Archive of Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson

Northern Samar military, police campaigning for Marcos-Duterte
March 12, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front – Eastern Visayas exposed today the election agenda of counterinsurgency operations in the barrios whereby operating soldiers and police actively campaign for the Marcos-Duterte presidential and vice-presidential tandem tandem. “In several barangays in Northern Samar, fascist troops conducting Retooled Community Support Program called barrio folks for a meeting where they campaigned […]

Witnesses in killing of Catubig children being harassed, says NDF-EV
March 10, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

One month since the brutal killing of two children in Barangay Roxas, Catubig in Northern Samar last February 8 by the 20th Infantry Battalion, the National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas raises concerns over the safety and security of barrio residents especially the families of the victims and the survivors, amid intense militarization within and in neighboring […]

AFP-led “fact-finding mission” killing of Catubig children a whitewash
March 08, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas calls as “whitewash” the military-led fact-finding mission involving soldiers of the 20th Infantry Battalion who strafed three civilians, including two children in Barangay Roxas, Catubig, Northern Samar last February 8. “It is more appropriate to call it a whitewashing mission than a fact-finding mission because it was aimed at clearing […]

AFP-staged “peace rally” in Catubig fake, says NDF-EV
March 08, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front – Eastern Visayas exposed as fake the “peace rally” staged by the 20th Infantry Battalion in Catubig town last February 25. “The AFP-led ‘peace rally’ where soldiers and not ordinary citizens mouthed slogans against the New People’s Army and to which even non-Catubig residents were herded, serves to scapegoat the AFP’s […]

Clarifications to the good Archbishop of Calbayog
February 28, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

Greetings of peace! We are writing with regard to the statement which your Diocese released concerning the recent killing of two children in Barangay Roxas, Catubig, Northern Samar last February 8. We are particularly concerned that it misguidedly calls to hold the New People’s Army (NPA) accountable over such incident. We would like to clarify […]

Northern Samar residents hoodwinked into attending AFP-led “peace rallies” on CPP anniversary
December 31, 2021 | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

  The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas (NDF-EV) condemned the Armed Forces of the Philippines for hoodwinking residents in Northern Samar into attending anti-communist “peace rallies” on the 53rd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Based on reports it received from the provincial command of the New People’s Army, it said that residents […]

Seek justice for Sag-od massacre by fighting Duterte’s state terrorism
September 14, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today commemorates with the people of Sag-od the anniversary of the brutal massacre perpetrated by armed goons during the Marcos regime. Almost four decades later, the struggle for genuine peace and justice for the victims remains relevant as the Duterte regime continues to wield state terrorism as a weapon of […]

NDF tells Samar bishops: Leave criminal, terrorist RTF-ELCAC
September 10, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas again appeals to the Roman Catholic bishops in Samar to see through the criminal, terrorist Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC), leave this 8th Infantry Division-led formation and the Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development, and thus withdraw support from the Duterte regime’s campaign of […]

Soldiers forbid only rice harvest for the year to peasants resisting AFP surrender campaign in Samar
September 05, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

  The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today assailed the 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army for barring peasants in San Jose de Buan, Western Samar from harvesting the only rice harvest they have for the year should they refuse to surrender as members of the New People’s Army. “We condemn this surrender campaign by the 8th ID […]

AFP-PNP revives Inopacan “walking skeletons” hogwash to arrest peasant activist Salazar
August 03, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

  The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas condemns the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police for again reviving the incredulous case of “walking skeletons” in Inopacan, Leyte to justify its illegal arrest and detention of former peasant activist Felomino D. Salazar, Jr. The “mass grave” pinned on Salazar has long been proven […]