FLAG RAISING. At around seven in the morning, members of the Kabataang Makabayan raised the flags of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), National Democratic Front of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and the highlight of the event, the flag of People’s Revolutionary Government, in a farflung barrio in Compostela town, Compostela Valley province.(davaotoday.com)
Members of the media were forced to stop at army and police checkpoints on three separate occasions Thursday after covering the 45th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
"Because of the Party’s effort, small farmers and lumads were given help. Since the communal farming began, the people were able to eat and survive),” said Ka Sixto, leader of the red area’s Municipal Revolutionary Committee
Communists criticized the Armed Forces of the Philippines over its remarks on why the Communist Party of the Philippines declared a short ceasefire, and also slammed the army for violating their own ceasefire.
A “special investigating body” of the “Compostela Valley People’s Democratic Government” has recommended “an order for the immediate arrest and commencement of the trial” of 23 respondents composed of army, police and government civilian personnel implicated in the “murder” of Roque Antivo.