ZAMBOANGA CITY: New People’s Army rebels raided a plywood factory and torched its equipment before escaping in the province of Agusan del Sur in the southern Philippines, military officials said.
Officials said communist gunmen attacked the factory of the Casilayan Softwood Development Corporation in San Salvador village in Prosperidad town on Tuesday.
The rebels, numbering about 20, fled after the attack, said Army Major Eugenio Osias, a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.
He said the attack was connected to extortion demands by the NPA, which is fighting for decades now for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country. “Extortion was likely motive of the attack,” Osias said, citing military intelligence reports.
Company executives were not immediately available to make a statement, but the military and police have previously blamed the rebels for similar attacks on mining firms and fruit plantations in Mindanao that refused to pay so-called revolutionary taxes. –AL JACINTO, Manila Times
January – ZERO WASTE MONTH
“Stop wasting our money.
Stop corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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January
24 Jan – International Day of Education
26 Jan – International Day of Clean Energy
Monthly Observances:
National Microinsurance Month
Zero Waste Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: National Time Consciousness Week
Week 3: National Mental Health Week
Last Week: Children’s Week
Daily Observances:
January 6: Community Development Day
Third Sunday: Children’s Day
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
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