Kung mayroon mang kinahinatnan ang dalawang taon ng Bicol Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict-Task Force Katuninongan asin Kauswagan (Bicol RTF-ELCAC) sa rehiyon, iyon ay ang ibayong pagsulong ng armadong pakikibaka sa Kabikulan.

One cannot explain the pain of someone who lost a loved one. No cadaver to prove that he or she is gone. No grave to mark where he or she was laid to rest. Uncertain on whether he or she will still come back or not. This is the kind of immeasurable pain that every wife, parent, child or sibling of a desaparecido experience everyday.

The Tomas Pilapil Command-BHB East Camarines Sur offers its red salute to the martyrdom of Ka Kyla. At the same time, we extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends.

In the midst of our sorrow for the passing of Kerima Tariman or Ka Kyla to the massess she lived with and served for in the Bicol region, PKM-Bikol accords the highest recognition to her significant contribution to strengthen the peasant movement in the region, particularly in the province of Camarines Sur.

It is election time once more. Bureaucrat capitalists who have been slumbering away are once again out of their holes to shove empty promises and declarations down the public’s throats. Leading them all is the Duterte faction – from the spread of thousands of troll farms on social media to the use of all civilian agencies just to sell the dictator. The region have seen Duterte’s stooges like NSA Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, DOTr Sec. Arthur Tugade, PNP Chief Eleazar, and now, NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson Lorraine Badoy begin with their visits and muscle flexing. All with one intent: try to change the public’s opinion on Duterte’s war against the people, buy the loyalties of their political allies and peddle the victory of tyranny for the upcoming elections.