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Sipalay barangays declare CPP-NPA-NDF persona non grata –military

During an activity facilitated by the Philippine Army, the 17 barangays of Negros Occidental's Sipalay City passed a resolution declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front persona non grata in their areas.

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Still in pain from bullet wound 48 years on

Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 Braving it: Latih and his wife with their daughter on her graduation day before the pandemic. He feels terrible pain during cold weather or in an air-conditioned room. SIBU: The cooler weather these days isn’t pleasant for army veteran Latih Mawi. He has to put up with excruciating pain in his back due to a gun pellet which cannot be removed. The bullet, which is about the size of a sago worm, has been in his body for at least 48 years. Latih, who retired in 2003, said he experiences terrible pain during cold weather or in an air-conditioned room.

Esperon hits CPP over claims vs NTF-ELCAC dev t programs

By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 31, 2021 5:36pm National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. on Sunday hit back at the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) for claiming that the barangay development programs (BDP) of the government’s anti-communist task force are mere “band-aid” solutions to cover up the “roots of peasant unrest in the countryside. In a statement, Esperon described the CPP s assertions, as released by its information officer Marco Valbuena, as merely an act of desperation on the part of the left-wing organization. Contrary to Valbuena s claims, he said the BDP is the flagship program of the Duterte administration to end the local communist armed conflict by addressing the root causes of insurgency.

AFP civil-military operations head goes on leave

January 29, 2021 THE head of civil-military operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has gone on leave to pave the way for an investigation into the publication of an erroneous list of University of the Philippines (UP) students and alumni who were killed or captured during operations against the New People’s Army (NPA). Major General Benedict Arevalo, deputy chief of staff for civil-military operations (J7), said he was taking responsibility for the actions of his staff. “I would like to reiterate that indeed the erroneous list was a mistake committed by J7 staff, and as the chief of Office for Civil Military Operations, J7, I personally take responsibility for their actions. This is the reason why I issued a public apology and reiterated it in my succeeding interviews,” he said.

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