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11th IB frame up civilian farmer to project “winning image”
August 19, 2021 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

Alias “Bong” is not a New People’s Army (NPA) member, more so a squad leader, but an ordinary farmer residing in Sitio Avocado, Barangay Talalac, Sta. Catalina. This was verified by the Rachelle Mae Palang Command of the NPA’s Southeast Negros Front according to its spokesperson, Estrella Banagbanag. Recently, the 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) in […]

Revolutionary artist Parts Bagani, murdered by state agents
August 19, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

Last Monday, August 16, Ka Parts Bagani, renowned revolutionary painter and illustrator, was murdered in cold-blood in Barangay Cannery Polomolok, South Cotabato by military and police operatives. Marco Valbuena, Chief Information Officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) countered the lies peddled by the military and police that Ka Parts was killed in […]

Tribute to Ka Parts Bagani, Red Artist of the People and Warrior
August 18, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

Ka Parts was an exemplary fighter of the NPA and a revolutionary cultural worker, a painter and illustrator. While focused on armed struggle, he also actively participated in the field of cultural revolution. He said that he chose the name “Parts” derived from the contraction of “Pulang Artista ng Sambayanan” or Red Artist of the People.

AFP-CentCom threatened by NPA gains in Southeast Negros
August 17, 2021 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

New People’s Army Rachelle Mae Palang Command (RMPC-NPA) spokesperson Estrella Banagbanag claimed that the series of focused combat and retooled community support operations proves that the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command (AFP-CentCom) is threatened by the gains and advances of the NPA in Southeast Negros. “Action speaks louder than words, why waste big […]

“Smart” bombs are stupid
August 17, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) claims that it used “smart bombs” in its aerial bombardment yesterday morning in Barangay Osmeña, Dolores, Eastern Samar, where supposedly 16 New People’s Army (NPA) fighters were killed. Even as we still need to check the veracity of these reports, we must counter the claim that their use […]