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The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [4] [11] Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The NPA is one of the key figures in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines, the longest ongoing conflict in the country. The NPA operates and is based primarily in the Philippine countryside, [3] where the CPP alleges it has established itself in 73 out of the country's 81 provinces, across over 110 guerrilla fronts.
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), [1] formerly Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Pampanguluhang Tagapayo sa Prosesong Pangkapayapaan [2]) is a government agency which handles peace talks and negotiations related to internal conflict and rebellion in the Philippines most notably the CPP-NPA ...
CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion; Armed Forces and Police: Government; Armed Forces of the Philippines → Commander-in-Chief → Chief of Staff → Units → Philippine Army →Philippine Navy →Philippine Marine Corps →Philippine Air Force Philippine National Police →Special Action Force →SWAT: Communist Party; New People's Army National ...
The New People's Army initially had only 60 guerrillas and 35 WWII-era guns, [19] which they all soon lost in an encounter against the Armed Forces of the Philippines. [20] The NPA tried to follow the Maoist military doctrine of "establishing stable base areas," but they took heavy casualties in Northern Luzon as a result, and abandoned the ...
It was created at a time when the NPA was still experimenting with approaches like urban insurrectionism, [4] creating an atmosphere of extreme violence in Mindanao. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] However, Alsa Masa itself was soon noted to also be a perpetrator of numerous human rights violations, creating a cycle of violence in the locality.
Gregorio Rosal (19 April 1947 – 22 June 2011) also known by his nom-de-guerre Ka Roger, was the leader of the Melito Glor Command of the New People's Army (NPA) in the Southern Tagalog region of the Philippines, and spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) from 1994 until 2006.
Proclamation No. 1081 was the document which contained formal proclamation of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos, as announced to the public on September 23, 1972.