“He did not convince us in so many words. His examples were enough for us to commit our lives to the revolution.” — veteran NPA fighter
NPA honors Parago with 21-gun salute
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NPA mass base shown in Ka Parago’s burial
Bystanders who seemed awed by the big number of marchers came out of their workplaces to take a glimpse of the march.
‘Ka Parago’ image painted in Davao City’s freedom wall
DAVAO CITY – Graffiti artists painted images of the late New People’s Army commander Leoncio Pitao, or “Ka Parago,” in the freedom wall along Matina street, Davao City. The artworks depicted Ka Parago as a father and revolutionary. Parago was on medical leave when he was killed by soldiers in Paquibato district., Davao City on…
Hope and nation
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO I wrote “The Rebel’s Child” on March 15, 2009 a few days after a fellow public school teacher, Rebelyn Pitao aged 21years, was kidnapped, raped, and brutally killed by military elements. And all because she was her father’s daughter. On Rebelyn’s first death anniversary, I met her mother and handed…
‘Tatay Parago’ and the defiance of Paquibato
KALIBUTAN By LEON DULCE With the death of the New People’s Army’s Commander Leoncio Pitao alias Parago Sandoval, a stalwart figure in the Philippine Revolution has fallen. Perhaps unexpectedly, at least for the State, warm tributes to the guerrilla leader from the people of Mindanao were outpouring. Journalists expressed in different ways their deep respect,…
Duterte urges NPA-AFP ceasefire as mourning for Ka Parago starts
Davao City mayor asks the state army and police “to always respect those who fight for their principles.”
Parago killing a humanitarian law violation – NPA
Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao was being treated for diabetes, hyperthyroidism and hepatitis when soldiers of the 6th Scout Ranger Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion peppered him with bullets on June 28 at around 2:30 p.m. in barangay Panalum, Paquibato district, Davao City.
NPA’s Parago declares 5 Army men as Prisoners of war
The NPA said their “active counter-intelligence and subsequent operations” were meant to punish AFP units, especially the Civil Military Operations Battalion headed by Maj. Jake Obligado, for continuing to “encroach, settle and conduct psychological warfare and intelligence operations” in the villages of Paquibato District.
No NPA camp overrun; 1st PBC ambush downs 8 AFP troops in Paquibato
By Bulatlat.com DAVAO City– Eight soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 69th IB were killed and an undetermined number were wounded after a team of the New People’s Army’s 1st Pulang Bagani Company engaged them in a firefight on Sept. 19 at 1:15 pm. It was reportedly preceded by an explosion of seven…
News in Pictures: Remembering Rebelyn
First Death Anniversary of Rebelyn Marked with Protests, Ka Parago Calls for Revolutionary Justice
Press Release March 5, 2010 Davao City — Eight Thousand farmers, lumad, urban poor, teachers, women and youth flocked from Freedom Park to Rizal Park today (March 5) to demand justice for the murder of Rebelyn Pitao and all victims of political killings. Rebelyn, daughter of known NPA commander, Leoncio ‘Ka Parago’ Pitao, was abducted,…