In Talaingod, Davao del Norte, 92 former rebels from dismantled Guerrilla Fronts and Pulang Bagani Commands under the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee formally returned to the fold of the law on January 27. The ceremony was held at the Balimba Hills Activity Center and facilitated by the 60th Infantry Battalion of the 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army in coordination with local government officials and indigenous leaders, including Bae Pilar Libayao and Mayor Junnie

Bilang dating kasapi ng kilusan, masakit basahin ang mga pahayag na agad nagtatakda ng hatol sa mga sumurender bilang “taksil,” “traydor,” o “persona non grata.” Mas masakit dahil alam namin kung paano inialay ng mga taong ito ang kanilang kabataan, lakas, at maging buhay para sa ipinangakong paglilingkod sa masa at paglilingkod sa bayan.

Default ang CPP-NPA-NDF sa EDSA, wala silang footprint in that historical upheaval.

these former rebels are no longer armed combatants. They are civilians. For decades, the same movement argued that those killed in encounter

Mariing kinondena ng mga dating rebelde (FRs) at ng pambansang pederasyon na Buklod Kapayapaan ang paglabas ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) - New People’s Army (NPA) ng mga “wanted” poster laban kina Gerald Mangao at Erick Simogan. Sa magkahiwalay na post na lumabas sa Facebook page na “Villager’s Point of View 2.0,” pinangalanan ang dalawa bilang umano’y “kontra-rebolusyonaryo” at nakikipagtulungan sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Hinikayat din ang publi