We never knew a man so deeply faithful
to his art
as he was to the revolution.
From his hands things came alive
As he captured them on paper, on sand, on petals,
On our very skin — an honest record of the
moveable life we live and
of our boundless responsibilities.

The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command – New People’s Army Negros Island (AGC-NPA) issued a statement forewarning the public that the return of Major Gen. Benedict Arevalo, whom it called “butcher general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines,” as 3rd infantry Division head indicates the escalation of human rights violations in Central and Western Visayas. Arevalo […]

Ka Juanito Magbanua, spokesperson of the Apolinario Gatmaitan Command of the New People’s Army – Negros Island (AGC-NPA), slammed newly-installed 3rd Infantry Division commander’s slogan, “loved by the people, feared by the enemy.” Major Gen. Benedict Arevalo, previously 303rd Infantry Brigade commander in last quarter 2018 up to December 2019, replaced Major Gen. Eric Vinoya […]

Ang Paghimakas (“The Struggle”) is the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines in Negros Island. It was first published in the last quarter of 1972.

We have received reports that units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) indiscriminately bombed and strafed farmlands in Brgy. San Francisco, Las Navas, Northern Samar last September 16. The aerial bombing was conducted exactly a month after the bombing spree in Dolores, Eastern Samar. According to the local NPA unit, starting at 3:40am, […]