Articles in English

Igorot farmers rise against betrayal and plunder
October 25, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Cordillera People's Democratic Front |

Rodrigo Duterte is a lot of things but ‘enabler of criminal gangs’ is not least of them. One month before the world celebrate peasants and farmers, he again commemorated Conrado Balweg who swindled, murdered, looted and exploited indigenous tribes in the Cordillera, most of which are farming families. The past few years have seen him […]

The Filipino peasantry continues to inspire the people’s war amid Duterte’s tyranny
October 24, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Southern Mindanao | Rubi del Mundo | Spokesperson |

On the occasion of the Peasant Month this year, the National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao pays tribute to the Filipino peasantry, whose struggle to break free from feudal bondage continues to inspire the protracted people’s war even in the face of deteriorating socio-economic crisis made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic and intensifying negligence, corruption […]

Revolutionary taxation is a legitimate function of the People's Democratic Government
October 23, 2021 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) | JB Regalado | Spokesperson |

In a recent interview, Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Brigade Commander lashed out and discredited the legitimacy of revolutionary taxation, claiming that ‘the CPP-NPA has no territory’ and as such, they are prepared to pursue the movement when conducting work related to taxation. After innumerable times of outright lies spewed by Pasaporte, this one is […]

Captured persona in Guihulngan not an NPA member; NPA deny allegations of drug use
October 23, 2021 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) | JB Regalado | Spokesperson |

The Leonardo Panaligan Command of the New People’s Army (LPC-NPA) belie the recent claims of 303rd Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte that (1) a certain Robert Estorco, alias Janggo, the captured persona in a joint AFP-PNP operation last September 25, 2021 is a member of the NPA ; and (2) that the NPA use […]

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 […]