CONDEMNATION. Leaders and members of five farmer associations in Silay City, Negros Occidental raise placards expressing their sentiments against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army on Saturday (Oct. 30, 2021). The groups cut ties with the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers, an alliance identified by the government as a legal front of the communist terrorist group. (Photo courtesy of 79th IB, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Broken promises have led more farmers in Silay City, Negros Occidental to cut ties with the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers (NFSW), a group identified as a legal front of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). The Philippine Army said 750 farmers from five associations in Barangay E. Lopez have declared their breakaway from the NFSW and denounced the abuses of the communist terrorist group over the weekend. In a statement on Monday, Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of the 303rd Infantr
DESIRE FOR PEACE. Replica flags of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army were burned during a peace rally participated in by members of four farmers associations in Barangay E. Lopez in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Oct. 2, 2021. The farmers said they have abandoned their membership with the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers, which is considered by government forces as a legal front of the CPP-NPA. (Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army has lauded the decision of farmers in Barangay E. Lopez in Silay City, Negros Occidental to leave the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers (NFSW), which is considered by government forces as a legal front of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). "I commend the wise decision of the farmers in withdrawing their membership and support to the NFSW and other communist-terrorist group affiliated organizations existing in the are