INSIGNIFICANT. The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) on Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2022) called the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) no longer significant in Panay after two of its top leaders were neutralized in 2021. A total of 142 CPP-NPA-NDF, including 12 top leaders, were also neutralized in Western and Central Visayas in 2021.(PNA photo courtesy of 3ID, PA) ILOILO CITY - The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is no longer significant in Panay with two of its top leaders being among the 12 ranking officials in Western and Central Visayas neutralized by government troops in 2021. "When neutralized it could be killed, it could be surrendered, it could be apprehended or captured. They could no longer go back to their movement," said Capt. Kim L. Apitong, officer-in-charge of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) Public Affairs Office, in an interview Wednesday. Among th
ILOILO CITY At least 142 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western Visayas and Central Visayas have been neutralized last year. In a report, the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) disclosed that 12 out of the 142 were top NPA leaders in Panay and Negros Islands. Among the 12 top NPA l
The 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army on Wednesday reported that it has neutralized 142 suspected members of the New People’s Army including 12 top leaders in 2021.
#UndoingDuterte | Five years of state terror
Relatives of victims of extrajudicial killings storm Camp Aguinaldo demanding accountability to the death of their loved ones. (Photo courtesy of Karapatan)
Under the Duterte administration, Karapatan has noted a pattern of using search warrants issued by executive judges in Quezon City and Manila regional trial courts to conduct police and military raids on homes and offices of the progressive leaders and activists which led to the killings or if not, end up arrested after supposed “evidence” were gathered by the authorities.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – There has been no let up in rights violations in the past five years of the Duterte administration, said human rights group Karapatan. These violations are the result of policies and campaigns, which the government claims will bring “peace” to the country but the actual implementation has only terrorized civilians.