Goodbye to a ‘true revolutionary’

Thousands of peasants from Southern Mindanao, including old acquaintances, bid farewell to New People's Army leader Valerio "Ka Richard" Mante Jr. as he is laid down to his final rest, September 30, in Forest Lake memorial park in Davao City. A former secretary-general of the progressive group Bayan before he joined the NPA, Mante is remembered well as a teacher, a cultural artist and a true soldier of the people. MORE PHOTOS HERE. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan and Jonald Mahinay)

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Ka Richard’s last call: advance our fighting tasks for the CPP’s 40 years

(NPA pays highest tribute to Comrade Valerio "Ka Richard" Mante, Jr.) The Ruperto Tuyac command (RTC), 5th pulang bagani company of the New People's Army-southern Mindanao pays its highest tribute…

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Photo Essay: A call for a stop to human rights violations in Compostela Valley

According to Karapatan, human-rights violations in Southern Mindanao have increased as Oplan Bantay Laya, aimed at crushing the communist rebellion, is nearing its deadline in 2010. Click here for more pictures


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Women and children in conflict areas tell their stories in Ibon book

Funded by the United Nations children's fund (Unicef), the Ibon book delves into the lives of women and children living in areas under the influence of the New People's Army (NPA) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), hence, the subject of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operations.

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MILF calls for an independent body to look into civilian casualties

"The government will not implement what it has committed. So when it was not signed, our two commanders concluded that the government of the Philippines did not really want the peaceful process. So, they decided by themselves without the sanction of the high leaders of the MILF. That's when the problem came."

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