By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Leonard Co, unarguably one of the country’s foremost botanists and biodiversity experts, as well as an indefatigable conservationist, was killed in a forested area in Kananga, Leyte last Monday, together with two of his companions, while undertaking scientific explorations under the auspices of the Energy Development…
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News in Pictures: Maco Farmers Continue to Receive Threats from the Military
Progressive groups in Southern Mindanao Region, led by human-rights group Karapatan, on Tuesday revealed that farmers in Maco, Davao del Norte, continue to experience threats and psychological torture from members of the Philippine military. According to Karapatan-SMR, the farmers have been tagged as members of the New People’s Army and were included in The Order of Battle, which forced them and their families to evacuate their homes.
Three Killed In NPA Ambush in Abra
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — At least three soldiers from the 41st Infantry Battalion Philippine Army of the Armed Forces of the Philippines were killed and three others were wounded in an ambush carried out by New People’s Army (NPA)-Abra guerillas on October 30 along the Abra-Kalinga Road in…
NPA Condemns AFP Lies and Use of Civilians as Shield (PR)
Press Statement September 10, 2010 The Alejandro Lanaja Command-Front 3 Operations Command of the New People’s Army issued a statement to shed light on “another half-truth” that they said the Armed Forces of the Philippines fed to the media. It was regarding a civilian who was wounded in an encounter between the Front 3 Operations…
Catarman NPA Offensive Aboveboard, Aquino Government Allegations Pure Hogwash (PR)
Press Release 23 August 2010 The Efren Martires Command of the New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today dismissed allegations by the Aquino government that the NPA committed rights violations in the August 21 Catarman tactical offensive. “We want to address the accusations by presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles and other Aquino government officials that…
In Davao, Military Uses Vigilante Groups Against NPA
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com The 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army has revived the vigilante group ‘Alsa Lumad’ in its campaign against the New People’s Army (NPA). The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has been waging a revolution for more than four decades. The setting up…
NDFP Questions Sincerity of Aquino Government in Pursuing Peace Talks but Still Open to Resumption
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We are willing to go into serious peace talks aimed at addressing the root causes of the armed conflict through fundamental social, economic, political and constitutional reforms.” – NDFP
Twelve Days in the Forest
By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com BOSTON, DAVAO ORIENTAL— Police Officer 3 Alan Dapitanon said he was very nervous when guerillas of the New People’s Army (NPA) held them at gunpoint in the checkpoint the NPA mounted in Pasian village in Monkayo, Davao del Norte. The NPA told them to drop to…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Wistful Thinking
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com AFP Chief Gen. Delfin Bangit’s admission that the AFP will not be able to meet de facto President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s 2010 deadline to defeat the New People’s Army (NPA) comes as no surprise. The military claims of success in its counterinsurgency campaigns have been belied by…
2010 Elections: Poll Watcher Killed in Maragusan Attack, Says Military
By GRACE S. UDDIN / Davao Today
Captain Emmanuel Garcia, spokesperson of the 10th ID-AFP, said an undetermined number of rebels attacked soldiers of the 66th Infantry Battalion escorting a group of Board of Election Inspectors (BEI’s) for the canvassing of votes at the municipal hall of Maragusan.
News in Pictures: Underground Urban Poor Group Marks the NDF’s 37th Anniversary
