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In a statement, Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, said the recent killings should be investigated in the context of previous incidents of killings and attacks against other NDFP peace consultants.
Gen. Debold Sinas’s term was characterized by raids using what human rights groups labeled as “defective, copy-paste warrants.” These operations resulted in killings and arrests of farmers, indigenous peoples, and human rights defenders.
HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS. “Ka Diwa” (center), a platoon leader of the New People's Army group in Kalinga province surrenders to the government through Police Cordillera director Brig. Gen. Israel Ephraim Dickson (left) on October 16, bringing with him several high-powered firearms. Also in the photo is Col. Rene Pasiwen of the regional intelligence branch. (Photo courtesy of PROCOR PIO) CALOOCAN CITY, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is in no shape to celebrate its 52nd founding anniversary today following a series of political and tactical setbacks, Armed Forc...
NDF-Mindanao spokesperson killed in midnight raid By EMILY VITAL MANILA – Combined forces of the military and police killed Alvin Luque, spokesperson of the National Democratic Front in Mindanao, in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, at around 1 a.m., Dec. 10, according to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). The CPP in a statement disputed claims of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division that Luque, also known as Ka Joaquin Jacinto, resisted arrest and fought back. “Ka Joaquin was unarmed and was convalescing. He was detached a few months ago from the main office of the NDF-Mindanao to ...
Published December 10, 2020, 1:16 PM Police killed a ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao after he allegedly tried to shoot it out with lawmen during an operation in Tandag City in Surigao del Sur early morning of Thursday. Gen. Debold Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the operation also resulted in the death of the companion of Alvin Luque who was also believed to be a communist rebel operating in Mindanao. Luque was reportedly the spokesman of the National Democratic Front of Mindanao and was also a member of the Executive Committee of Komis...