNP) for mounting relentless operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) amid the Covid-19 crisis. Military and police units across the country have carried out successive offensives resulting in armed encounters despite their […]
Reports of AFP combat operations against the New People’s Army in the Davao regions filtered through radio reports and social media yesterday, April 1, indicating that the unilateral ceasefire declared by its chief commander-in-chief is being blatantly disregarded in his own bailiwick. Callers of the station Radyo ni Juan reported continued military operations in Paquibato […]
The families of at least 11 Lumad peasants reported them missing since they were illegally arrested by troopers of the 71st IB in Sitio Manggapaluway in Pantukan last March 30. The said peasants werre on their way home from hunting wild boar in the forests. One of the Lumads was accompanied by his two children. […]
Another armed encounter erupted the other day in the Southern Tagalog region after troops of the 59th Infantry Battalion raided an NPA camp in Gumaca town, Quezon. This was the second armed attack in two days carried out by the AFP desptie Duterte’s declaration of unilateral ceasefire. Cleo del Mundo, NPA-Quezon spokesperson, disclosed in a […]
The Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM) in Southern Mindanao yesterday expressed fears that the response of the Duterte regime to the current crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic might lead to another tragedy similar to the Kidapawan massacre four years ago. The PKM yesterday enjoined the people to remember the Kidapawan massacre in […]
The NPA command in South Mindanao has ordered its units to closely monitor and immediate report of cases of Covid-19 infection in their respective areas of responsibility. The NPA-SMR command covers Davao City and other Davao regions which are dominated by the Duterte family dynasty. Cases of local transmission have been reported recently in the […]