Insurgency

LAWMAKERS on Tuesday took a Palace spokeswoman to task for denying that the government had set aside P31 million for the members of the Alex Boncayao Brigade, a communist splinter group that was feared for its high-profile political assassinations in its heyday in the 1980s.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III was ill-advised in earmarking P31 million for the Alex Boncayao Brigade because the members of the breakaway communist group had become guns for hire for the elite and politicians, leftist lawmakers said Tuesday.

I wish I could be more optimistic about the peace process between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front but there has been little evidence that any meaningful deal is in the offing.

Lawmakers have warned the Aquino administration of demoralization among the police and the military following its decision to allot P31 million for the housing and livelihood of the families of surrendered members of the Alex Boncayao Brigade, the group responsible for killing about 200 policemen in the 1990’s.

DEPOSED President Joseph Estrada on Monday cautioned the government against using P31 million to benefit the members of the Alex Boncayao Brigade, a communist splinter group with which he signed a peace agreement in 2000, saying the rebels must surrender their firearms first.

SOLON WARNS PALACE FUNDING REBEL GROUPS TO CAUSE POLICE DEMORALIZATION Malacañang and its Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP) chief , Teresita Deles, may just be giving away P31 million to a non-existent rebel group that was once tagged by government as the Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), no matter what new…

It is again former President Arroyo who should be blamed for President Aquino’s “generosity” with public funds while giving Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chieftain Ebrahim Al Haj Murad P5 million during their “secret” meeting held in a hotel in Japan last August.

SENATOR SAYS NOY MADE BIG MISTAKE IN DEMORALIZING TROOPS The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday quickly branded as “baseless” the reported brewing coup plot against the administration due to the reported demoralization in the military ranks following the “weak” position taken by President Aquino against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

A passenger was wounded when a bomb exploded along the road while a transit bus passed by in Kabacan town, North Cotabato yesterday.

Feeling the weight of public pressure to launch an all-out war against the Moro rebels who continue to kill government troops, President Aquino yesterday said there would still be no all-out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), but vowed that his administration would intensify military operations, specifically targeting personalities in the MILF who…

DEATHS FROM REBEL ATTACKS GROW TO 35 Muslim rebels believed belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) shot dead three more soldiers and five rubber plantation workers yesterday in the latest bout of violence that brought the number of deaths blamed on the MILF to 35 since last week in what is the deadliest…

Indigenous women of Koronadal City ask PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd recently approved the military proposal to allow mining companies to form and fund militias or Special Civilian Active Auxiliary units.

MISCOM: Malacañang initially blamed miscommunication for the killing of 19 soldiers by a superior force of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front that ambushed an army platoon last Tuesday (Oct. 18) in Al-Barka town, Basilan.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines  – Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels stormed the headquarters and torched equipment of a Japanese-owned banana plantation in Laak, Compostela Valley early yesterday morning.

COMMUNIST rebels attacked a Japanese-managed banana plantation in Compostela Valley Thursday, setting fire to heavy equipment worth P5 million before fleeing with six firearms, the military said.

DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 20, 2011) – Communist rebels raided early Thursday a Japanese fruit firm in the southern Philippines, burning equipment and ransacked its arsenal, officials said.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday assured the public that the planned employment of special Cafgus within mining sites in Surigao del Norte, which lost more than P2 billion in properties during an attack staged by the New People’s Army (NPA) early this month, will not lead to more human rights violations.

SUSPECTED members of New People’s Army (NPA) burned heavy equipment at an ongoing government construction project along the national highway in the boundaries of Manjuyod and Bindoy towns in Negros Oriental, before dawn Friday, police reported yesterday.

Alyansa Tigil Mina expresses its deep regrets and anguish to the resulting social disorder brought about by the NPA attacks to the Taganito Mining Project in Claver, Surigao del Norte.  Beside the destruction of equipment and damaged structures, our alliance is disturbed that the communities in and around the mining site are the biggest losers…

The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines is calling on its members to stand their ground and just say no to “revolutionary taxes” extorted by insurgent groups who threaten to commit more atrocities to disrupt mining operations.

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MANILA, Philippines – Communist rebels in the Philippines should stop unlawful killings, abductions, and attacks that target civilians, a New York-based human rights group said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Seven in 10 Filipinos, or 71 percent, believe that a peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would be reached, a latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed.

Raids by communist rebels shut down country’s largest nickel producer and hurt government efforts to attract foreign investments PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday ordered the security for mining companies beefed up after raids by communist rebels shut down the operations of the country’s largest nickel producer and sent its stock plummeting.

Communist rebel attacks on three local mines have created a climate of fear for investors just as the sector is seeking to cash in on the global resources boom. Malacañang condemned the raids that forced one of the country’s leading nickel producers to shut down a major venture, warning that the New People’s Army (NPA)…

At least 200 heavily armed communist rebels raided three mining companies including a project of Japan-based Sumitomo Metal Mining Corp. in Surigao del Norte, disarming guards and setting equipment on fire.

More or less 200 communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels yesterday attacked three mining companies in Surigao del Norte province, killing four security guards, burning down millions worth of heavy equipment, the military said.

(Updated 4:31 p.m.) Suspected communist rebels on Monday attacked three mining firms in Surigao del Norte in a span of three hours, resulting in a number of damaged equipment, the military said.

At least 80 communist rebels burned heavy equipment and storage rooms owned by Dole Philippines in Tago, Surigao del Sur, Maj. Gen. Victor Felix said on Tuesday.

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – Communist guerrillas torched heavy equipment, three warehouses and three dump trucks owned by contractors of Dole Philippines and destroyed the firm’s eight-hectare banana plantation in Tago, Surigao del Sur before dawn Monday, police said.