'Hindi namin pinagbabawal na makinig sa ideology ng komunismo. Ang ayaw [ng gobyerno] ay ang armed struggle. It’s a matter of discernment,' says an official of the National of the Security Council
Major Francisco Garello Jr., 4th Infantry Division spokesman, says the fresh military offensives are intended to finish off the core security group that protected the late NPA leader Jorge 'Ka Oris' Madlos
'Here in Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon, the NPA has a network of supporters who are doctors and nurses who attended to Madlos,' says Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lieutenant General Greg Almerol