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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

P-Noy’s SONA cites optimism in achieving peace soon



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links:  http://www.opapp.gov.ph/news/p-noy%E2%80%99s-sona-cites-optimism-achieving-peace-soon




P-Noy’s SONA cites optimism in achieving peace soon

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Posted on Tuesday, 24 July, 2012 - 12:44
 
Manila, July 24 – In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on Monday, President Benigno Aquino III conveyed optimism on the prospects of the ongoing negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), stressing that peace in Mindanao will soon be achieved.

“Sa peace process naman po: hayag at lantaran ang usapan; nagpapamalas ang magkabilang panig ng tiwala sa isa’t isa. Maaaring minsan, magiging masalimuot ang proseso; signos lang po ito na malapit na nating makamit ang nag-iisa nating mithiin: Kapayapaan. (With regard to the peace process: talks have been very open; both sides have shown trust and faith in one another. There may be times when the process can get a little complicated, but these are merely signs that we are steadily moving closer to our shared goal: Peace),” he declared before hundreds who gathered at the House of Representatives to listen to the President’s SONA.

President Aquino also underlined the zero armed clashes between the two parties since January of this year. “Kinikilala natin bilang pahiwatig ng kanilang tiwala ang nakaraang pitong buwan, kung kailan walang nangyaring sagupaan sa pagitan ng militar at ng MILF. (We recognize as a sign of their (MILF) trust  that over the past seven months, not even a single encounter has been recorded between the military and the MILF).”

Gains in the GPH-MILF peace process

Peace talks with the MILF have gained ground amid challenges in the past two years.
Welcomed as a milestone in the 14-year negotiation, the parties signed the Decision Points on Principles in April 2012. The document serves as a guide to the current discussions on the substantive agenda.

The Decision Points on Principles, consisting of 10 mutually identified common standpoints, explains the status as well as the direction of the peace talks in the aim to politically resolve the decades-old armed conflict in the south. This includes the creation of a new autonomous political entity (NPE) that will replace the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), promotion of basic human rights, strengthening of Sha’riah courts, and power and wealth sharing between the national government and the NPE.
Government chief negotiator Marvic Leonen underscored that both parties are now at the “door of an agreement” during the 29th formal exploratory talks which successfully concluded this month in Kuala Lumpur, with both sides confident in their discussions on transition mechanisms towards realizing the NPE.

“The government looks forward to the day when both sides are able to sign the first of a series of agreements,” said Leonen so parties can “actually implement and be able to achieve the just and lasting peace that our people so richly deserve.”

“We are confident in our (GPH-MILF) working relationship that we have seen so far, that we will be true to ourselves and our principles, as well as the beliefs of our principals. That we can see a way forward,” he added.

On the ground, ceasefire has been holding between the GPH and the MILF forces.
According to the government Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities, there have been no recorded skirmishes since January 2012. In 2010, there were only 14 recorded armed clashes, while only eight in 2011.

P-Noy’s bold, concrete efforts for peace

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles emphasized the P-Noy administration’s 'whole-of -government’ approach  in pushing for peace, citing clear directives from President Aquino to all departments and agencies to contribute to ongoing efforts to fast-track peace and development in Mindanao.

“Patuloy ang pagsisikap ng ating Pangulo para itulak ang pag-uusap sa lamesa ('Our President is continuously persistent in moving the peace talks forward'),” she stated.

The peace adviser also emphasized that the negotiating panel does not bring false or empty promises to Kuala Lumpur.

"Following the President’s instructions, the Panel ensures that the appropriate departments and agencies have been properly consulted and have come on board. The Panel goes to KL for every meeting with a fresh mandate from the President,” she said.

It can be recalled that President Aquino met with MILF Chair Murad Ebrahim in Japan in August last year. In their discussion, they agreed to fast track the negotiations and pursue a final peace agreement to usher in peace and development in the south.

In October 2011, the President also called on the nation to uphold “all-out justice” amid other sectors’ clamor for all-out war.

The President has likewise directed the peace panel to conduct regular consultations with stakeholders. To date 101 consultations have been conducted with members of Congress and Senate, retired Supreme Court justices, members of the 1987 Constitutional Commission,  local government units, civil society, religious groups, indigenous peoples groups, security forces, among others. #




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1st PBC-NPA hits 84th IB, 69th IB troops; 5 AFP casualties reported


From the Website of PRWC CPP/NPA/NDF
links:  http://theprwcblogs.blogspot.com/2012/07/1st-pbc-npa-hits-84th-ib-69th-ib-troops.html




1st PBC-NPA hits 84th IB, 69th IB troops; 5 AFP casualties reported


Leoncio "Ka Parago" Pitao
1st Pulang Bagani Company, Merardo Arce Command, NPA-Southern Mindanao July 12, 2012

AFP troops operating in the countrysides of Davao City, particularly Paquibato, Calinan and Marilog districts suffered five casualties from the sniping operations of the 1st Pulang Bagani Company-New People's Army in three separate incidents on July 8 and 9.

The NPA actions were in retaliation to the strike, intelligence and civic military operations of the 69th Infantry Battalion and 84th IB of the Philippine Army and paramilitary Cafgus.  These troops have been responsible for the series of landgrabbing, dislocation and mining preparation in Marilog, profiling and psychological warfare in Paquibato and Calinan district.
On the evening of July 8, the NPA lobbed a grenade at the Special Operation Team (SOT) of the 69th IB at Upper Mabuhay, Paquibato.  Three soldiers were wounded, one of them suffering grave physical injuries.  The next day, the NPA sniped the 84th IB's SOT in Barangay Dominga, Calinan district, killing one soldier.  One soldier was also killed in a separate sniping action in Barangay Dalagdag.

The AFP troops started its squad-sized operations spread in all barangays of Paquibato and Calinan district, and some parts of Marilog district during the last week of June.  Company-sized forces were also maintained by the two AFP units.  Under its SOT activities, the AFP would oftentimes pose as Red fighters to deceive the masses.  But instead of endearing themselves to the peasant and Lumad masses, they are hated and feared.  They may enjoy the support of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, but they are abhorred in the hearts of the masses who can clearly see beyond the peace and development masquerade, and who anticipate to be at the receiving end of the AFP's human rights abuses.










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IMT asked to investigate raid of MILF base in Lanao del Sur


From the Website of MILF
links:  http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2744:imt-asked-to-investigate-raid-of-milf-base-in-lanao-del-sur&catid=31:general&Itemid=41




IMT asked to investigate raid of MILF base in Lanao del Sur


July 24, 2012 News:A member of the MILF Central Committee has requested the Malaysian=led International Monitoring Team (IMT) to investigate the raid conducted by members of the Police Special Action Force (SAF) allegedly in pursuit of members of the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) hiding in the area on July 16, 2012.
“This is a repeat of the Albarka incident in Basilan in October 2010 when Army Special Forces attacked MILF forces in the guise of serving a warrant of arrest on ASG. As a result, 19 of them were killed during the ensuing firefight.”
This was the statement of Muhammad Ameen, chair of the MILF Secretariat, in calling for an investigation of the incident where civilians were used by the raiders as “human shields” to protect themselves from attack.

“There was no coordination at all either through the MILF Coordinating Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) or through the MILF Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (AHJAG) which has jurisdiction over the matter,” he added.

The preliminary report of the Bantay Ceasefire, an affiliate of the IMT and CCCHs, said that aside from the .50 caliber machinegun taken by the raiders, they also looted civilian properties including one chainsaw, one hand watch, 10 noodles, two chickens, two wallets contini8ng P10,000.00.

The investigation also stated that Colonel Lucero of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade denied any knowledge of the raid, saying the SAF came all the way from Region X.
“I was commanded to remain silent,” the Colonel was reported to have said.
Ameen said that when the dust of the raid settled, there was no ASG or JI captured or killed, but reports of looting by the raiders and the herding of the civilians, as human shield, including an elderly woman named Noraida Makasimbar, and three sons: Fahad (8 yars old), Koko (4), and a sick child (one year old), and more than a hundred civilians, who were about to register that day.

The MILF-AHJAG was furnished of the report of the alleged presence of the JI and ASG in said area, but while it was concluding its investigation, the raid was suddenly ordered by higher Police headquarters.

“This is ridiculous,” one member of the MILF-AHJAG told Luwaran, without elaborating.








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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Deles says ‘time for peace is now'; cites P-Noy's efforts and 'whole-of-government' approach for peace in Mindanao


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links:  http://www.opapp.gov.ph/milf/news/deles-says-%E2%80%98time-peace-now-cites-p-noys-efforts-and-whole-government-approach-peace-mindan



Deles says ‘time for peace is now'; cites P-Noy's efforts and 'whole-of-government' approach for peace in Mindanao

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Posted on Tuesday, 10 July, 2012 - 10:26


Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, July 10 - “The time for peace is now,” Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles declared, emphasizing the ‘whole-of -government’ approach of the P-Noy administration in pushing for peace.
In her speech during the Moro Leaders' Assembly held over the weekend in Camp Darapanan, Secretary Deles cited the clear directives from President Aquino to all departments and agencies to contribute to ongoing efforts to fast-track peace and development in Mindanao.


550,000 attend Moro leaders’ assembly in Darapanan; OIC, Malaysian officials, Sec. Deles in attendance


From the Website of MILF - Moro Islamic Liberation Front
links:  http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2742:550000-attend-moro-leaders-assembly-in-darapanan-oic-malaysian-officials-sec-deles-in-attendance&catid=31:general&Itemid=41



550,000 attend Moro leaders’ assembly in Darapanan; OIC, Malaysian officials, Sec. Deles in attendance



July 10, 2012: Five hundred fifty thousand people from all walks of Moro society and from as far as Palawan had started to arrive at Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao as early as July 6 to show their unity and solidarity behind the efforts of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to seek their views on the need for a common stand in the face of the difficult situation facing them as a whole and on the ways the MILF handles the peace negotiation with the Government of Philippines (GPH).
However, not included in the figure were the guests and visitors and their respective entourages, because they were not required to register as a sign of respect and protocol. Also the vendors who number by hundreds were not included in the registration.

At least 84 distinguished guests and visitors, some coming from abroad, graced the occasion and expressed their support to the peaceful efforts of the MILF and the Philippine government to settle the Moro Question and the armed conflict in the possible soonest time.

1st PBC-NPA hits 84th IB, 69th IB troops; 5 AFP casualties reported


From the Website of PRWC - CPP/NPA/NDF
links:  http://theprwcblogs.blogspot.com/2012/07/1st-pbc-npa-hits-84th-ib-69th-ib-troops.html#more



1st PBC-NPA hits 84th IB, 69th IB troops; 5 AFP casualties reported


Leoncio "Ka Parago" Pitao
1st Pulang Bagani Company, Merardo Arce Command, NPA-Southern Mindanao July 12, 2012


AFP troops operating in the countrysides of Davao City, particularly Paquibato, Calinan and Marilog districts suffered five casualties from the sniping operations of the 1st Pulang Bagani Company-New People's Army in three separate incidents on July 8 and 9.

Friday, July 6, 2012

PROMOTIONS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES TO GLOBALIZATION'S



HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY
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PROMOTIONS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
IN THE PHILIPPINES TO GLOBALIZATION'S



THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY ARE PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES TO GLOBALIZATION'S UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS BASED GOVERNANCE AS THE PROMOTIONS PRIME OBJECTIVE TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE.........

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY SEEING TO IT THAT THE GOVERNANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNMENT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN ALL ASPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATIONS FROM POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RIGHTS AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS ETC ETC........

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY WILL CONTINUOUS PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACTICING OUR RIGHTS FOR THE IMPARTATION OF THE PROMOTIONS, INTELLECTUAL IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE, SUGGESTIONS, PROPOSALS  AND ACTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT UNITING PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING GOVERNMENT AND ALSO BALANCE AND CHECK, CRITICIZED AND MAKING COMMENTARY AND UNITING PEOPLE IN ACTIONS AGAINST MIS OR ERRONEOUS AND ABUSE OF GOVERNANCE ON THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE SEEING TO IT THE GOVERNMENT ARE GOVERNING GOOD TO THE PEOPLE IN THE BASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE FOR THE PEOPLE...........  

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY ARE SUPPORTING ALSO IN GENERAL ON THE GOOD GOVERNANCE ANY IN THE POSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE PARTICULARLY LIKE THE PRESIDENT ANTI CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN AND PROGRAMS....AS WE ANALYZED THE PROGRAM OF RIDDING CORRUPTION IN GENERAL WILL PUSH THRU GOOD GOVERNANCE AND WE ARE IN CONTINUOUS PROMOTING AND GIVING OUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROGRAM OF ACTION ON THE RIDDING OF CORRUPTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.  THE GAUGE OF THE PROGRAM ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WE ARE WATCHING IT WE SUPPORT IT IN GENERAL OF THE IDEA OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IT IS NEEDED IN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNANCE WHICH OUR GOVERNMENTALISM ARE FULL OF CORRUPT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES AND FOCUSING IN THIS MATTER IN GOVERNANCE IS A POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF PLAN IN THE GOVERNMENT.  ALL WE NEED IS TO SEE THE REAL IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE PROGRAM AND SUPPORT AND HELP ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAM SO THAT IT WILL IMPLEMENT IN A NICE GOVERNANCE... FOR ANY IDEA AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND HIS POLITICAL ORGANIZATION MIND IN ANTI CORRUPTION PRACTICES AND TRANSPARENCY FIND IT WELL AND LET THE PHILIPPINES UNITE FOR WHAT IS THE BETTER PROGRAM OF ACTION IN THE GOVERNMENT....

LET US UNITE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND BRAINSTORM WHAT IS NECESSARY STEP IN THE GOVERNANCE.......

IN THE VIEW OF INSURGENCY THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY ARE NEUTRAL PROTECTING AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS OF EVERY SIDE AND ALL THE PEOPLE AS WHAT HUMAN RIGHTS IS EQUAL TO EVERYONE AND WE ARE IN THE SIDE OF WHO IS RIGHT IN THE BASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND WE ARE ALSO PROMOTING THE PEACE TALK OR PEACE PROCESS FOR PEACE IN OUR SOCIETY AND PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND UNITE FOR WHAT FORMULATION THEY WILL DERIVED TO DEVELOPED THE PHILIPPINES IN PEACEFUL MANNER AND NOT IN THEIR BATTLE ENDS WHO IS THE BETTER GOVERNMENT.... 

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY ARE SUPPORTING THE CARHRIHL AGREEMENT MAKING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAWS STRONG IN THAT AGREEMENT AND AGREED SOME FORMULATIONS AND AGREEMENTS....

PROMOTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND IHL AND PEACE TALKS IN THE INSURGENCY PROBLEMS....

WE ARE ALSO PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE GLOBAL SOCIETY, AS OF NOW THE UNITED NATIONS IS GLOBAL ORGANIZATION HANDLING INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE....WE RE PROMOTING THE GOOD GOVERNANCE UP TO GLOBAL AND VICE VERSA IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR THE GOODNESS OF THE PEOPLE.....WE COULD PROMOTE IN THE UNITED NATIONS THE BETTER IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR THE BENEFITS OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD...  

WE COULD PROMOTE TO ALL THE NATIONS AND STATES AND GOVERNMENT AND COUNTRY TO UNITE FOR THE THE BETTER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATIONS IN ALL ASPECT IN BASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PROMOTIONS IN THE UNTIED NATIONS AS EXISTED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD........

THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTIONS ARE STRONGLY PROMOTING RIGHT TO LIFE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES AGAINST CONTINUOUS ABUSES IN THE PHILIPPINES EVEN THOUGH THE PHILIPPINES ARE NOW ABOLISHED THE DEATH PENALTY LAW STILL THE EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS ARE SCATTERED....AND THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ARE PRACTICING DEATH PENALTY LAWS AND WE ARE PROMOTING THE WORLD THE ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY LAW AND SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS GOVERNANCE IN THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY LAWS IN DIFFERENT STATE AND COUNTRIES AND ALSO NOT THE DEATH PENALTY LAWS BUT THE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BE PREVENTED.  MOTHER MARY LIGHTS THE UNTIED NATIONS ON THEIR CAMPAIGN OF ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY UP TO PREVENTION OF EXTRADICIAL KILLINGS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD OR ANY INHUMAN ACTS REGARDING LIFE....  

WE ARE ALSO SUPPORT FOR ANY WORLD ORGANIZATIONS SEEING TO IT THE GOODNESS OF THE WORLD AND PROMOTING AND PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS...........


PROTECT AND PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS.............

GOD AND JESUS AND MOTHER MARY LIGHTS, LIGHTS AND LOVE AND MIRACLE BLESS YOU ALL...... 


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Thursday, July 5, 2012

GPH, CBA-CPLA mark 1st year of MOA implementation



From the Website of OPPAP
links:   http://www.opapp.gov.ph/cpla/news/gph-cba-cpla-mark-1st-year-moa-implementation




GPH, CBA-CPLA mark 1st year of MOA implementation

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Posted on Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 - 14:55


Manila, July 4 – Exactly a year ago, the Philippines made history when a former rebel force pledged to genuinely embrace the mainstream of society by laying down their arms, changing their name and becoming an instrument of peace and development in the Cordillera.

In keeping with its commitment to implement the 1986 Mt. Data Sipat Ceasefire Agreement (Peace Accord) signed with the Government of the Philippines (GPH) under President Corazon Aquino's administration, the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA), together with its political wing, the Cordillera Bodong Administration (CBA), made a definitive move to fully transform itself into a socio-economic, unarmed force by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the P-Noy administration on July 4, 2011.


Government expresses full support to Bangsamoro Leaders’ Assembly



From the Website of MILF
links:  http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2728:government-expresses-full-support-to-bangsamoro-leaders-assembly&catid=31:general&Itemid=41


Government expresses full support to Bangsamoro Leaders’ Assembly


July 2, 2012 News: “The government is in full support to the holding of the Bangsamoro Leaders’ Assembly being spearheaded by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).”
BGen Gilberto Jose Roa AFP, Chairman of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) – Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH), made this statement during the coordination meeting with the MILF CCCH held at the headquarters of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Cotabato City couple of days ago. “My principal in Manila and the government peace negotiating panel for the talks with MILF are conveying their full support for the Assembly, Gen Roa said.

Also present during the meeting were IMT Deputy Head of Mission BGen Dato’ Zulkaple, presiding officer, Said Shiek, Chairman of MILF CCCH, Honorable Datu Tocao Mastura CPA, host Mayor of the Assembly being held Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Major Carlos Sol Jr, head of Secretariat of GPH CCCH, representatives from the Steering Committee of the Assembly and high-ranking officials from the 6th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, and Police Regional Office – ARMM.


Aquino regime behind killing of Central Luzon environmental, peasant activists



From the Website of PRWC
links:   http://theprwcblogs.blogspot.com/2012/07/aquino-regime-behind-killing-of-central.html#more


Aquino regime behind killing of Central Luzon environmental, peasant activists


Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
July 04, 2012

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today condemned the Aquino regime and its reactionary armed forces for carrying out the successive killings of peasant advocates and environmental activists Romualdo Palispis and Willem Geertman over the past few days.

"The successive killings of Palispis and Geertman highlight the continuing campaign of terror and extrajudicial killings being carried out by the reactionary armed forces through its death squads under the Aquino regime's Oplan Bayanihan campaign of suppression," said the CPP.




From the Website of PRWC
links:  http://theprwcblogs.blogspot.com/2012/07/three-government-soldiers-seriously.html


Three Government Soldiers Seriously Wounded in the Latest Encounter With NAAC-NPA Fighters!

Macario "Ka Karyo" Liwanag
Narciso Antazo Aramil Command-NPA Rizal
July 1, 2012

An 8-man team of New People's Army unit operating in Rizal Province under Narciso Antazo Aramil Command (NAAC-NPA-Rizal) encountered a 12-man unit of 59th IB-PA-AFP last night, June 30, 2012, at exactly 6:10 PM until 6:30 PM in Sitio Apya, Calawis, Antipolo City, Rizal. The NPA team were conducting consultations with the people in the said barangay regarding the recently concluded meeting last June 14-15, 2012 between negotiating panels of the CPP-NPA-NDFP and the Government of the Philippines (GPH) for the resumption of the formal peace talks and the issuance of the NDFP of the Declaration and Program of Action for Rights, Protection and Welfare of Children when they were attacked by government troops. Upon seeing attacking government troops, the NPA team immediately left the populated areas to avoid civilians being caught in crossfire and waited for the attacking government troops which they engaged in a firefight.

13 Philippine communist rebels killed in clashes

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links:  http://ph.news.yahoo.com/13-philippine-communist-rebels-killed-clashes-103356194.html



13 Philippine communist rebels killed in clashes

AFP News
AFP News – Sat, Jun 30, 2012
New People's Army (NPA) rebels on parade at an unspecified location in Surigao del Sur province, in the Philippine island of Mindanao. Philippine soldiers killed 13 communist guerrilla rebels in two separate clashes on Saturday, in what military officials described as one of the biggest victories over the insurgents in years
Philippine soldiers killed 13 communist guerrilla rebels in two separate clashes on Saturday, in what military officials described as one of the biggest victories over the insurgents in years.

Eleven New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed around noon in San Narciso town, south of Manila, while two rebels were killed in a pre-dawn gunbattle in Botolan town, northwest of the capital.