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