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THE kin of the revered advocate for indigenous peoples (IPs) rights, Bai Bibyaon Bigkay, appealed that her remains be returned to her hometown in Talaingod, Davao del Norte.
NPA RECRUITER. The body of Chad Booc when it was recovered after an encounter with troops of the 1001st Infantry Brigade in New Bataan, Davao de Oro on Feb. 24, 2022. Booc's former student Rurelyn Bay-ao said Booc was not just a teacher, but a New People's Army leader and recruiter. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) MANILA - Chad Booc is a New People's Army (NPA) leader and recruiter who is responsible for luring children to become warriors, his former student told the media on Monday. During Monday's edition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) virtual press briefing, Rurelyn Bay-ao, a former student of Booc in Salungpungan and Bakwit schools, divulged that contrary to what left-leaning groups have claimed, Booc is not just a teacher but a leader in the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Bay-ao, who is also a member of an indigenous people (IP) tribe in Talaingod, Davao, said she was taught by
DAVAO CITY- The Youth for Peace Movement (YFPM) - New Bataan condemned on Sunday the conflicting statement of Save Our Schools (SOS) Network claiming that the recent death of members of the communist New People's Army (NPA), including an alleged indigenous peoples (IP) recruiter, in New Bataan, Davao de Oro was a massacre. On February 24, five NPA members - Chad Booc, Jojarain Alce Nguho ll (alias Rain), a certain alias Daday, and two still unidentified men - were killed in a clash with government forces in Purok-8, Barangay Andap, New Bataan. Booc was one of those arrested at the University of San Carlos (USC)-Talamban Cebu City in February last year for alleged trafficking of IP members in Talaingod, Davao del Norte but was released upon order of a local court in May of the same year. The SOS Network claimed the victims were community volunteers and civilians from varying backgrounds, and their murder must merit the strongest condemnation. The YFPM-New Bataan, however, has debunk
"A storyline sold by the state forces that was not so different from the murder of another minor in 2018 who was suspected to be a part of the NPA while he was heading out to school. And once again, the same narrative that is continually being proliferated now by the AFP when they brutally killed Chad and Jurain,"