Lumads in Paquibato evacuate after NPA threat

MALAGOS, Davao City – At least 17 families of a lumad tribe in Marilog District, this city, were evacuated after receiving threats from New People’s Army allegedly eyeing the tribe’s village as the site for the forthcoming anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) next month.

Datu Tresio Lumuyok, tribal chieftain of Matigsalog tribe, said residents have abandoned their houses in Purok 26, Sitio Alon, Brgy. Malabog and seek refuge in Brgy. Marilog since November 6. He led his people in search for a safe place after Leoncio Pitao, head of NPAs operating in the hinterlands of Paquibato, threatened and forced them to take part in rallies and demonstrations in protest to the presence of government troops in the area. He added that residents were suspected as military informants scouting the whereabouts of the notorious group after several encounters transpired in the area.

“Pitao said that we are feeding information to soldiers about their presence and that we betrayed their group. Because of that we are scared of going back to our village”, said one of the evacuees, who requested not to be identified for security reasons.

According to Lumuyok, Pitao is planning to make their village the venue for the 44^th year of CPP on December 27.

Datu Buaya Ansaud welcomes the evacuees in his village in Sitio Malikongkong as Davao City Social Services and Development Office had been providing for their needs in cooperation with 84^th Infantry Battalion.

“We see how the NPAs jeopardize the safety of these families who are living peacefully in the area”, said Lt. Col. Edgar Nigos, commander of 84^th IB.

He said that the incident is a wake-up call for everybody to denounce the presence of the rebels in the area instead of the military. “It is our mandate to protect the people and not to harm them. That’s why we would like to encourage everyone specially the government leaders to condemn the presence of the NPAs so that we can all live peacefully”, he said.

Soldiers repel NPA attack; two rebels killed, high powered firearms recovered

Mawab, Compostela Valley Province – Two members of New People’s Army were killed while two high-powered firearms were recovered 11:45 a.m. Sunday following an encounter with government troops in Brgy. Calabcab, Maco, Compostela Valley Province.

 

Commander of 71^st Infantry Battalion, Lt. Col. Jerry Borja, disclosed that said attack was a deliberate offensive operation of notorious group to harass the residents who have been in support to the Army’s Peace and Development Outreach Program (PDOP). “Our Peace and Development Team were having a community consultation in barangay hall when NPAs, despite the presence of civilians, attacked and peppered the area with bullets”, he said adding that the attack was another act of idiocy and desperation of the NPAs in response to the rejection of the community.    

  

“Our troops refrained from firing to secure first the civilians. This resulted to seven soldiers wounded in action (WIAs)”, Borja said. He identified the WIAs as Sgt. Marlon Parong, Cpl. Romualdo Tangonan, Pfc. Erwin Manabat, Pfc. Rocky Molina, Pfc. Jaypee Sionillo, Pfc. Carmelo Cachuela, and Pfc. Ludivico Elegio Jr. who are now recuperating in Camp Panacan Station Hospital, Panacan, this city.

 

 “Troops returned fire right after they have secured the residents in the area”, he added saying two of the criminal group NPA were killed in said clash which lasted for about three hours. He identified the two as certain Manny and Max. Also recovered in the area were one M16 rifle and one M14 rifle and five improvised landmines. “Amidst being outnumbered, our troops were still able to drive away more or less 60 members of the NPA”, he said.

 

Borja disclosed that two civilians were also wounded identified as Grace Buayaban Malisa, 22 years old, who was hit in her right tricep and Adela Tomas Madanlo, 46 years old, who was wounded in her right stomach and both her feet and legs due to shrapnel. He also revealed that one of the victims was shot by the NPAs based on initial interview. “She said that when one of the NPAs pointed her the gun, she raised her hand saying she was a civilian pleading to spare her, but the rebel still shot her”, he said but failed to name the victim.

 

“This act is clearly out of their frustration to stop the success of Maco in gaining peace and development. They attacked government forces without considering the presence of civilians that may be caught in between crossfire”, Borja said.

Magpakatotoo kayo!

Coming out with surprises is the renewed word war between the Maoist communist sectoral front  organization – ANAKBAYAN, and AKBAYAN, a self-claimed socialist organization that the Maoist claims are allies of President Aquino III.

Truly, the latter has entrenched some of their key leaders in President Aquino’s cabinet. Their influence could either be productive or cataclysmic with Akbayan steadfast in their commitment to institute change and reforms in government through the peaceful political process.

Their approach has endeared many, especially those whose mindset are easily described as ‘White Paper’ for not  knowing anything about communism and the evils it brings. This too might have caught the interest of our country’s sitting leadership as most of them are unaware of the real character that marks our country’s veiled enemy.

Surprised though is what I feel when Vencer Crisostomo, like many of his peers in the Maoist sectoral front and pseudo partylist organization, described as ‘Red Baiting’ Rep. Walden Bello’s statement alluding Anakbayan and KMU as front organizations of the Maoist communist insurgency, here.

True enough, Rep. Bello is the n^th person who truthfully said and bared the facts that Anakbayan, Kilusan Mayo Uno (KMU), Bagong Alyansya Makabayan, Gabriela, and many others under the CPP-NPA-NDF’s National United Front Commission (NUFC) have tried vainly to evade. No one else but their leader and revered founder Jose Ma. Sison’s admission, in his speech in Brussels, Belgium in March 4, 1987, that indeed Bayan, LFS, Gabriela, and others, “. . . . . are the legal (read: aboveground) democratic forces in the Philippines” cleared whatever cloud of pretension these Maoist communist organizations have been mouthing ever since.

Bakit sa kabila ng mga pahayag ni Joma Sison, nagtatago pa rin itong  Vencer Crisostomo sa butas-butas na palda ng kasinungalingan?

For the sake of argument pwede nating pagbigyan itong mga argumento ng Anakbayan. Pero ang mabigat na katanungan ay BAKIT AKBAYAN LANG ANG PINUPUNTARYA NINYO?  Bakit tameme kayo sa kaso ng Bayan Muna, Act, Gabriela, Kabataan, Anakpawis, Katribu, Partido Makabayan, KMU at iba pa na klaro namang tumutugaygay sa pampulitikang linya ng CPP-NPA-NDF?  Isang bukas-na-lihim na ang mga organisasyong nabanggit ay legal na mukha ng pampulitikang pakikibaka na sinusulong ng CPP-NPA-NDF “sa pagpapalakas ng armadong rebolusyon mula sa kanayunan” upang ibagsak ang kasalukuyang Pamahalaaan ng  Republika ng Pilipinas.

Meron akong pang-idoheyang agam-agam sa pampulitikang linya na sinusunod ng Akbayan. Pero lalong nakakabahala at sobrang delikado para sa ating mga kalayaan at demokrasya itong ginagawa ng Anakbayan sa pangunguna ni G. Crisostomo Vencer.

In the end, the Filipino people deserve the truth! The continued lies and pretension you have mastered ever since does NO GOOD for the country and the entire Filipino people!

Magpakatotoo kayo!

“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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