Insurgency

Former military chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has challenged Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna party-list and other left-leaning politicians to be transparent on their ties with the Communist Party of the Philippines and denounce the attacks perpetrated by the New People’s Army.

Communist insurgents are demanding cash from politicians in exchange for “permit cards” that will allow them to campaign unmolested, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday said.

Poverty reduction The government’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (KALAHI) programs, aimed at reducing poverty in the country, has reached 12,826 KALAHI barangays and in turn, helped reduce insurgent recruitment. These programs, which improved the quality of lives of the people and developed public confidence in government, include construction of water systems, farm-to-market roads, day…

The reported rift between top-ranking leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) has turned for the worse due to their conflicting priorities in the utilization of organizational funds, a ranking official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said yesterday.

(Second of a series) CNN’s unthinkable sins against the Filipino people MANILA, Philippines – The CNN’s propensity to employ terrorism and violence to achieve its ends is draining its pond of supporters and constituency. The CNN was declared a terrorist organization by the US Department of State in 2002 and by the European Union in…

(First of 3 parts) MANILA, Philippines – After 41 years of fighting the government, the CPP/NPA/NDF (CNN) miserably failed to achieve its strategic goal of seizing political power. Inarguably, the future seems bleak for the movement, as its military capability and people’s support to its cause continue to decrease consistently each year. Today, it has…

MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported yesterday a widening rift within the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) over Jose Ma. Sison’s decision to put up a huge amount of money to support the party’s national and local candidates in the May elections.

LEGAZPI CITY , Philippines  – Communist rebels in Bicol collect between P20,000 and P500,000 from politicians to allow them to campaign in areas under their control, the military said yesterday.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – The military claimed it has succeeded in reducing Communist rebel forces in Eastern Visayas.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — The military has claimed success in reducing communist rebel forces in Eastern Visayas.

MANILA, Philippines – The peace being sought by the government with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) remained elusive in 2009.

DAVAO CITY – Communist guerrillas allegedly killed more civilians than soldiers in Southern Mindanao, which is composed of the Davao provinces and Compostela Valley, in 2009, the military said in a report released Friday.

The militant Left was livid in rage as soon as it learned of National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales’ new posting in concurrent capacity at the Department of National Defense (DND), a post that he held as caretaker two years ago.

COMMUNIST rebels attacked a logging company and killed 12 security forces in Surigao del Sur, the military said yesterday.

Five members of the Dutch Senate, who belong to various major parties, raised last week questions aimed at upholding the rule of law and the rights of exiled Filipino communist leader Jose Ma. Sison.

A European Union (EU) court decision to remove communist leader Jose Ma. Sison from the regional bloc’s terror list is not yet final, an EU diplomat said yesterday.

DAVAO CITY , Philippines  – The Merardo Arce Command of the New People’s Army admitted responsibility for the massacre last week of the three Tulang siblings who were found dead in Barangay Dominga, Calinan District, this city.

NEGROS-based groups on Monday condemned the alleged human-rights violation committed by members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA), who are reportedly targeting unarmed civilians.

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Exiled Filipino communist leader Jose Maria Sison has been taken out of the terror list of the European Union, INQUIRER.net learned Wednesday.

A party-list representative in the House of Representative who was once a hardcore member of the communist rebel group is contemplating on filing a bill in Congress seeking the labeling of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as a terrorist organization.

KIDAPAWAN CITY — Four out of 10 children and youth aged three to 25 in Central Mindanao are missing schools due to armed conflict, according to E-Net Philippines, a non-government organization based here.

MANILA, Philippines – The military is turning over counterinsurgency operations in five provinces to the police and local governments, saying the defeat of the New People’s Army (NPA) by next year is imminent.

Violence spawned by the communist insurgent movement in the Philippines has claimed more than 3,000 lives over the last eight years, figures released by the military on Sunday showed.

The government yesterday blamed communist rebels of scuttling the resumption of Norwegian-brokered peace negotiations due to “unreasonable” demands by the armed group.

Long-awaited talks in Norway this weekend between the Philippine government and Maoist rebels aimed at ending a deadly 40-year insurgency will not go ahead, both sides said Friday.

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), which represents the local communist movement whose followers have been hankering for peace since the 1986 peace talks flopped, yesterday cast doubt on the ability of the Arroyo leadership to pursue peace talks with them.

THE communists are still hoping to achieve what they call a “strategic stalemate” in the next 10 years in their war against the government, and that with luck, “progressive forces within the ruling system” will negotiate peace with them to achieve national unity.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights announced yesterday the creation of a team to investigate the disappearance of 13 members of the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the communist rebels, as an apparent confidence-building measure to convince the rebels to resume peace talks with the government.

MANILA, Philippines – A senior military intelligence official yesterday claimed the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) is using the peace talks to consolidate its remaining forces.

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected communist rebels raided a budget hotel and restaurant in Bukidnon and seized weapons allegedly being used by hotel owners to threaten peasants.