Articles in English

79th IB committed a war crime in the killing of Kerima
August 24, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

New information gathered by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros tells us that Kerima Lorena Tariman or Ka Ella, a Red fighter of the NPA was captured alive by elements of the 79th IB after an armed encounter in Barangay Kapitan Ramon, Silay City, Negros Occidental. In violation of the Geneva Conventions which stipulates […]

Duterte regime is the top recruiter of NPA: PKM rejoinder to AFP's disrespect for the dead, utter violation of IHL
August 24, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM) | Andres Agtalon | Spokesperson |

The Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM-NDFP) scoffed at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its tirade that slain New People’s Army (NPA) fighter Kerima Lorena Tariman was a ‘notorious terrorist’ and ‘extortionist’ and that she lured students to the NPA. Tariman was summarily killed by soldiers of the 79th IBPA in Barangay […]

Stop the PNP’s Revitalized Presence in the Barangays Program
August 23, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

There is no respite for the Bikolano people. After endless military and police operations, such as the bloody, brutal and treacherous SACLEO, RCSP and FMO, battered their communities, here comes the desperate US-Duterte regime with yet another campaign – the Revitalized Police Presence in the Barangays under the PNP Intensified Cleansing Operations. The regime is still not content with the PNP and AFP’s joint interoperability operations under his EO 70-Whole of Nation Approach. He pushes the military’s dominion much further by giving license to even larger police presence in the barangays.

‘Military killed Ka Ella’
August 23, 2021 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | Juanito Magbanua | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army – Negros Island Apolinario Gatmaitan Command (AGC-NPA) condemned the military for the murder of Kerima Lorena “Ka Ella” Tariman on August 20, 2021. According to Ka Juanito Magbanua, AGC-NPA spokesperson, they received a picture of Tariman from a trusted source wherein she was still alive and had a gunshot wound on […]

AFP aerial strafing footage sparks online outrage
August 23, 2021 |

A video showing the Philippine Air Force (PAF) indiscriminately firing at a forested area supposedly in Dolores, Eastern Samar a week ago sparked outrage over social media. The video, originally posted in a military and police-oriented website, was shared by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena on his Twitter account […]