Army Troops on Security and Rehabilitation Operation Landmined by NPA; One killed, 10 others wounded

Mati City – Peace and Development Teams of 28IB onboard two military vehicles led by 2LT Paypa were hit by a landmine at Sitio Mainit, Brgy. Calapagan, Lupon, Davao Oriental at 12:20 midnight of January 22, 2013.

The said team was on convoy, drifting their way back to headquarters from security and rehabilitation operation of the typhoon Pablo as landmine exploded hitting the rear portion of the second vehicle. Six were wounded and immediately brought to the Provincial Hospital, as one soldier did not make it. Pfc Jhasam Diaz died while being treated in the hospital. Moreover the rest of the injured were being treated now at Tagum Regional Hospital and Davao Oriental Provincial Hospital, Mati City.

“The army troops were part of the security of troops rendering rehabilitations to typhoon Pablo affected areas. The NPAs again showed their barbarism and inhuman acts by disturbing our humanitarian assistance activities” LTC Lyndon Paniza, 10ID spokesman.

“This is a clear manifestation that the New People’s Army violate and does not respect the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), landmine is strictly prohibited in this agreement. The NPAs are very desperate and ignored the provisions of CARHRIHL”. Paniza added.

Meanwhile two clashes happened between the army’s 60th Infantry Batalion and NPAs in Brgy. Mabuhay, Laak Compostela Valley at 2pm and 3:30pm yesterday. The army troops were on rescue operation on recent abduction by the NPAs of 1 soldier and policeman last January 17, 2013.

As investigation continues, the AFP persists to chase the bandits believed to be guilty on the incident.    

      

PEACETALK: TSOKOLATENG LIPOS NG KAMANDAG

Usapang pangkapayaan. Peace talk. Mga katagang parang musika pangkaunlaran sa pandinig. Ngunit may pag-asa ba na makamtan ang tunay na kapayapaan tungo sa pagbangon nitong nabulid na sa kahirapan nating bansa sa pag-uusap ng Pamahalaan at CPP-NPA-NDF?

Noong inumpisahan ni Pangulong Cory Aquino ang pakipagdayalogo sa mga komunista bilang bahagi ng kanyang government of peace and reconciliation, tahasang ideneklara ni Luis Jalandoni (Chief Negotiator ng NDF) na ang “…peacetalk is another form of legal struggle that must be utilized to advance the national democratic revolution….”

Nagpalit ang ilang mga Administrasyon hanggang muling naluklok ang isang Aquino muli sa Malakanyang, ganun pa rin ang linyang sinusulong ng CPP-NPA-NDF. At mas kumplikado sapagkat “pumayag” ang mga negosyador ng gobyerno na makipag-usap sa mga komunistang rebelde kahit walang DDR!

Ayon sa United Nations (UN) batay sa karanasan ng mga bansang kasapi nito, ang D-D-R ay disarmament, demobilization at reintegration. Maging matagumpay lamang ang peace talks kung ang mga rebelde ay handang magbaba ng armas upang obhetibo na mapag-usapan ang mga rekisitos tungo sa kapayapaan. Kaagapay dito ang pagtigil ng mga pangangatake at sa tamang proseso at koordinasyon sa gobyerno ang paglatag ng tamang infrastructures upang responsableng makabalik sa mainstream ng lipunan ang mga insurektos.

Subalit, balintuna sa inaasahan - ang Government of the Philippines (GPH) panel sa pamumuno ni Atty. Alex Padilla ay pumayag na manatiling armado ang NPA habang nakikipag-usap! At para malusaw ang mga pambabatikos dahil merong patakaran na “no negotiations with the terrorists” nagawan nang paraan na opisyal nang matanggal ang katawagang terorista sa CPP-NPA-NDF.

Kahit pa man sa mga development na ito, wala pa ring humpay ang armadong pananalakay ng NPA: pag-ambush sa mga sundalo at pulis; pamamaslang sa mga CAFGU at sibilyan; pang-kidnap; pangongolekta ng revolutionary taxations at panununog ng mga taxi, truck at construction equipments sa mga hindi tumalima sa ekstorsyon ng mga rebelde.

Patuloy din ang pagsampa ng CPP-NPA-NDF sa Gobyerno ng mga demands na “palayain” ang mga kasamahan nilang “political prisoners” kahit ang mga ito ay may criminal na mga kaso sa korte. Ayon sa mga komunista, marami sa mga nakukulong na ito ang bahagi ng kanilang negotiating panel bilang consultants at nakalista di-umano sa listahang nakatago sa Netherlands.

Pero noong binuksan ang pinagmamalaking “listahan saved on a diskette” ang lumabas ay machine language and jargons na kahit sino man sa panel ng CPP-NPA-NDF ay walang makaunawa!

Mabilis namang nagpalusot ang mga komunista na “nagkalabu-labo” lang daw ang files kaya bigyan pa sila ng sapat na panahon upang ma-decipher ang laman ng diskette.

Nitong huli, mukhang nagulantang (kuno) mula sa panaginip-habang-gising ang GPH panel na niluluko lamang sila ng CPP-NPA-NDF. Maari daw maantala ang peacetalks dahil sa impossible demands ng mga komunista habang walang humpay sa paglunsad ng mga teroristang gawain.

HABANG inaantabayanan ang open pronouncements hinggil sa developments na ito, sumisingaw naman ang sinyales na may under the table na mga aregluhang nagaganap.

TOTOO BA NA NAKAHANDA NA ANG MGA ISKEMA SA PAGLATAG NG COALITION GOVERNMENT WITH THE CPP-NPA-NDF? Ayon sa mga “usok” may ilang mga elemento mula sa rightist organizations na kasabwat sa balaking ito. The most “un-holy alliance” ba? Gaano ka-totoo na labas-masok sa Palasyo ng Malakanyang ang dalawang kilalang ‘legal personalities’ ng mga komunistang-terorista?

Itong mga paghahabol sa mga korap na kumakulapol sa lahat na media outlets (kasama na dyan ang mga haw shao) ay decoy lang ba sa mas malagim na pakipag-kwalisyon sa mga komunista?

Ano man ang posibleng senaryong magaganap, dapat ang mamamayang nagmamahal para sa progresibo, responsible at organisadong demokrasya ay maging mapagmatyag upang hindi nila maisalaksak sa lalamunan ng republikang ito ang tsokolateng lipos ng kamandag!

KATUPARAN NG PANLILINLANG, DAGDAG NA KAHIRAPAN!

Ang nakapang-ugat nang panlilinlang ay mahirap ng bakbakin. Minsan ang katotohanan, ang siya pang lumalabas na tsismis at ang makulay na mga lubid ng kasinungalingan ang nangingibabaw. Sa maniobrang ito dalubhasa ang mga komunistang-terorista. 42-taon na itong ginagawa ng CPP-NPA-NDF at patuloy pang yumayabong sa maselang panlipunang istruktura ng bansa.

Naglalaway ang mga komunistang-terorista na maagaw ang pampulitikang kapangyarihan. Nanggigigil na ang mga kampon ni Jose Ma. Sison na maitatag ang “pambansang kwalisyon na gobyerno” na pangungunahan ng Communist Party of the Philipines.

Pero hindi ito sa biglaang proseso. Kaya naging strategy nila ang protracted people’s war. Sa pamamagitan ng gerilyang pakikipagdigma sa Pamahalaan epektibong nasabotahe ng CPP-NPA-NDF ang pang-ekonomiyang gulugod ng bansa. Napahina ang produksyon ng pagkain sa kanayunan. Maraming mga investor ang umalis sa Pilipinas dahil sa matinding revolutionary taxations ng mga terorista.

Gamit ang legal na anyo ng pakikibaka, inorganisa ng Revolutionary Trade Union (RTU ng CPP) na ang hayag na mukha nito ay ang Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ang mga manggagawa sa mga estratehikong industriya. Puhunan ang workers’ right and welfare –naghain sila ng samu’t saring di makatarungang mga demanda. Resulta: mahigit 3,500 mga kumpanya ang nagsara, milyon-milyong manggagawa ang nawalan ng trabaho!

Kilusang Mambubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) naman ang umo-organisa sa mga magsasaka. Imbes agricultural production, nahatak ang mga mambubukid sa kumplikadong mga rally at mga pampulitikang pagkilos. Resulta: ang Pilipinas na kinikilalang agricultural country kung saan 70% sa kanyang populasyon ay mga mambubukid –nakakaranas na ngayon ng kakulangan sa pagkain!

Ang mga kabataan-estudyante na itinuturing “pag-asa ng bayan” ay prayoridad ngayon sa political organizing ng mga terorista. Sentralisadong ginagabayan ito ng Kabataang Makabayan (KM) na ang legal na mukha ay ang LFS, SAMASA, CEGP at kung anu-ano pang student organizations. Imbes pag-aaral para sa kinabukasan –binababad ng mga kabataan sa mga pampulitikang pagkilos hanggang mahikayat na ang mga ito na tumungo sa kanayunan upang umanib sa NPA para isulong ang armadong rebolusyon.

Bunga ng mga nabanggit, mula 1968 taon na itinatag ang CPP hanggang maagang bahagi ng 1980s mahigit $1.7 trilyon ang nawala sa ekonomiya ng bansa. Inamin din ng National Security Council (NSC) na halos 2% ng taunang Gross Domestic Products (GDP) ang nalulusaw dahil sa insurgency.

Lahat ng mga ito ay nagdulot ng matinding kahirapan sa bansa. Lahat ito ay epekto ng terorismo. At ito rin ang mga usaping ginagamit laban sa Gobyerno. NGUNIT ANG MGA KAGANAPAN KUNG BAKIT LUMALALA ANG KAHIRAPAN AY HINDI NAPAG-USAPAN SA MAINSTREAM MEDIA. Dahil siguro takot ang mga Editor kung hindi man impluwensyado na ang kanilang mga pananaw, o pwede ring kasabwat na sila sa pagpalaganap nitong makamandag na panlilinlang ng mga komunistang-terorista!

KARAHASAN PARA AGAWIN ANG KAPANGYARIHAN

Kumalat na parang virus sa lahat na media outlets ang usapin hinggil sa panununtok ni Mayor Inday Sara Duterte kay Shirriff Abe Andres. Pero pahapyaw lamang na nabibigyan ng pansin ang pangangatake ng mga teroristang CPP-NPA-NDF.

Pinasok ng mahigit 20 NPA ang Phelix Mining Company sa Sitio Vista Alegre, Brgy Nabulao, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Dinis-armahan ng mga rebelbe ang mga gwardiya, sinunog ang barracks kasama ang isang carrier truck. Ang dahilan: hindi nagbayad ng revolutionary tax ang naturang minahan sa mga komunistang-terorista!

Noong Hunyo 7, 2011 sa terminal ng bus sa Mati, Davao Oriental tinangkang agawin ng mga NPA ang M16 armalite rifle ni PO3 Alfredo Salva. Pero epektibong nakapanlaban ang nabanggit na pulis, isa sa mga suspect (alyas Bunso) ang namatay at ang isa pa ay nasugatan at kinilala ito na si Ariel Manuray. Inamin ni Manuray na sila ay mga kasapi ng NPA. Nasa ospital at pinapagamot pa nga mga otoridad hanggang ngayon ang naturang suspect.

Sa Bayan ng Pamplona, Negros Oriental anim na mga NPA ang nasawi at ilang mga sundalo ang sugatan sa magkakasunod na mga engkwentro. Samantalang sa Omar Hotel, Bacolod City nahuli ng mga militar si Marilyn Badayos isang high ranking officer ng CPP Southeast front sa Negros.

Sa Compostela Valley ang mga tauhan ng 3rd Special Forces Battallion na patungo sa pag-alalay sa mga empleyado ng DENR “to implement the total log ban in the area” inambus ng mga teoristang NPA. Dalawang sundalo ang nasawi at tatlong rebelde ang sugatan.

Marami pang mga indidente ang pwede nating banggitin, mga naganap sa North Cotobato, Agusan del Sur, Ilocus Sur at iba pang mga lugar.

Lahat ito ay mga patunay na patuloy pa ang sistematikong kampanya sa paghasik ng karahasan ng teroristang CPP-NPA-NDF. Dagdag din ito na patunay na ang pagpasok nila sa “peacetalk” ay isa lamang political ploy para isulong ang protracted people’s war sa panibagong yugto!

Noong ika-41 na anibersaryo ng Communist Party of the Philippines magarbong ideklara nang mga terorista na “in five years time its strength and influence will be already at par with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)”. Ito ang tinatawag nilang strategic stalemate – ito ang inaasahang baitang ng mga komunistang terorista kung saan malaya silang makiki-pag-enkwentro sa pwersa ng kasundaluhan at pulis saan mang larangan (sa gusto nilang oras at panahon). Inaasahan din nila, na sa yugtong ito meron nang malawak at nangingibabaw na impluwensya ang komunistang kilusan sa lahat na mga panlipunang usapin.

Nakakabahala ang sitwasyong ito!

Maraming usapin ngayon sa ating lipunan ang lumulutang na sa unang tingin ay mahalaga pero kung masusing pagmuni-munihan, ito ay bahagi lamang nang mas malalaking problema.

Ang kaso ni Mayor Inday Sara D ng Davao City ay dapat imbestigahan to the fullest! Pero huwag nating kaligtaan ang terorismong nanalasa sa lahat na panig ng ating lipunang Pilipino.

Maging mulat tayo sa katotohanan na marami nang mga komunista ang nakapasok sa Gobyerno. Their creeping invasion is a real threat!

Kumilos, habang hindi pa huli ang lahat.

Target: i-knock out ang ekonomiya!

Mahirap nang matumbasan ang karangalan at lahat na karangyaan sa isang boksengero gaya ni Manny Pacquiao. Hindi lamang pambihirang record ang kanyang accomplishments bagkus ito’y bahagi na ng kasaysayan na patuloy pang umuusad.

Dagdag na pinahanga ako ni Congressman Pacquiao sa kanyang matatag na paninindigan laban sa RH Bill. Isang baguhang mambabatas na ang tanging puhunan ay “boxing title belts” pero matatas na nakipag-debate sa mga beteranong kinatawan gaya ni Congressman Edcel Lagman.

Pero biglang gumuho ang aking pagtingin kay Pacquiao nang ito’y ‘hayagan’ na nagpagamit sa mga militantevat makakaliwang labor organizations sa usapin ng P125-wage increase.

Sang-ayon ako na itaas ang sweldo pero dapat i-akma ito sa tamang konteksto.
Maigting na pang-ekonomiyang krisis ang dinaranas ng ating bansa. Pinalala pa ito ng mga pandaig-digang kaganapan. Pero lalo itong inaagnas ng mga anay na gustong magpabagsak sa ating republika!

Maagang bahagi ng 1970s, kinilala ang Pilipinas bilang “booming tiger economy of Asia”. Pamantay tayo noon sa iba pang umuunlad na bansa. Subalit, ang pagsulong na ito tungo sa pag-unlad ay tahasang naudlot sa pagkatatag ng maoistang CPP-NPA.

Pinakita ng mga pag-aaral, na sa maagang bahagi pa lamang ng 1980s mahigit na 4,000 mga kumpanya at negosyo ang sumara dahil sa welga ng mga militanteng unyon. Dahil din dito, mahigit 1.7 trillion dollars ang nawala sa ating ekonomiya “direct and consequential investments”. Sa panahong nabanggit, inamin ng National Security Council na “2% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP)” ang nalulusaw dahil sa insurgency problem.

Resulta: milyon-milyon na mga Pilipino ang nawalan ng trabaho!

Sa kanayunan, hindi makakausad ang mga development projects dahil sa revolutionary taxation o ekstoryon ng mga teroristang NPA. Karamihan ngayon ng mga apektado ay damagsa sa mga urban centers (Manila, Cebu, Davao at iba pang mga lungsod) sa pag-asa na makahanap ng trabaho. Subalit – balintuna sa inaasahan, naging dagdag lamang sila sa bilang ng mga un-employed, under-employed, dagdag na iskwater at dagdag na kumplikasyon sa halos sasabog na, na lobo ng mga panlipunang suliranin!

Ang “pagbaha” ng mga unemployed at under-employed ang siyang dahilan sa paglaganap ng murang labor force. Ang dahilan: malinaw pa sa sikat ng haring araw ---TERORISMO!

Kaya, ang usapin sa pagpapataas ng sahod ay hindi mabibigyan ng sustainable solution sa pamamagitan ng paghihiyaw ng “P125 wage increase”! Habang ginagawan ng kaparaanan ang usaping ito, dapat tutukan ang pag-resolba sa pinakamatagal nang insurhensiya (42 taon) sa ating bansa.

Matoto sa mga aral ng kasaysayan, hindi na sasakay lamang sa mga maiinit na isyu upang “sumikat” pero tameme sa katotohanang ginagamit lamang kayo ng mga mapanlinlang na pwersang gustong i-knock-out ang ekonomiya upang tahasang masisira ang ating Republika! (kadre_porras@yahoo.com)

39IBs thrust for the Greening Program

More or less 6,500 trees were planted in a 13-hectare land at Barangay Savoy, Matanao, Davao del Sur during the Provincial launching of the National Greening Program (NGP) last Friday, May 27, 2011. The activity was participated by ninety-seven (97) different government agencies including the 39th Infantry Battalion, religious, academe, private and business sectors from Davao del Sur.

The launching was spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) Region XI. It was highlighted by the ceremonial planting of trees within the three (3) designated planting sites located at Barangay Savoy, Matanao, Davao del Sur by no less than Cong. Marc Douglas Cagas IV and the different heads of office. Every participant was given atleast ten (10) rubber seedlings, among others, to be planted. It was followed by a short program were words of commitment from collaborators were heard.

“Dinhi sa Davao del Sur, dako-dako ang target for this year muabot sa 1,944 hectares, ug ang pinakadako ini mao ang atong Mt. Apo nga adunay 1,000 hectares na marked for development this year”, according to Mr. Glenn Adonis M. Rico, PENR officer. “All sectors of society ania karon dinhi kay ang counterpart sa katawhan mao ang pagpananum”, he added.

Inorder to further contribute in the greening effort and in accordance to the Eastern Mindanao Command directive, the 39th Infantry Battalion will establish its camp nursery. This nursery will keep and protect seedlings for the future tree planting activities of the battalion. Furthermore, a camp environmental officer will also be designated to ensure that the implementation of the project will be supervised and monitored. He will also be responsible for the wider dissemination of the greening program within the line companies. This way, the greening efforts will be brought even to far-flung barangays where most of the troops are stationed.

The 39th Infantry Battalion led by LtC Oliver R Artuz urges everybody to support the National Greening Program. He assured the battalions’ commitment to help in the protection and rehabilitation of the environment as he enjoined his elements to become active in the greening program. LtC Artuz is optimistic that through the collaborative efforts of everyone, we can contribute to a healthy and safe environment for the present and the next generations to come.

The National Greening Program, consolidates and harmonizes all greening efforts such as Upland Development Program, Luntiang Pilipinas, and similar initiatives of the government, civil society and the private sector. It is expounded under Executive Order 26 where it became one of the priority thrusts of the present administration to attain sustainable development for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. This program targets to plant 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares in community-based forest areas, protected areas, ancestral domains and other suitable lands such as schools, military reservations and urban areas for a period of six years starting 2011 until 2016.

2 soldiers injured in clash with Bandits in Davao Oriental

Camp Panacan, Davao City - Two soldiers were wounded following a brief encounter between government troops of 67th Infantry Battalion and Communist Terrorists New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Caningag, Barangay Cabasagan, Boston, Davao Oriental on Saturday at about 4:50 in the aftrnoon.

“The troops were on patrol responding to the civilian complaints of the presence of armed bandits roaming around their place when the armed bandits fired upon the troops,” Lt Col Lyndon Paniza said. “These groups of bandit NPAs are the same group responsible in murdering innocent civilians. Last December 2009 an old woman identified as Mrs. Rosalinda Clata, 55 years old and a 13 year-old girl, Memilyn Moreno was also murdered by the NPAs last February 13 2010,”Paniza added.

According to Lt Col Ruben Basiao, Commander of 67th Infantry Battalion, these armed bandits also are the ones roaming around the province of Davao Oriental, and some parts of Monkayo, ComVal Province, not only to harass the military and police camps but also to conduct extensively their extortion activities to small and big business companies, arson of road construction equipments and privately owned trucks last 2009 and 2010.

“We will continue to seize these bandits who were keeping on their atrocities to destroy peace and development efforts in the area because the civilians do not want bandits and criminals in their communities,” Lt Col Ruben Basiao said.

The 30-minute exchange of fire resulted to 2 soldiers slightly injured, treated immediately by the troop’s first aiders. The two are now in Camp Panacan Station Hospital for their recovery.

Heavy Clashes in Davao Oriental; 5 High Powered Firearms Recovered, 5 Wounded

CATEEL, Davao Oriental---Government troops clashed with an illegal armed group believed to be members of the New People’s Army in two separate encounters over the weekend in Davao Oriental.

On Saturday at 5 p.m., troops of 67th Infantry Battalion, 10th Infantry Division, clashed with the NPAs at Sitio Caningag, Barangay Cabasagan, Boston, Davao Oriental. The encounter lasted for 30 minutes that resulted to the wounding of two soldiers.

According to Colonel Ruben Basiao, Commanding Officer of 67IB, “the Communities’ trust and confidence with the government troops led them to report to the authorities. The massive peace and development efforts through consultation and collaboration with the Local Government Units (LGU) and various communities have been jointly implemented purposely to increase the quality of life of the civilians.”

The two military wounded soldiers are currently receiving medical attention in the military hospital at Camp Panacan, Davao City.

Another 4-hour encounter happened on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Sitio Carampel, Barangay Aliwagwag, Cateel, Davao Oriental. “Complaints from the civilians of the presence of heavily armed men harrasing the community prompted the troops of 6th Scout Ranger Company of 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion to launch a patrol that led to the heavy firefight against the New People’s Army (NPA), says Lt Col. Gilbert F. Saret, Commanding Officer of the 25th Infantry Battalion of 10th Infantry Division.

As a result of the firefight, recovered were five high powered firearms (HPFAs), improvised landmines, components of explosives, subversive documents, and personal belongings of the NPAs. Three soldiers were wounded while undetermined number of casualties from the NPAs.

The identities of the wounded are being withheld pending the notification of their relatives. Likewise, unconfirmed reports from local residents says that there are at least two NPAs killed during the encounter.

“The reports from the populace is an indicator of their resistance to the criminal acts perpetrated by the NPAs. This led to the series of encounters that prevented the NPAs to plan for the future conduct of atrocities. We thank the government officials and the populace who are determined to pursue genuine peace and development by taking a stand to secure the province from the threat of criminal actions by the NPAs”, said Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza, 10th Infantry Division spokesperson.

Lt. Col. Paniza added, “If the NPAs’ intent to commit atrocities was not pre-empted, it could have caused an atmosphere of fear not only to the residents but also to the business sector that are interrested to invest in the area.”

Last week, the NPAs have burned one passenger bus and an elf truck in Sta Cruz, Davao Del Sur and Banay-banay, Davao Oriental, respectively.

“The Armed Forces of the Philippines particularly the 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army has been genuine in its effort for the implementation of the rules of law, rules of engagement (ROE), International Humanitarian Law (IHL), and Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) especially that peace talk is ongoing. However, these NPAs are continuously and are insisting to defy the peace process. It only shows that the CPP has no control over their illegal armed elements that victimize soft civilian targets,” Paniza said.

Hot pursuit operations by the army and the Philipine National Police (PNP) are still ongoing as of this report.

More help for Pantukan Victims

As President Noynoy Aquino extends his condolences to the families of victims in the massive landslide in Barangay King-king, Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province, joint efforts both from the national and local government and stakeholders became evident.

In a press conference on Monday, April 25, 2011, National Defense Secretary Voltaire T Gazmin , Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje, ComVal Province Governor Arturo Uy, Pantukan Mayor Celso Sarenas, Commander of Eastern Mindanao Command Lt Gen Artur Tabaquero, 10th Infantry Division Commander MGen Jorge Segovia and 1001st Brigade Commander Col Roberto Domines converge to talk about the recent updates in the retrieval operations and the forced evacuation.

According to Sec. Paje, they were sent by the president to personally verify the situation in the area.

“The president wants to know on how to comprehensively handle the situation”, Paje added. He made sure that the residents will be relocated to ensure their safety especially after the discovery of a 70-meter fissure that could possibly result to another tragedy if rainfalls continue.

Governor Arturo Uy elucidates that he will impose no habitation in the area for the other portion of the mountain may collapse anytime.

“We will continue in searching for the other missing persons. We will not stop unless we find all the victims who might have been buried in mud”, Mayor Celso Sarenas said.

Lt Gen Tabaquero said that they will continue their efforts in assisting the agencies to continue the search and retrieval operations. “Until you need our help, we will help”, he assured.

Sec. Gazmin was pleased with the cooperation among agencies both from the national and local government. “All agencies were involved in helping together for this mission and not just the concerned agencies”, he added.

Locals flooded the area as they also want to extend help in the search and retrieval operations. Although this would hasten the operation, the local government forcibly wants them to evacuate immediately for their own safety.
Meanwhile, MGen Jorge Segovia said that insurgency has been a detriment for the small-scale miners forcing them to rely in mining despite danger just to alleviate their living. He also added that insurgency is formed in mining thru extortion which has been affecting the miners.

“There are NPA units in Pantukan of which three barangays were affected already by them”, Segovia said who was also present in the conference. He added that they will determine this to properly address the matter.

“We will strengthen our Peace and Development Outreach Program to this area as part of our program in winning peace”, he ended.

“WILLING WILLIE”: biktima ng paghihiganti at mapanlinlang na propaganda?

WALA sa hinagap ko ang magsulat hinggil sa mga dramang sumasalikup sa mapagkunwaring entablado ng showbiz.

Na-obliga lamang akong sumulat, sapagkat halatadong ginagamit lamang na isyu itong di-umano “child abuse” sa isang batang nagnga-ngalang JAN-JAN SUAN na nag-macho dance sa programang ‘Willing Willie’ over Channel 5 noong March 12, 2011 episode.

Ang anumang anyo ng paglabag sa batas, lalo na ang “child abuse” na isang mabigat na kaso ay hindi mapapatunayan sa pamamagitan ng makabag-bag damdamin na opinyon publiko. Ito ay hinu-husgahan ng korte!

Pero wala pa man sa hurisdiksyon ng anumang Korte, meron nang konklusyon at maigting na kondemnasyon ang mga nag-aakusa.

Moral na obligasyon at legal na responsabilidad ng lahat na pangangalagaan ang dangal at kinabukasan ng mga kabataan. Sabi nga ni Doktor Jose P. Rizal, “ang kabataan ay pag-asa ng bayan!”

Subalit, ang obligasyon at responsabilidad na ito ay HINDI DAPAT SELECTIVE. Dapat hindi ito naka-angkla sa mapanirang hidwaan ng mga TV networks na nag-aagawan sa atensyon ng television viewers and advertisers.

Higit sa lahat, ang pagsulong ng kawsa upang pangalagaan ang kapakanan ng mga kabataan ay hindi nakabatay sa opinyon ng mga “Ponso Pilato” na magaling lamang maghugas ng kanilang mga kamay sa publiko (para lumabas na mga champeons) pero mga kasapakat pala ng mapanlinlang at teroristang mga grupo.

Malinaw na binanggit ni UN Special Rapporteur for Children in Armed Conflict (CIAC), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy na ang “NPA rebels are constant violators of children’s rights.”

TANONG: pinakialaman ba ng mga concerns sa “kapakanan” ni Jan-jan Suan ang mga kaso na ito? Nakaka-binging katahimikan ang kanilang aksyon. Bakit? Bakit?

Noong Oktubre 2010, si Col Antonio Parlade pa noon ang Philippine Army spokesman, kanilang inihayag na mula 1999 hanggang 2010, ang komunistang NPA ay pwersahang nakapag-recruit ng 340 na mga menor-de-edad. Sa kabuuang bilang, 209 ang nag-surender, 119 ang nahuli, at 12 ang namatay sa engkwentro sa mga sundalo ng Pamahalaan.

Ang pag-rekruta ng mga kabataan –menor-de-edad man o mga estudyante, ay bahagi ng protracted people’s war o pangmatagalang digmaan bayan na estratehiya ng maoistang CPP-NPA-NDF. Bahagi ito ng pagsabotahe ng ekonomiya ng ating bansa upang lalong lumaganap ang kahirapan!

Nilalasing ng mga komunistang-terorista ang mga kabataan-estudyante sa baluktot na pamamaraan ng pagbabago –yan ang pagtahak sa armadong digmaan o rebolusyon. Ang mga kabataan na “sana’y pag-asa ng ating kinabukasan” ay hindi na makapag-atupag ng pag-aaral o anumang produktibong gawain dahil nalulong na sa mga rally at demonstrasyon hanggang tahasang umaanib sa teroristang NPA.

Balikan ko ngayon ang katanungan: bakit ang reyalidad na ito ay hindi kinokondena ng “kuno mga champeons sa kawsa ng kabataan”? Dahil ba hindi nakikita sa telebisyon kung papaano nililinlang ng mga komunistang-terorista ang mga biktima?

Para mapangalagaan ang mga kabataan, at ang marami pang mga Jan-jan Suan, kinakailangang magkaisa tayo laban sa terorismo. Isabuhay natin ang tunay na diwa ng isang progresibo, responsable at organisadong demokrasya!

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NPA post ceasefire attack on civilian authority in Baguio District, Davao City

Malagos District, Davao City - More than 30 NPA rebels ransacked the house of a Brgy. Captain yesterday, February 22, 2011, at about 3:45 in the afternoon in Baguio District, Davao City.

Police investigation disclosed that Baranggay Captain Alfredo B. Austral of Purok 4, Brgy Carmen, Baguio District was not in his house for he was attending a seminar when the armed rebels, led by a certain a.k.a Bobby, went inside and stole one 12 gauge shotgun issued by the City Government (Davao) to Barangay Captains and forcibly took a cell phone battery from Australs’ son who was there with his siblings during the rummage.

The Barangay Captains’ children who were present in their house were terrified by the rebels’ threats and intimidation.

Lt Col Gabriel C Viray, Commander of the 84th IB, calls the peace loving people to condone the terror acts of the NPA’s against civilians. “Let’s join hands in condemning the rebel NPA’s cowardly act of terrorizing local officials who are not supportive to them”, he said. “Let’s challenge the KARAPATAN to denounce NPA’s human rights violations”, he added.

Terrorizing the people is an act of cowardice involving the innocent civilians who supports the governments’ peace effort and now denies the useless cause of the CPP/NPA. Including the five civilian victims of “Maco Massacre”, on February 13, 2011, they are all victims of the CPP/NPA’s terroristic acts.

The troops from the 84th Infantry Battalion based in Malagos District, Davao City, responded to the incident by deploying soldiers in the area for public security operations.

Families of “Maco Massacre” victims shout for justice

Maco, Compostela Valley Province – Three of the victims of “Maco Massacre” reposes as the families, friends and relatives bring them to their terminus.

The grieving family shouts for justice and condemn the brutal killing of the CPP/NPA. “They (NPA) are responsible to my husband’s death. If they did not plant a landmine, my husband will still be alive right now”. Mercedita Paquingan, Nicolas’ wife, said putting blame to the godless NPA.

On the other hand, Rosita, Juanitos’ widow, hopes that this kind of tragic incident will not happen anymore. “There are many lives wasted and many families suffered because of their (NPA) brutality”, Rosita Cabarubias said.

A day before Valentines’ eve, a heartless attack of the communist/terrorists NPA to civilians shocked the people of Comval Province after a community peace rally held at the tennis court of the Poblacion of Maco, Compostela Valley Province. The event was participated by 22 Barangays or more than 1,300 civilians coming from different sectors of Maco in cooperation with the Local Government Units, Local Government Agencies, and PNP – Maco. Governor Arturo Uy of ComVal Province was the guest of honour and speaker of the said peace rally.

At about 4:45 in the afternoon, right after the community rally, the people were on their way home on board a military truck, remorselessly attacked by the CPP/NPA by detonating an improvised explosive device at the roadside of Purok 6, Brgy. Libay-libay, Maco, Compostela Valley Province. Five civilians were held casualties.
Nicholas Paquingan (56) and a resident of Brgy Dumlan, Maco was dead on the spot. Four of them were brought to the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City.

Unfortunately, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, two of the wounded civilians Juanito Cabarubias (52) and Angelito Cumayas Jr. (42) gave in to their wounds.
On Monday at 2:30 P.M., after the necrology at the Tagum Chapel in Brgy. Conocotan, Tagum, the late Juanito Cabarobias was buried at the La Filipina Cemetery in Tagum City. On their way to the cemetery, the family members and friends call out for justice to the death of their loved ones.

The following day, Tuesday at 2:30 in the afternoon after a necrology with the families, friends and relatives, interment was given to the late Nicolas Paquingan at Brgy. Dumlan, Maco.

Today, at 9 in the morning, the late Angelito Cumayas Jr. is also buried at the estate of Cumaya’s family in Brgy Libay- libay, Maco, Compostela Valley Province.
“Recalling the recent Maco Massacre that resulted to the untimely death of our three fellow Filipinos is very disheartening”, Lt Col Joshua B. Santiago said as he extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the three victims. “Let’s just pray for their repose and hopes for an exact verdict to the perpetrators. It should be a challenge to the human rights advocates like KARAPATAN to condemn the landmining of the CPP/NPA instead of justifying its terroristic acts”, he added.

Governor Arturo Uy denounced the CPP/NPA’s attack to the civilians who were his audience during the peace rally where he rendered a song entitled “PAGKAKAISA”.
“The CPP/NPA should give justice to their victims, they knew who did it, and they have their Kangaroo Court.” The Governor said over an interview in a local TV network.

The local government units of Maco and the 71st Infantry “Kaibigan” Battalion extended assistance to the families and will continue its mission.

TAMANG IMPORMASYON O TAMANG DELIHENSYA?

SA MATAGAL nang panahon kinikilala ang media na daluyan ng tamang impormasyon, bantay para kaayusan at tinig ng sambayanan. Walang pader na hindi guguho pag-media na ang kumalampag. Ang kapangyarihang ito, ang siyang naging batayan upang tawagin ang mga mamahayag na the fourth estate.

Napakahalaga ng papel na ginagampanan ng media sa daloy ng pagbabago at kaunlaran ng mga bansa. Nabuo ang malawakang anti-corruption and anti-authoritarian movements sa mga impormasyong isinisiwalat ng media. Afterall, kayang i-counter maneuver ang armadong pag-aaklas pero walang makaka-hadlang sa delubyo ng pagbabago gamit ang opinyon-publiko. Ayon sa Wikepedia, “The concept of the Fourth Estate (or fourth estate) is a societal or political force or institution whose influence is not consistently or officially recognized. It now most commonly refers to the news media; especially print journalism.”

Noong taong 2000 pilit napa-resign sa pwesto si President Jamil Mahuad Witt ng Ecuador. Sa Argentina napalayas si President Fernando de la Rua dahil sa malawakang pagbubunyag ng mga katiwalian na bumunga ng maigting na financial crisis noong 2001. Ganun din ang nangyari kay President Sanchez de Lozada ng Bolivia noong 2003 at President Carlos Mesa noong 2005.

Opinyon publiko rin ang bumuo ng pwersa ng pagbabago sa Thailand dahil sinalanta ito ng political crisis noong 2006, na humantong sa pag-layas sa pwesto ni Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra makalipas ang ilang buwan na demonstrasyon ng mamamayan at military coup.

Sa Pilipinas, tayong mga Pinoy ay kilalang “mahilig sa mga balita”. Sa mga pilyong isipan “tsismis”. Masdan n’yo na lang kung ano karami ang national broad sheet papers, tabloids, himpilan ng mga radyo, telebisyon at cable-tv channels. Meron pang mga provincial-base media outlets at isama na natin ang SMS or texting na napakabilis magkalat ng impormasyon (mahigit 60% ng ating populasyon ang gumagamit ng cellphones!).

Siempre, aminado tayo na sa pagpapalit-palit ng Administrasyon (mula sa pagbagsak ng rehimeng Marcos hanggang kay PGMA) hindi matatawaran ang naging papel ng media. May mga nagsasabi nga na “malaki ang naging papel ng texting” sa pagbagsak ng Administrasyong Erap. Katunayan, may mga political personalities na ngayon, na pumapasok sa media para sumikat at hindi na mahihirapan sa darating na electoral campaigns.

Ngunit may mga sitwasyong nangyayari na hindi maganda sa medyang pinoy.

Sa nakalipas na 42-taon, matagumpay na nagamit at nasabotahe ng maoistang CPP-NPA-NDF ang mass media sa Pilipinas. Pinalala pa ang sitwasyong ito mga opurtunistang pulitiko.

Gamit ang pormula ni Mao Tsetung na “in this war - propaganda plays a vital role, whoever wins the propaganda –wins the war!” epektibong nakapalawak ang maoist communist movement sa bansa. Take note: ang unang namumunong mga kasapi ng CPP Central Committee ay mga personalidad na galing sa mainstream media –Sison, Zumel, Ocampo et al.

Ang First Quarter Storm ang nagsilbing hudyat upang isulong ang Pangalawang Bugso ng maoist lead national democratic propaganda movement. Todong nalamutak ng mga komunista (gamit ang national democratic orientation) para mokontrol ang College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP). Mula noong 1970s napakarami na ang naging produkto ng samahang ito at signipikanteng bilang ang naka-pwesto sa mga pangunahing media outlets. Epektibong ‘nakatay’ sa opinyon publiko na bulok ang estado. Pinatunayan pa ito ng talagang mga korap at opurtunista na nakapasok sa gobyerno.
Ang protracted people’s war na pangunahing estratehiya ng CPP-NPA-NDF ay sobra pa sa epektibong sumabotahe ng ekonomiya ng bansa. Maagang bahagi ng 1970s, kinikilala na sana ang Pilipinas bilang “booming tiger economy of Asia” at kahalintulad na sana tayo ng bansang Japan.

Gamit ang Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) naorganisa ng komunistang kilusan ang mga estratehikong kumpanya at industriya. Ang NPA naman ay walang humpay sa paniningil ng revolutionary taxations kahit sa maliliit na mga negosyante. Ang mga power transmission towers at mga tulay na pinonduhan mula sa pangungutang ng Gobyerno ay pinapasabog ng mga teroristang-rebelde. Resulta, sa maagang bahagi ng 1980s tinatantya na mahigit P1.7 trilyon ang nawala sa ekonomiya ng bansa “in the form of direct and consequential investments”. Ang mga power transmission towers at mga tulay na pinonduhan mula sa pangungutang ng Gobyerno ay pinapasabog ng mga teroristang-rebelde. Inamin din ng National Security Council (NSC) na “halos 2% ng taunang Gross National Product” ang nawawala dahil sa pananabotahe ng CPP-NPA-NDF.
Ang social impact ng terorismo ay gutom, kawalan ng trabaho, under-employment at kaugnay pa na mga problema. Itong mga isyu mismo na ito, ang siya ring ginagamit ng mga legal front organizations ng CPP-NPA-NDF laban sa Gobyerno! At media ang pangunahing instrumento!

Ang mga media practitioners na nangahas sa pag-expose ng mga kabalbalan na ito ay walang awang pinagpapaslang ng NPA, gaya ng nangyari kina Jun Porras-Pala ng Davao City; Dr. Ric Nepumuceno ng Bicol; Rino Arcones at Eddie Swede ng DYFM-Bombo Radyo-Iloilo at marami pa.

Bihasa sa paggamit ng panlilinlang at dahas ang mga komunistang-terorista!

Kaya nga, halos hindi natin matutunghayan na pinag-uusapan sa media ang terorismo. Panay na lang negatibong atake laban sa gobyerno o dili kaya hubad na katawan ng mga babae at samu’t saring kriminalidad na headlines sa mga dyaryo.

May mga media practitioners naman na nakontento na lamang sa pag-delihensya gamit ang “press card”. Meron d’yang ginagamit ang pangalan ng kanyang kasamahan upang maningil ng “parating” mula sa jueteng operators pero sinasarili naman ang koleksyon. Meron namang ‘nagpapa-gamit’ na lamang sa pulitiko for survival!

Ang hindi nakikita: terorismo ang ugat ng lahat! Ang manindigan kontra sa mga demonyong ito, ay isang seryoso na hamon para sa malaya at progresibong bukas.

“TUWID NA LANDAS”: Patungo ba sa kaliwa?

SANTAMBAK ang mga maseselang usaping kumakaladkad sa sambayanan tungo sa hindi pa siguradong direksyon.

Nakikipag-usap para sa “kapayapaan” ngayon ang Gobyerno sa maoistang CPP-NPA-NDF. Ngunit ang pamamaraan ay balot ng hindi malinaw na mga pamantayan. Ayon kay Cong. Jun Alcover ng ANAD Partylist “kaduda-duda ang mga personalidad na bumubuo ng Government Panel sapagkat gaya ni Atty. Alex Padilla (Chairman) ay galing sa samahan ng mga abogadong nakahanay sa front organizations under the NDF”.

Kasama rin sa pinagdu-dudahan ni Cong. Alcover si Secretary Leila Delima ng Department of Justice na kamag-anak ni Juliet Delima –ang asawa ni Jose Ma. Sison (a.k.a Amado Guerero/Armando Liwanag) na s’yang Chairman ng maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

Tadtad ng mga elemento mula sa “kaliwang pwersa” ang Administrasyong Noynoy Aquino. Nandiyan si Etta Rosales sa Commission on Human Rights (CHR), si Joel Rocamora sa Anti-Poverty Commission. Rolando Llamas bilang Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs at iba pa sa mga hindi gaanong pansinin na mga posisyon.

Ang tatlong nabanggit ay mga pangunahing lider ng AKBAYAN Partylist. Binuo ito noong Enero 1998 mula sa apat na makakaliwang-bloke: Bukluran para sa Ikauunlad ng Sosyalistang Isip at Gawa (BISIG); Christian socialists; social democrat group ng Pandayan, at Siglo ng Paglaya (Siglaya) –mula sa hanay ng mga rejectionist sa diktadurya ni Joma Sison. Itong panhuling grupo ay nagkawatak-watak din at ang pumalit sa loob ng AKBAYAN ay ang grupong tinaguriang Padayon.

Kahit saang anggulo sisilipin, ang mga grupong nabanggit ay panay mga MAKAKALIWA. Bagay na pinagmulan ng pagka-dismaya ng nakakarami, sa loob at labas ng Gobyerno.

Lalong umigting pa ang mga pagdududa kung saan ang tungo ng “tuwid na landas” noong pinalaya ni P-Noy ang ‘Morong 43’. Kumprehensibo ang datus ng AFP/PNP na ang mga ito ay kasapi at aktibong mga kadre sa National Health Staff ng NPA. Pinagtibay pa ito ng lima (5) sa 43 na nahuli sa pamamagitan ng boluntaryong paglagda sa affidavits na nagpapatunay na sila ay bahagi ng armadong pwersa ng teroristang NPA.

SA LAHAT ng mga “makakaliwang elemento” na ito, ang pinaka-organisado, brutal at well finance ay ang maoistang CPP-NPA-NDF. Nakalatag sa mga estratehikong sector ang kanilang mga sectoral at multi-sectoral front organizations. Ang kanilang goons (NPA) ay may kakayahang maglunsad ng kahit anumang-karahasan sa lahat ng oras.

ANG MALAKING pinagtatakahan ko ngayon ay ang “timing” ng mga pangyayari. Sabi ko nga kanina, ang pagpasok nila sa Administrasyong P-Noy ay pinagmulan ng pagka-dismaya ng nakakarami, sa loob at labas ng Gobyerno. Pero noong nag-umpisang lumutang na ang mga usapin hinggil sa infiltration ng mga makakaliwang ito in the key government positions bigla namang umiba ang senaryo sa opinyon publiko.

Naganap ang sunod-sunod na mga brutal kidnappings/carnappings. Nabunyag ang pagbili ni P-Noy ng Porsche. Binomba ang isang bus sa EDSA kung saan lima (5) ang patay at 15 ang sugatan. Sumabog ang “paba-on scandal” sangkot ang mga matataas na opisyal ng militar. Tumaas ang flag-down rate sa taxi ganun din ang presyo ng petroleum products at mga toll gate fees sa SLEX at NLEX.

Natabunan ng mga ‘headlines’ ang usapin hinggil sa pag-posisyon ng mga kaliwete sa Pamahalaan!

Ang tanong: meron bang sistematikong ‘smoke screening’ activity ang mga MAKAKALIWANG PWERSA para sa mas malaki pa nilang maniobra? O sadyang nagka-timing lamang ang mga kaganapan batay sa mas malawak na desenyo ng mga maoistang-terorista sa pag-agaw ng pampulitikang kapangyarihan?

Maging mapag-masid, baka ang “tuwid na landas” ay mahatak ng mga makakaliwa at mai-biglang liko sa komunistang komunoy!

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CONGRATULATIONS kay Congressman Jun Alcover ng ANAD Partylist, nominated by GNN/Congress Magazine as one of the 30 Outstanding Congressmen of 2010. Awarding: February 16, 2011 sa Manila Garden Hotel

Notorious bandit-turned-NPA leader and followers apprehended in Sarangani

Soldiers belonging to the Army’s peace and development team (PDT) apprehended a notorious bandit-turned-NPA leader and his four followers in Sarangani Province on Tuesday morning, December 14, 2010.

Arrested by PDT members of 73rd Infantry Battalion, 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army were Toning Mungkil, a.k.a. “Kumander Monkey”. Mungkil, the leader of the “Yunit Milisya” (YUMIL) of the NPA Platoon Mazda under Guerilla Front 71, is wanted for cattle rustling, frustrated murder and other criminal cased and his four companions identified as Joel Mungkil, a.k.a. Joe; Benito Balbino, a.k.a. Ben; Ricky Mungkil, a.k.a. Muril; and Anthony Salway, a.k.a. Gusting.

Responding to the information about the presence of the wanted suspect, Lieutenant B-Jay Ursua led the PDT in serving the arrest against Mungkil. Despite of the resistance offered by the rebels, members of the arresting team maneuvered to vantage positions forcing the suspects to surrender. Recovered from the group of “Kumander Monkey” were two rifles (one M16 and one Garand). No one was wounded or injured on the government side.

The communists in Sarangani Province continue to lose its strength and influence with the series of surrender and arrest of many of its NPA members. The peace and development outreach program of the 73rd Infantry Battalion succeeded on getting the support and cooperation of the local residents from whom the NPA previously sourced its food and logistics.

The suspects thereafter were turned over to the PNP for proper disposition.

Ocampo et. al. should bare themselves out and must show their sincerity

“THEY MUST show to the Filipino people their true colors, so to speak,” said ANAD Partylist Rep. Jun Alcover as he challenged all Maoist terrorist pseudo politicians, seeking elective positions during the 2010 elections, to call on their Maoist terrorist comrades in the New Peoples Army to immediately cease and desist from committing anti-people and anti-Filipino activities.

The ALLIANCE FOR NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY (ANAD) Partylist decried the continued lies and deception of Maoist terrorist legal and underground political wannabes, especially those in its sectoral front and pseudo political organizations to fully show their wares, as they professed and claimed to be pro-people and pro-Filipino advocates, by strongly calling on their comrades in the armed-terrorist NPA to stop their harassments, intimidations, and murders of innocent civilians in the countryside; and extortion activities against small and big businesses and industries to fuel their political obsession of establishing a government under a communist dictatorship.

Rep. Alcover noted that the senatorial bids of Satur Ocampo, Liza Maza; their continued interest to seats in the Lower House of Congress, and the CPP Central Committee marching orders for their minions in the provinces to seek positions in the local government units of the country, “are serious indications and hard evidence of their grand design to incessantly stir and eventually control most, if not all, political and elective positions in the country, which is a prelude to their taking over of government,” Rep. Alcover added.

Rep. Alcover slammed Ocampo, Maza, Bayan Muna’s Teddy Casino and others for their continued double talk. “These people are of no conscience and dismally lack honesty in what they do and say. While they strongly vilify the sitting administration’s 2010 intentions through innuendoes like using the AFP and PNP to ensure the victory of the administration’s bets, they have their own armed goons, in the NPA, that is responsible in many incidences of murder and extortion in all parts of the country and without let up,” Alcover added.

“They have their own goons, in the NPAs, to ensure their victory. The harassments and intimidations in the countryside have now intensified in the run-up towards the 2010 polls,” Alcover pointed out.

In calling Ocampo et. al. to show sincerity in their avowals as protectors of the rights of the poor and underprivileged Filipinos, “now must they openly call on the NPAs to stop all of their anti-Filipino and anti-people activities. Much of life has been wasted in their altar of Maoist terrorist insurgency. They cannot deny their connections and relation with the NPAs. Satur Ocampo continues to wield authority over the Maoist terrorist organization in the country. As comrades in the violent and Godless Maoist terrorist organization, Casino, Maza, Bayan Muna’s Atty. Neri Colmenares, Kabataan Partylist’s Raymond Palatino, Anakpawis’ Rafael Mariano and Joel Maglungsod have their own respective channels and ways to send their messages through to the NPA,” Rep. Alcover explained.

“How can one be serious in calling for a clean and honest election when his own hands are full of bad blood of Filipinos whose lives were snapped by Maoist terrorist guns and bullets, who continues to live a life constantly harassed and intimidated by the same goons of Ocampo et. al.?” Alcover quipped.