BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected New People’s Army rebel yesterday died in an encounter with Army soldiers in Sitio Bulasot, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan
MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) said Thursday the "useless deaths" of youths recruited by the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) have to be stopped. "The CPP-NPA-NDF could not care less how the families of these young people feel. The CPP-NPA-NDF does not care at all if these young people die," NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson for Legal Affairs Flosemer Chris Gonzales said in a statement. "The CPP-NPA-NDF is a godless, heartless, soulless, and ravenous monster who devours our nation's youth and waste precious lives in their pursuit of power. This has to stop. The useless deaths of our youth must stop." Gonzales said it is the collective moral obligation of the entire nation to protect the youth from the clutches of the CPP-NPA-NDF. "How many more lives will be wasted by the CPP-NPA-NDF to satisfy their lust for power? For every child recruite
Four suspected New People’s Army (NPA) fighters – including a 21-year-old young man and a 26-year-old woman, were killed in a recent armed encounter in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the military’s Visayas Command (VISCOM) confirmed Wednesday, July 13.
(Courtesy of Visayas Command)
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