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DAVAO. Ka Mackoy happily reunites with his family. (Contributed photo)
Contributed photo December 31, 2020 LIVING a life that is always on the run is never an ideal life for anyone, much more so to a family man.
This was the life alias Ka Mackoy and his comrades led when he was still a member of the New People s Army (NPA).
Recruitment
Ka Mackoy was still studying at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato and was taking up an Animal Science course when he was recruited to become part of the underground movement. He was third year in college then.
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CALOOCAN CITY, Dec. 31 (PIA) Capping off its list of accomplishements for this year, Philippine National Police Chief General Debold Sinas cited the surrender of nearly 3,000 communist terrorist personalities from January to November and major operational setbacks have weakened the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People s Army (CPP-NPA).
Sinas said over the entire 11-month period, a total of 3,312 CPP-NPA members were accounted for, of which 366 were arrested; 117 died during the operations, and 2,829 surrendered during separate police operations.
On the very day of the 52nd founding anniversary of the CPP on Dec. 26, he said 35 communist fighters surrendered and renounced their membership with the CPP and its armed wing, NPA in Caraga and Eastern Visayas regions.
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Published December 26, 2020, 9:56 AM
BUTUAN CITY – A female New People’s Army (NPA) member was killed in a firefight with soldiers of the Army’s 75th Infantry Battalion (75th IB) in Purok Quarry, Sitio Kabalawan, Barangay Anahao Daan, Tago, Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, December 23, military report said.
Shown in photo are some of the war materials, foods and personal belongings seized by government secutiy forces during gunbattle with communist insurgents in Purok Quarry, Sitio Kabalawan, Barangay Anahao Daan, Tago, Surigao del Sur, on Wednesday.
(Photo courtesy 75th IB-CMO via Mike U. Crismundo / Manila Bulletin)
The clash occurred at around 5 p.m. between the 75th IB troops and 10 Communist NPA terrorists belonging to the SYP Platoon, Guerilla Front 19 (GF19) of the CPP-NPA North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) under a certain Kumander Ren-ren or Coby, according to 75th IB Civil Military Operations (CMO) officer Capt. Edwin Leo J. Francisco.
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