On September 27, a unit of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command) engaged 8th ID (Infantry Division)fascist troopers conducting focused and sustained military operations (FSMO) in Sitio San Pedro, Barangay Poblacion 3, San Jose de Buan, Samar. With high alertness and guerrilla readiness, the people’s army’s attack killed one soldier and injured several other fascist troops.
“The masses and the NPA in Western Samar are determined to confront and continue to frustrate the state’s fascist terrorism and advance the people’s war,” the unit said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the NPA-Mindoro (Lucio de Guzman Command) frustrated attempts of the 203rd IBde and the 2nd CMO Battalion troopers’ attack on the guerrillas temporary camp in Sitio Badyang, Barangay San Roque, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro on October 1 by engaging them in a firefight. NPA-Mindoro spokesperson Ka Madaay Gasic said the military denied the battle took place in order to conceal its unjust large-scale combat operations amid the suffering of the people who were just devastated by a recent typhoon.
Since August, the 203rd IBde has suffered continuous losses and damage against NPA-Mindoro units’ active defenses against their attacks.
Earlier, NPA-Mindoro successfully defended against the 203rd IBde forces’ attack in Sityo Barayong, Barangay Manuol, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro on September 25 killing three 203rd IBde soldiers and wounding several other fascists. “No amount of concealment can cover the 203rd Brigade’s casualties,” Ka Madaay Gasic said. He reported that the Mindoro peasant masses and Mangyan indigenous peoples expressed their praises and celebration over the strike against the 203rd IBde.
Last October 3, the NPA-Southwest Negros (Armando Sumayang Jr) raided the house of 15th IB intelligence asset Garde Francisco in Sityo Lumbia, Barangay Kamansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental and punished him for having committed numerous crimes against the revolutionary movement and the Filipino people.
Francisco was instrumental in the killing of National Democratic Front (NDF)-Negros peace consultant Ericson Acosta, and his fellow peasant leader Joseph Jimenez in Sityo Makilo, Barangay Kamansi, Kabankalan City on November 30, 2022.
In related news, NPA-Southern Tagalog (Melito Glor Command) and the Office of the Regional Spokesperson (ORSP) has announced in September the appointment of former NPA-Quezon (Apolonio Mendoza Command) spokesperson Ka Cleo del Mundo as the regional revolutionary army’s official spokesperson and representative.
Ka Cleo is the command’s fifth spokesperson after the late Ka Roger (1992-2000), Ka Bart (2001-2009), followed by Ka Diego (2016-2019), who is currently imprisoned, and Ka Armando Cienfuego. As a female commander of the people’s army, Ka Cleo will also symbolize the invaluable and important role of Filipino women in the armed struggle. Ka Cleo has served as the voice of the people’s army and revolutionary people in Quezon for over a decade. During her tenure as provincial spokesperson, she responded sharply and promptly to various issues during the past Aquino II and Duterte regimes, and the current Marcos regime.