NEWS RELEASE 27 March 2010 A nationwide child rights advocacy group lambasted the military’s false claims in news reports that the 15 year old boy they arrested in Makilala, North Cotabato was allegedly aiding the New People’s Army detonate a bomb in Brgy. Old Balatukan, and another girl arrested by the 25th in Moncayo, Compostela…
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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,…
News in Pictures: In Memory of Kimay
NPA Command Accuses Army of Human Rights Violations in Abra
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The New People’s Army (NPA) in the province of Abra hit the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 503rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for preventing the people and the family of slain NPA guerrilla fighter Michael “Ka Tarius” Reyes from…
NPA Blames Military for Delay in the Release of Army officer
The New People’s Army (NPA) said military operations have made the ‘safe and orderly release’ of a captured Army officer ‘not feasible.’ Earlier, the NPA released on Christmas eve Police Officer 3 Eduardo C. Tumol, a member of the 1105th Regional Mobile Group of the Philippine National Police. BY BULATLAT The New People’s Army (NPA)…
Communists Biggest Threat to Security – Razon
Philippine National Police Director General Avelino Razon, Jr. said that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) remains the biggest threat to national security. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kmsd. North of Manila) — Just as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) observed its 40th anniversary, the…
Peace Advocates Welcome Video of NPA’s Prisoner of War
An interfaith group deemed as a positive step the release of a video footage of a prisoner of war (POW) held by the New People’s Army (NPA). BY DAVAO TODAY Posted by(Bulatlat.com) The Interfaith Movement for Peace and the Release of Cammayo and Tumol (IMPACT) welcomed the recently released video footage of 1Lt. Vicente Cammayo…
Arroyo Regime Renders Impossible Formal Talks Between GRP And MILF
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Contrary to the propaganda issued by the psywar experts of the Arroyo regime, I am not in any position to issue orders to the New People’s Army (NPA) to…
Three Weeks of Skirmishes between AFP, NPA Result in Casualties, Killing of Teenager
As government troops launched attacks against suspected rebel strongholds, armed clashes between government troops and NPA guerillas intensified during the last three weeks resulting in casualties on both sides, and the killing of a teenager by soldiers. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, Arpil 13-19, 2008 La Trinidad, Benguet (246 kms,…
The Broad United Front of Patriotic Forces is Determined to Mobilize the People Nationwide Against Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant National Democratic Front of the Philippines Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 I am happy to observe that the broad united front of patriotic forces is determined to arouse and mobilize the broad masses of the people in the national…