Sugod Mayo 11 tubtob karun nga adlaw Mayo 16, nagapabilin ang presensya militar sa mga komunidad sang mangunguma sa Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, kag sa Canlaon City kag Guihulngan City sang Negros Oriental.
Mayo 16 makit-an ang 25 ka tropa sang 62nd IB sa Sityo Kambairan, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City. Ang 10 ka pasistang tropa pilit nga nagapanaka-saka sa mga kabalayan sang nasambit nga sityo. Samtang ang 15 ka tropa sang nasambit nga militar ang naglunsar sang checkpoint nga nagtuga sang pagdelatar sa normal nga hulag kag pagsinalayo sang mga pumuluyo. Nagtuga ini sang kahadlok kag kakugmat sa mga kadam-an labi na sa mga gagmay nga kabataan sa lugar. May kolum man sang militar sa mga sityo sang Tuko kag Banderahan, sa ao gihapon nga barangay.
Samtang may kolum man sang 62nd IB nga nagatiner sa simbahan kag publiko nga plasa sang Sityo Banat-e, Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla. Pilit man nga ginasaka ang mga kabalayan sa pihak sang pagdumili sang mga residente.
Sa Sityo sang Malatanglad sakop sang Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, ginapangsaka-saka man ang kabalayan sang pumuluyo. Subong man, makita man ang kolum sang pasista kag berdugong tropa sa Sityo Proper sang Brgy Bucalan tanan sang Canlaon City, Negros Oriental.
#62ndIBerdugo #AFPerwisyo #LayasPasistangMilitar
Reference: Ka JB Regalado Tagpamaba Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army Central Negros Guerrilla Front
Ka JB Regalado Spokesperson Leonardo Panaligan Command New People’s Army Central Negros Guerrilla Front
Mabaskog nga ginakondenar sang Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army (LPC-NPA) ang iresponsable kag malisyuso nga palayag ni Capt. Judesses Catalogo, Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOCPPO) spokesperson. Wala huya si Catalogo nga maghambal sa media outlets nga NPA ang nagtiro-patay kay Barangay Kagawad Reynaldo “Jimmy” Jacolbe sang Barangay Puso, La Castellana sadtong Mayo 1 sang gab-i sa pihak sang opisyal nga pahayag sang LPC-NPA sa pagkondenar sa may kahimuan sang sini nga krimen. Daw baliskaron pa ni Catalogo kag ipahid sa NPA ang makasiligni nga pagpatay sa opisyal sang barangay. Gusto lang hinabunan ni Catalogo ang tuman ka law-law nga imbestigasyon sang Philippine National Police (PNP)-La Castellana kag amu man ang NOCPPO. Kaangay lang nga nagapanghugas-kamot si Catalogo kaangot sa nasambit nga krimen. Kinahanglan pa ni Catalogo ang pagbasa-basa sa “putos sang ibos” antis magtaghol bilang tagpamaba sang NOCPPO.
Ang matuod, sa inisyal nga imbestigasyon sang LPC-NPA, isa sa mga perpetrators sa pagpatay kay Barangay Kagawad Reynaldo “Jimmy” Jacolbe ang isa man sa mga PNP-Intelligence Assets sang PNP-Binalbagan. Kag såa subong, padayon pa ang paghimo sang verifications kag pagpadalum sang imbestigasyon kaangot sa motibo sang krimen.
Lubos man nga ginaabi-abi sang LPC-NPA ang separado nga imbestigasyon sang Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-Negros kaangot sa mga hitabo. Bukas gid ang teritoryo sang NPA sa Central Negros para sa fair and square nga imbestigasyon sang CHR-Negros. Ini nga lihok sang CHR-Negros, ginakabig nga isa ka “good development” para sa pamilya sang mga biktima sang extra-judicial-killings nga ginkomiter sang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), PNP kag iban pa nga state forces nga nagapabilin unsolved tubtob subong. Kaangay sang mga masunod nga hinimoan sang 62nd IB:
1. Pagmasaker sa pamilya Ramirez sa Sityo Napiluan, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental sadtong Mayo 20, 2023.
2. Pagpatay kay Jose “Jojo” Albores sang Sityo Tiyos, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla sadtong Mayo 2023.
3. Pagpatay sang kumbinado nga pwersa sang 62nd IB kag 2nd NOPMFCOY-PNP kay Marlon Catacio sang Sityo Ngalan, Brgy Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla.
4. Brutal nga pagpatay sanday Bernard Torres kag Dionesio “Boy” Baloy sa Hda Gomez, Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
5. Pagpatay kay Braulio Tubalado sang Sityo Karanawan, Barangay Amontay, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental sadtong Disyembre 2023.
6. Pagmasaker sa pamilya Jacolbe diin patay si Cristina Jacolbe-Day Care Worker kag 16anyos nga si Every Kee Jacolbe-estudyante nga anak ni Cristina sadtong 2022.
Ginasigahum sang LPC-NPA sa CHR-Negros nga mahatag ang nagakaigo nga hustisya sa pamilya sang mga biktima sang kalakasan sang mga pwersa sang estado nga AFP, PNP kag iban pa nga makinaryas sang reaksyonaryong estado. Pasabton kag pabayaron sandig sa kabug-aton sang kaso nga ila nakomiter batok sa pumuluyong Negrosanon.###
Halos 150 ka tropa sang 62nd IB ang padayon nagapanglusob sa mga komunidad sang mangunguma sa Guihulngan City kag Canlaon sang Negros Oriental kag sa Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental. Nagalapas sa Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) kaangay sa pilit nga pagtiner sa mga kabalayan kag pagkampo sa mga barangay hall.
Halin Mayo 11 tubtob subong Mayo 13, ginahimo kampo militar sang platun nga tropa sang 62nd IB ang barangay hall sang Barangay Calupaan, Guihulngan City. Nagalapta sang ila mga higko kag basura sa nasambit nga barangay hall. Samtang nagadisturbo man ini sa normal nga daloy sang adlaw-adlaw nga transaksyon sang barangay sa paghatag sang serbisyo sa pumuluyo sa baryo.
Samtang gikan Mayo 12 hasta subong Mayo 13-nagtiner ang halos 60 ka tropa sang 62nd IB sa nga panimalay sang mangunguma sa sityo sang Banderahan, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City kag mga sityo sang Tubod kag Tagbak tanan sang Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla. Pilit nga ginasaka kag ginatineran ang mga panimalay sang mangunguma sa pihak sang ila pagdumili. Nagtuga sang kahadlok sa nasambit nga mga pamilya lakip na sa magagmay nga kabataan.
Mayo 12-13, makit-an man ang duha ka kolum sang militar sa Sityo Malatanglad, Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City. Nagapanaka-saka man sa mga panimalay.
#62ndIBerdugo #AFPerwisyo #LayasPasistaMilitar
Reference: Ka JB Regalado Tagpamaba Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army Central Negros Guerrilla Front
Ka Bayani Obrero Spokesperson National Democratic Front – Negros May 13, 2024
The long list of atrocious crimes perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Negros Island since its illegitimate commander-in-chief Marcos Jr came to power continues to grow. Among these are vile crimes committed by reactionary state forces against children in the past two years. National Democratic Front (NDF)-Negros has recorded not less than 90 cases of human rights violations on the island under the reign of Marcos Jr that directly involved more than 1,300 minors.
The most recent case was the arrest of two minors, paraded by the 79th IB as “child warriors” in Sitio Humayan, Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental last April 25. This old and overused tactic of parading “child warriors” in public has been repeatedly debunked by the New People’s Army (NPA) who, unlike the AFP, has a sterling and principled commitment to uphold and defend the interests of children in line with the Communist Party of the Philippine’s (CPP) Program for a People’s Democratic Revolution, the Basic Rules of the NPA, the Guide for Establishing the People’s Democratic Government, the Geneva Conventions and Protocols on International Humanitarian Law and Rules on Warfare, the United Nations’ Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and the Comprehensive Agreement for the Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
Cases of AFP atrocities against children under the current Marcos regime also include the 94th IB’s massacre of the Fausto family in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last June 2023, wherein two minors (12 and 13 year old) were cruelly murdered with their parents, and the brutal killing of Everly Kee Jacolbe (16 years old), together with her pregnant mother and their relative, by 62nd IB soldiers in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on July 2022. Everly Kee was wounded when she pleaded to be taken to the hospital, but she was finished off by said troops.
These victims were killed with their family members who were repeatedly red-tagged and harassed by the AFP, Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Task Force (NTF)-Elcac over the years to maintain a culture of fear among the masses.
Baby Marx or Marx Cairo Salino, three year old son of Red fighters, remains a hostage of the reactionary government and the military after they took him away from his guardians in Talisay City, Negros Occidental in 2021. Baby Marx’s mother, Emarie “Ka Jandy” Pastidio, and father, Ka Peeta, resisted the deceitful scheme of the reactionary government that ruthlessly used their son to force them to surrender. Ka Jandy did not have the chance to see her son until her martyrdom in an encounter in Escalante City, Negros Occidental last February 21.
The AFP’s diabolical tactic of exploiting children to pressure Red fighter parents to surrender and fall prey to the corrupt Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) and amnesty program of the Marcos II regime is rampant throughout Negros Island.
Unashamed of their consistent and blatant disregard of international law, the AFP is spreading intrigue and disinformation to discredit the revolutionary movement. In truth however, US imperialism’s saber-rattling against China on Philippine shores using Filipino soldiers and its imposition on the AFP to defeat the revolutionary movement by 2024 have pushed reactionary state forces to terrorize even Filipino children.
In communities where the AFP is conducting the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSPs), presence of soldiers have only promoted sex, violence, gambling and other rotten influences to the children and youth. Thus, the AFP’s accusations against the NPA are better pointed at themselves for being the real terrorists to children and the entire people of Negros Island.
NDF-Negros reaffirms the NDFP’s Declaration and Program of Action for the Rights, Protection and Welfare of Children. With the entire revolutionary movement in Negros, we hold Ferdinand Marcos Jr accountable for all violations of children’s rights committed by the AFP/PNP/NTF-Elcac all over the island as these fascist institutions are under his command. All commanders from battalion, brigade and division level on Negros Island must also answer to their crimes as notorious violators of children’s rights.
NDF-Negros calls on all children’s rights and human rights advocates, in the Philippines and the international community, to conduct independent investigations into these cases, expose the truth and seek justice for all children victimized by reactionary state forces. ###
Kapin sa 200 ka tropa sang 62nd IB ang kaangay sang mga idu-buang nga nagalambiyong kag nagapanglusob sa mga komunidad sang mangunguma sa Central Negros gikan pa sadtong Mayo 6 sang gab-i tubtob subong nga adlaw Mayo 9, 2024. Makit-an ang mga ini sa mga barangay sang Moises Padilla sang Negros Occidental kag Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.
Naglab-ot sa lima ka kolum sang pasistang tropa ang nahisayran sang mga pumuluyo sa Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla halin sadtong Mayo 7 sang gab-i hasta pa subong nga oras sang Mayo 9. Ginlusob sang militar ang mga sityo sang Binataan, Oway-oway, Tibubong kag Tiyos sang nasambit nga barangay. Samtang may kolum man sang militar nga makit-an sa Sityo Cuyawyaw sang Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla.
Sini lang nga aga, Mayo 9-may kolum man sang 62nd IB nga nagapanaka-saka sa mga kabalayan sang Sityo Tagbak, Barangay Macagahay sakop man sang Moises Padilla.
Sa Guihulngan City: sa sityo sang Punong, Barangay Trinidad-halin pa Mayo 6 tubtob karun nga adlaw Mayo 9, nagapabilin ang presensya militar sa lugar. Samtang may kolum man sang AFP nga makit-an sa Sityo Maluy-a, Barangay Sandayao, Guihulngan City.
Ka Dionesio Magbuelas Tagpamaba Mt. Cansermon Command-New People’s Army South Central Negros Guerrilla Front
Indi matuod kag kabutigan ang mga balita nga ginpaguwa sang 94th IBPA nga may natabo nga duha ka beses nga engkwentro sa tunga sang yunit sang Mt. Cansermon Command-New People’s Army (MCC-NPA) kag sa nasambit nga militar sa nabukid nga bahin sa Barangay Lower Carol-an, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental kagahapon sang hapon petsa 6 sang Mayo, 2024.
Una, wala sang yunit sang NPA sa subong sa amo nga nasambit nga baryo kag tanan nga yunit kag tropa idalom sang MCC-NPA ang matawhay kag padayon nga nagapatuman sa ila tagsa ka hilikuton sa natalana nga lugar sa pihak sang masingki nga operasyon militar sa mga baryo sang Kabankalan City kag Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental nga nagalawig na sang pila ka bulan.
Ikaduha, ginatan-aw subong sang MCC-NPA ang lain naman nga posibleng pagpanglapas sa tawhanon nga kinamatarung ang nakomiter sa tropa sang 94th IB sa amo nga lugar kag ginatabunan nalang sang ila pagbalita sang peke nga enkwentro.
Madumduman nga kaangay sang mga nagligad nga binulan sa kada magbalita sila sang peke nga enkwentro kag kuno may nakuha sila nga mga armas, may ara naman mga inosenteng mangunguma ang iligal nga ginadakop, ginakastigo kag ginaimbestigar.
Sadtong bulan sang Oktubre, Nobyembre kag Disyembre 2023, nagpagwa man sang mga balita sang peke nga engkwentro ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) partikular ang 94th IB kaangay sang ila iligal nga pagpangdakop kay Joel Casusa, Jenny Radles kag Pokoy Ribradilla nga ginpang-akusahan nga kuno mga katapo sang NPA.
Kaangay sang amo nga hitabo, ginakahangawa sang MCC-NPA Ang pattern o padron sang panghitabo nga sa kada peke nga balita nga ginpaguwa sang AFP may inosenteng sibilyan ang nabiktima. Ginkundenar sang MCC-NPA ang amo nga modus sang AFP kag hugot nga ginapakamalaot ang pagtabon sang ila mga kalapasan paagi sang mga peke nga engkwentro.
Dugang dire, katuyuan man sang AFP nga dulaan sang balor ang asud-asod nga mga madinalag-on nga aksyon militar sa nagligad lang nga duha ka semana sa bilog isla. Gusto man ipagwa sang miltar sa publiko nga kuno padayon ang ila pag-angkon sang mga kadalag-an kag lubos na matuman ang ila handum nga mawasak ang NPA sa katapusan sang Hunyo ukon indi man sa katapusan sini nga tuig. Paagi sang ila pagpahamtang sang Isla sang Negros sang SIPS, nagahandum sila sang imposible nga butang kag nagahatag sang sala nga pagpati sang publiko paagi sang pagginahud sa sosyal midya. ###
Ka JB Regalado Spokesperson Leonardo Panaligan Command New People’s Army Central Negros Guerrilla Front
Wala kahilabtanan ang Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People’s Army (LPC-NPA) sa brutal nga pagtiro-patay kay Brgy. Kagawad Reynaldo Jacolbe sang Brgy Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental sadtong Mayo 1, pasado alas 8:00 sang gab-i.
Sa inisyal nga pagpangusisa sang rebolusyonaryong kahublagan sa lugar kaangot sa makasiligni nga hitabo, may na-istablisar na ang NPA nga mga motibo kag suspects sa sini nga krimen base sa kondukta sa pagpatay kag nga recoveries. Apang nagakinahanglan pa sang dugang kag maid-id nga imbestigasyon kag himuon ang madasig nga pagproseso sa rebolusyonaryong korte sang pumuluyo.
Kaangot sini, mabaskog gid nga ginapakamalaot sang LPC-NPA ang wala kaluoy nga pagpatay kay Brgy. Kagawad Reynaldo “Jimmy” Jacolbe. Samtang ginapaabot man sang LPC-NPA ang rebolusyonaryong simpatiya sa kasubo sang mga himata kag suod nga mga abyan sang pamilya Jacolbe.
Ginpanawagan man sang LPC-NPA sa may kahimuan sa sini nga krimen nga tampad nga magsumiter na sang inyo kaugalingon sa malapit nga yunit sang CPP-NPA sa madali nga panahon agud atubangon ang inyo mga kaso. Ang NPA indi gid magduha-duha sa pagsilot sa inyo katumbas man sa kabug-aton sang kaso nga inyo nagkomiter matapos nga mapamatud-an sang korte sang pumuluyo.###
Ka Cecil Estrella Spokesperson RJPC-NPA Northern Negros Guerrilla Front
Compelled by the unobtainable deadline set forth by the US-Marcos regime to destroy the revolutionary movement within this year, #DiMasaligan79IB resorted to all kinds of dirty tricks to project an image of battlefield victories.
A glaring example is the recent incident in Sitio Humayan, Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental involving the alleged arrest of two minors, portrayed in the media by #DiMasaligan79IB as “child warriors,” and the subsequent display of assorted firearms allegedly seized from the two.
The Alforque siblings (Adonis, 16 and Jonidel, 17) are not members of the NPA. They are civilians residing in the area victimized by the vicious campaign of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). All units of the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command of the New People’s Army Northern Negros Front (RJPC-NPA) strictly comply to the age requirement stipulated in the Basic Rules of the NPA and the memorandum of the Executive Committee of the Party’s Central Committee mandating 18 years old as the minimum age of all Red fighters.
The claim of #DiMasaligan79IB that the Alforques were apprehended in an NPA encampment is total garbage. Should that be the case, a firefight would be inevitable. It makes no sense and defies logic that supposed Red fighters simply withdrew and left all their firearms to the Alforques. Thus, the firearms attributed to them are clearly planted, manufactured or planted.
Besides, the terrain and physical location of the said area is not favorable to set up such an encampment. No unit of the RJPC-NPA is operating in the area.
Unable to sustain such blatant lies to the critical public, even #DiMasaligan79IB commander LTC. Arnel Caloagan backtracked from the official narrative of the incident. In a radio interview, he floated the idea of the presence of a new armed group in DSB.###
In more than two years, the fascist, puppet and inutile US-Marcos II regime was further exposed in the face of the worsening semicolonial and semifeudal crisis endured by the Filipino people. His regime remained blind and deaf in responding to the long-standing demands of the people such as genuine land reform, national industrialization, wage increase and benefits, support for agricultural implements, free social services and others amid the severe damage caused by El Niño.
The El Niño phenomenon exacerbated the people’s misery, but the inutile reactionary government have no concrete and sustainable steps to help the people in this natural disaster. Western Visayas is one of the severely devastated by the effects of El Niño that reached P770.5 million and affected more than 20,000 farmers. In Negros island, damage to crops like rice, corn, sugarcane and others increased (P97.7 million in Negros Occidental and P77 million in Negros Oriental), water sources dried up, and grassfires, forest fires and residential fires were widespread due to intense heat. Classes in schools are also affected due to high temperatures. This has also contributed to the rise in cases of heat stroke, high blood pressure and some cases of pertussis that are expected to increase even more during this season.
There is no end to Marcos Jr’s expensive travels to other countries that does not even improve the lives of ordinary people. The puppet regime maneuvers to amend the economic provisions of the Constitution to give foreign investors full ownership of the country’s riches and facilitate the imposition of neoliberal policies of the imperialists.
The lives of the Filipino people are threatened as tensions intensify in the West Philippine Sea. As the Marcos Jr regime is a puppet of the US, the Philippines is being used as base for US troops and military equipment and its land and seas become playgrounds through launching joint patrols in the West Philippine Sea and Balikatan exercises especially this month in Batanes and Palawan islands that will trigger an even more intense conflict between imperialists US and China. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) rushes to enforce the imperialist US’ order to end the insurgency so that its troops could be fully used against its rival, imperialist China.
Particularly on Negros Island, in order to cover-up the humiliation and failure of the Visayas Command (VISCOM) and 3rd Infantry Division to destroy the entire revolutionary movement, it hastened to declare Negros Island under the state of Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) after boasting that they had already dismantled the guerrilla fronts on the island. But contrary to their declaration, there is no genuine peace and the people, especially the peasants, have become targets of fascism and terrorism of the reactionary armed forces.
The AFP’s focused military operations (FMO) and Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) are relentless in their so-called pursuit of “NPA remnants” and to prevent the “resurgence of the revolutionary movement.” A large amount of funds were poured into the NTF-Elcac for the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) and Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) to collect big sums of kickback for the pockets of top military officials and to deceive the people through parading fake surrenderees and implementing useless projects in communities declared to be “insurgency-free.”
In the first quarter of 2024, the National Democratic Front (NDF)-Negros recorded 84 incidents of violations of the international humanitarian law and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) by the AFP and Philippine National Police (PNP) and their paramilitary that involved more than 6,300 victims (765 were minors).
Most prominent in the first quarter is the series of human rights violations committed by the 79th IB in peasant communities from February 21 to the last week of the same month at Sitio Mansulao, Brgy. Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental after an encounter between the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command-New People’s Army (RJPC-NPA) and said military elements on February 21.
Jose Caramihan, a farmer and resident of Sitio Mansulao, was brutally killed by 79th IB troops while he was planting rice during the gun battle last February 21. Despite the family’s firm denial and the RJPC-NPA’s explanation on the incident, the 79th IB maintained that Caramihan was a NPA member and was killed in the encounter.
Of the 11 fake encounters from January to March, eight of these were carried out by the 79th IB on February 21 to 23 and February 27 and they claimed that they encountered again the so-called “five NPAs” at Sitio Mansulao of the same barangay. The worst of the declared fake encounters were the over 10 rounds of bombardment of the 79th IB on the part of Trangkal Range in Sitio Mansulao last February 22, from 6:00 until 9:00 in the morning. An air strike in the same sitio followed that day at 7:00 in the evening. No less than five rockets were dropped and machine guns were fired from two Agusta Westland 109 Nighthawk attack helicopters.
The military forced residents of Sitio Mansulao and neighboring sitios in Escalante City and Toboso, Negros Occidental to evacuate on February 21 and others until the last week of February, causing fear among the people and concern for their lives and livelihoods.
Meanwhile, even before the bombing, the 79th IB declared that an “encounter” occurred last January 15 to cover up a mis-encounter between their uniformed military elements and military troops in civilian clothes pretending to be NPA fighters. The two groups met at the perimeter of Sitio Donit, Brgy. Magticol, Toboso and the gunfight ensued.
In Central Negros, two fake encounters were also declared by the 62nd IB to cover up their brutal crimes. The first incident was the shooting to death by the aforementioned military unit of two farmers, Boy Baloy, a senior citizen, and Bernard Torres, over 50 years old, last January 17, at 6:45 in the morning, in Sitio Gomez, Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. They experienced torture before being killed. Baloy and Torres were forced to flee their place in Guihulngan City due to red-tagging by the military in 2017 and they were accused of being NPA supporters. Baloy was a member of Kapunongan Alang sa Ugma sa Gamay’ng Mag-uuma sa Oriental Negros (KAUGMAON)-Guihulngan City Chapter while Torres was a member of UNDOC/PISTON-Guihulngan Chapter.
The second incident was the indiscriminate shooting of 62nd IB soldiers at the house of couple Randy and Maribel Pecore in Sitio Mabato, Brgy. Talaon, La Libertad, Negros Oriental last March 15, past 9:00 in the evening. The soldiers were in civilian clothes but Maribel recognized them as military because she had previously seen them at the barangay hall where she worked as Barangay Population Development Officer. The couple were accused of harboring NPAs in their house. The military forcibly entered their house and searched their belongings. After the incident, 62nd IB troops visited the couple again and threatened them with trumped-up charges if they refuse to cooperate.
Meanwhile, Donan Sosia, an active member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU), shot to death father and son Gudofredo, 70, and John Albert Templatura, 32 years old, at Purok Sab-a, Brgy. Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental past 4:00 in the afternoon, January 2. Sosia responded alone to a family commotion during Albert’s birthday celebration. Two neighbors of Templatura were also wounded after they were hit by Sosia’s indiscriminate shooting. The 62nd IB is held accountable for this incident since the CAFGU in the area is under their command control.
On the other hand, farmer Cerilo Bagnoran Jr survived an assassination attempt when he was shot by three armed men wearing civilian clothes while riding on a motorcycle last January 14 at Crossing Cordova, Brgy. Manghanoy, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Before this, January 7, two men claiming to be members of the PNP looked for him at his residence in Sitio Cabadiangan, Brgy. Camandag, of the same town, and the next day, January 8, 62nd IB troopers searched for him when they were conducting a combat operation at Sitio Mandayao-4, still of the said barangay.
From January to March, six farmers were illegally arrested on trumped-up charges. Father and son, Ray Vinces and Deloy de Leon, and Romy Villacanao were captured by combined forces of the 94th IB and PNP last January 21 at Sitio Cantupa-Pisok, and Elmer Nicolas Quillano, 47 years old, was apprehended last February 6 at Sitio Dawahan, both in Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. They were members of Kauswagan sang Mangunguma sa Buenavista (KMB). In Guihulngan City, Ronald Cantela was arrested by elements of the 62nd IB after his house was ransacked and his belongings were searched. They planted two pistols on him.
Pertinisa Jeruela Charita, 55 years old, was also arrested at the city jail of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental last February 13, 1:00 in the afternoon as she was visiting her husband Leon. Jail guards alleged that a .22 caliber was found inside her bag during inspection. Charita was one of those who met with United Nations rapporteur Irene Khan in Cebu City last January to present the real circumstances of the arrest of her husband last 2019. Leon is a member of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW). It can be recalled that Leon and seven other activists were arrested last September 2019 at a checkpoint and were charged with a trumped-up case of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They were carrying leaflets and a sound system for their activity on the commemoration of the Escalante Massacre when they were captured by the police.
Likewise, three farmers namely Romy Gallo, Romeo Gallo and Dondon Jamaybay sustained bruises and wounds all over their body when forces of the 15th IB assaulted them on March 9 at Sitio Bonbon, Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Dondon Alesasis was also threatened to be killed by the said soldiers at Sitio Kalapnisan of the same barangay on March 13.
The house of Marjie Campos in Sitio Kantyang, Brgy. Caliling, Cauayan was ransacked by 15th IB troops last February and some of her personal belongings were seized. She was forced to admit that the NPA owned the hammock she bought through online shopping.
From January until March, 37 incidents of threats, harassments and intimidation were suffered by residents at the hands of the military. Soldiers forced their way into houses despite the residents’ refusal and interrogated them regarding the whereabouts of the NPA. The military also conducted a census. They threatened residents accused of being NPA supporters to surrender and put residents under surveillance. The military conducted checkpoints and scoured forests that sowed fear among farmers preventing them from going to their farms. Said incidents are usually carried out by soldiers at night and there were cases where they disguised themselves as NPA members.
To spread black propaganda against Red fighters and the entire revolutionary movement, the 62nd IB conducted meetings in barangays of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental and La Carlota City and Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental and forced the residents to attend. In Cauayan, the 15th IB disseminated posters demonizing the NPA and blamed the Red fighters for the disturbance in more than 10 sitios in the said town last March. The 15th IB occupied those said sitios under the guise of the RCSP.
From January to March, there were cases of military encampment in barangay halls, schools, houses of peasants and others that restricted the daily activities of residents.
As long as imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism persists in the country, so will the semicolonial and semifeudal system. With Marcos Jr’s utter puppetry to imperialist US’ demands, the Filipino people expect a more intense militarization. The people must unite to fight for their rights and welfare and advance national liberation and democracy. The regime must be made accountable for its crimes against the people.
Only the people are decisive in winning the people’s war against the ruling class. Their mighty strength together with the NPA and under the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines will soon break the perpetual chain of exploitation and oppression.#
Kahapon, Abril 25, alas 3:00 sang hapon- namutikan ang apat ka kolum sang 62nd IB sa boundary sang Vallehermoso kag Guihulngan City tanan sang Negros Oriental. Makit-an ang duha ka kolum sang militar sa Sityo Camonsil, Barangay Hibaiyo kag duha man ka kolum sa mga sityo sang Binakayan kag Bay-ang, tanan sang Barangay Tabon, Vallehermoso.
Kagab-i, Abril 25, may nag-abot man nga tropa militar sa Dityo Mabato, Barangay Talaon, La Libertad, Negros Oriental.
Samtang mentinado ang apat ka kolum sa La Carlota kag La Castellana sa Negros Occidental. Namutikan nga nagapanaka-saka sa mga kabalayan sa mga sityo sang Linggahub kag Mercedes sang Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana kag Sityo Nailab, Brgy Ara-al subong man sa Sityo Bai’s, Barangay Yubo, La Carlota. Halin pa sadtong Abril 22 ang nasambit nga tropa sa lugar.
Mentinado man ang apat ka kolum sang 62nd sa Sityo Cuyawyaw, Barangay Inolingan kag kasikbit nga mga sityo sang Barangay Quintin Remo tanan sang Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental halin pa Abril 24 tubtob subong nga adlaw Abril 26.
Sadtong Abril 17, walo nga nakasibilyan nga tropa sang 62nd IB apang armado sang matag-as nga kalibre sang armas ang nagapanaka-saka sa mga kabalayan sa Sityo Libas, Barangay Imelda, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Pilit nga ginapareport ang mga residente sa 62nd IBPA Bravo Company nga nahamtang sa Brgy Sikatuna, Isabela, Negros Occidental. Kadungan sini may kasubong man nga pito ka tropa militar nga nakasibilyan apang armado sang M16 ang nagapanaka-saka man sa mga kabalayan sang mangunguma sa Sityo Binataan, Brgy Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla.
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