The PCOO has released a new propaganda film about the CPP-NPA called CTG. That stands for Communist Terrorist Group. From the description:
PANOORIN: CTG: An Anti-Terrorism Documentary
Half a century of sowing violence, abusing civilians, and country fraud. This is the real face of CTG or communist terrorist group.
CTG-unformed personnel or ordinary citizens choose no victim. Thousands have been affected, bereaved families, and dead soldiers defending our countrymen against communist terrorists.
Presidential Communications Operations Office - Office of the Global Media and Public Affairs, in collaboration with Radio Television Malacañang, Department of National Defense and Armed Forces of the philippines, presents a documentary-film that will show us the real face of terrorism and The effect of this on the Filipino people.
PNA gives a different description of this film.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135166 |
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) premiered Sunday an in-depth documentary focusing on the gains and challenges of our government in eradicating the New People’s Army (NPA) and their acts of terrorism against the Filipino people.
"Aside from the intensive campaign against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has also strongly pushed for ending the communist armed conflict nationwide," PCOO Secretary Martin M. Andanar said.
The full-length documentary explains the organizational structure of the movement as told by former rebels who are now working with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Viewers will also learn about the tragic stories of the victims of atrocities committed by the communist terrorist groups (CTGs).
It's that last bit that seems to get center stage in this documentary. The film is rife with interviews of victims of the CPP-NPA whether innocent bystanders, former rebels, or even brave soldiers who died in battle. There are several firefights recreated. It takes a lot of money and time to recreate such scenes and it makes one wonder what the real goal is here? If they want the public to know more about the gains made against the CPP-NPA during the Duterte administration then why does loud, sweeping, emotional music accompany the dialogue when such gains are being discussed?
23:59 There is what we call here the Revolutionary Highway connecting all of the islands of the Philippines from the north to the south. They cannot afford to lose the Eastern Visayas because the Visayas it's like the bridge to Luzon and Mindanao.
24:41 Right now I'm happy to say that four guerrilla fronts are already dismantled so there officially, one is for documentation. Two guerrilla fronts are already weakened and one guerrilla front dismantling of it is ongoing. Now six guerrilla fronts are either dismantled or weakened and only five guerrilla fronts remain to be addressed by the 18th infantry division our the joint task force of which we are the main unit.
That is very interesting and it would be great to hear more about it but the majority of the video is testimony from former NPA fighters or those affected by them. It's difficult to not come away thinking that this is nothing more than propaganda. Look at the cause of death for this soldier shown at 25:48.
Cause of death: He belonged to the 14th IB
That's ridiculous. The cause of death is that he was shot dead not that he was a soldier. Listing his membership in the 14th IB as his cause of death is pretty disgraceful to the entire AFP.
There have been several instances of anti-CPP/NPA propaganda of late.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135329 |
Simultaneous candle lighting and peace rallies were held on Monday night in different areas in the city denouncing the presence of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in some communities here.
Cesvir Lopez, focal person of the Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Baguio, called on residents, including parents, to be always aware of what their children are doing.
“We would like to call upon our constituents, especially the parents, we should know what our children are involved in, (what) our families are involved in, so that we would know how to address when they are called to join terrorism activities,” he said.
Lopez said it is important that people know about the deception of the terrorist organization so they could not victimize the youth in joining the NPAs.
“Sana patuloy tayong magkaisang lahat (let us all continue to cooperate) for the assurance to attain peace in our city and our whole country,” she said.
The candle lighting activity coincided with the observance of the National day of solidarity, condemnation and outrage against the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front) .
This is a very transparent instance of the ELCAC putting on protests. Nothing wrong with that. But who is behind the coffins showing up in Manila?
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1412756/coffins-hitting-reds-pop-up-in-makati-qc |
University of the Philippines (UP) student leaders on Monday condemned attempts to smear the names of two UP student activists who had been killed in combat with military troops after coffins with streamers bearing their names and photos were displayed publicly.
The streamers also bore a message that claimed the deaths of Josephine Anne Lapira and John Carlo Alberto, along with other militant students, were due to the “deception of the terrorist groups Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines.”
The coffins were seen at Timog-Morato Rotunda in Quezon City and on Edsa-Guadalupe Bridge in Makati City a day before the founding anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA) and before Metro Manila and four neighboring provinces reverted to enhanced community quarantine.
While nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the display of the coffins, the UP student leaders believe that state forces are behind the latest Red-tagging of students from the university.
Anticommunist propaganda have cropped up across the metropolis lately, as the government doubles down on its crackdown against rebels and members of leftist groups.
If the government is behind this propaganda that would be a complete waste of taxpayers money. The AFP should just continue what they have been doing which the slow war of attrition. Raiding NPA lairs here and there. Going after fronts. This week has been fruitful for them.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1135599 |
Explosives and food supplies believed to be owned by the New People’s Army (NPA) were intercepted in a joint checkpoint of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Army on Wednesday afternoon in Santiago, Agusan del Norte.
In a press statement issued Thursday, Brig. Gen. Romeo M. Caramat Jr., director of the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13), said two motorcycle drivers were apprehended in Barangay Poblacion 2.
Caramat identified the riders as Darnel Jaudian and Raymund Tanghal, both 24 and residents of Barangay Telesfora in Tubay town.
“I thank the residents in the area for providing us with the information that led to the interception of the explosives and food supplies,” he said.
Seized from the two suspects were 15 meters of detonating cord, one pipe bomb-type improvised explosive device, two magazines for 5.56mm loaded with live ammunition, 33 rounds of caliber 5.56 live ammunition, and assorted goods and food supplies.
“Based on our intelligence report, the items were supposed to be delivered to the members of the NPA’s Guerrilla Front 16, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee under the command of Rolando Leyson, Jr., alias Edroy,” Caramat said.
One of the biggest finds this week was the raiding of an armory in Laguna. But this was no ordinary armory. It was the house of a labor organizer.
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| https://www.ptvnews.ph/police-raid-cpp-npa-armory-in-laguna1/ |
The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) along with local police units of CALABARZON confiscated various high-powered firearms, ammunition and explosives in Laguna on Tuesday.
PNP Chief, Police General Debold M Sinas said a suspected “armourer” of the CPP-NPA Special Partisan Unit (SPARU) was the subject of a Search Warrant when police operatives conducted a search in Barangay Market Area, Sta Rosa, Laguna at 6:30AM on orders of Hon. Charito M. Macalintal-Sawali, Presiding Judge of Regional Trial Court Branch 66 of Tanauan City, Batangas who issued Search Warrant Nos. 2021-14 for violation of R.A. 10591, and 2021- 15 for violation of R.A. 9516, against respondent Maritess Santos David alias Teacher Laly.
The respondent was not present, but the orderly search was witnessed by Barangay officials who duly acknowledged the inventory of seized weapons and war materiel that includes: One M1 cal. 30 carbine; One M2 cal.30 automatic carbine; One Bushmaster rifle; One (1) unit M16 ELISCO Rifle; Three Cal .45 Pistols; 38 rounds of live ammunition; Nine rounds of 40mm grenade; 15 Pieces of Improvised Anti-personnel mine; One Improvised Anti-troop carrier mine; Three pieces improvised Claymore Mine; One (1) pc Claymore mine; One (1) unit Laptop (SAMSUNG) with charger; Four (4) pcs Envelope containing Subversive Documents and streamers; and Different materials for making IED such as wires, switches, blasting caps and detonating cord.
Among CPP-NPA documents found by the search team were 19 CPP-NPA-NDF internal publications and training materials on fundamental communist course, and advanced revolutionary warfare.
Also found among the cache of weapons were several subversive streamers and campaign paraphernalia.
The discovery of this clandestine communist terrorist armory bolsters earlier assessment by CIDG that the CPP-NPA is maintaining staging areas and weapons storage in CALABARZON for its urban hit squads to launch attacks in Metro Manila, Sinas said.
Here are some more pictures from that raid which were floating around Twitter.
The KMU has denounced this search saying that the weapons were planted. Based on these pictures and the amount of gear they show that seems doubtful.
The BIFF has also been raided.
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The military has captured an abandoned lair of the Daesh-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao and seized improvised bombs and other bomb-making materials.
Lt. Col. Raymond Rapi, Army’s 1st Scout Ranger Battalion (1SRB) commander, said Thursday the soldiers found the BIFF lair in the mountains of Ampatuan town after a series of clashes in the village of Salman.
“The soldiers discovered an abandoned hideout-cum bomb-making area of the BIFF that has several running trenches and half-size basketball court,” Rapi told reporters here.
On Wednesday afternoon, a search around the Salman area resulted in the recovery of seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs), blasting caps, bomb components, electrical wire, solar panel, power supply inverter, two-way radio sets, mobile phones, binocular, a motorbike and other personal items.
On Tuesday, elements of the 23rd Company of the 1st Mechanized Battalion also clashed with a BIFF band in Sitio Bagorot, Barangay Tuayan, Datu Hoffer that led to the recovery of two IEDs ready for disposal.
Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, Army’s 6th Infantry Division commander, said that earlier this week, seven IEDs were also disarmed in Salman village as planted by withdrawing BIFF gunmen.
“This brings to a total of 16 IEDs and several BIFF firearms seized so far in ongoing military clearing operations in the affected towns,” Uy said.
It's great that the AFP found this abandoned lair and recovered so many IEDs but that has not prevented the BIFF, if it was them, from setting off bombs.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/782158/2-hurt-in-maundy-thursday-explosion-near-church-in-cotabato-city/story/ |
Two persons were wounded following an explosion near Catholic church and a police outpost in this city on Thursday night.
Police Colonel Rommel Javier, city police director of Cotabato City confirmed that two bystanders were hurt in the incident that took place around 6:30 p.m. on Jose Lim.
The explosion site is near a police outpost and in front of an abandoned police precinct.
The San Roque chapel was also only 60 meters away from the blast.
The wounded were identified as Marguiana Kalim and Azmad Cader. They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital in the city.
Residents of Mother Bagua area, among them parishioners of San Roque chapel, were startled when the explosion took place in the middle of Maundy Thursday mass.
The Catholic faithful calmly ended the mass after the explosion.
Local police are still investigating the motive of the attack at this posting time.
No word on who did this but the modus operandi screams BIFF. It could also have been Abu Sayyaf as this week they blew up a bridge.
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| http://mindanaoexaminernewspaper.blogspot.com/2021/03/sayyafs-bomb-basilan-bridge.html |
Abu Sayyaf terrorists bombed a bridge at dawn Wednesday in Basilan province, one of the major strongholds of the pro-ISIS group in the volatile Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines.
The blast failed to destroy the bridge that links several villages in Sumisip town. The attack occurred after the bridge’s contractor allegedly failed to pay extortion money to the Abu Sayyaf.
The terrorist group has sent a letter to the project contractor and demanded money, according to authorities. No other details were made available by the police and military, but they linked the bombing to the group of Abu Sayyaf commander Pasil Bayali.
The Abu Sayyaf has been largely blamed for the spate of deadly attacks and series of bombings in Basilan over the last decade.
The Abu Sayyaf is really just a criminal enterprise as this story reveals. However the AFP continues to whittle away at their organization as well as the BIFF and the NPA.
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