Archive of Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson

Mga pasista at berdugong tropa ng AFP ang walang awang nang-istraping sa mga kabataan sa Catubig, Northern Samar
February 17, 2022 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

Hindi ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) kundi ang mga berdugo, utak-pulbura at uhaw-sa-dugong mga tropa ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ng pasistang rehimeng Duterte ang walang awang nang-istraping sa mga kabataang nagkokopras sa Barangay Roxas, Catubig, Northern Samar noong Pebrero 8. Namatay sa walang habas na pamamaril na ito ang dalawa habang ang […]

NPA-EV: No health workers aboard PNP vehicle in Pinabacdao ambush
August 04, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army (NPA) in Eastern Visayas (Efren Martires Command) today said no health workers were aboard the police vehicle that Red fighters targeted in its ambush in Pinabacdao, Western Samar last July 29. Citing an official report from the local NPA unit, EMC spokesperson Ka Karlos Manuel said that only four personnel of […]

Fearless forecast for 2022: NPA-Eastern Visayas to outlast Duterte, 8th ID
July 30, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army-Eastern Visayas (Efren Martires Command or NPA-EMC) today laughed off as a loser’s bluff the Duterte regime’s latest deadline to only “contain” the revolutionary movement in the region by 2022, a stark difference to their previous declarations of completely “ending” the NPA which they have already adjusted several times over the years. […]

NPA-EV to CHR: Explosives in Eastern Samar ambush were command-detonated, targeted against active-duty paramilitaries
July 14, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army (NPA) in Eastern Visayas today assured the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that the command-detonated explosives (CDX) used by the NPA in its ambush in Jipapad, Eastern Samar are permitted by international humanitarian law and were used against paramilitary agents who were on duty.

NPA-EV ha CHR: Mga paburuthon ha ambus ha Eastern Samar, command-detonated ngan gin-gamit ha mga aktibo nga paramilitar
July 14, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

Ginseguro han Bagong Hukbong Bayan (NPA) ha Eastern Visayas ha Commission on Human Rights (CHR) nga an command-detonated explosives (CDX) han BHB ha ambus hini ha Jipapad, Eastern Samar gintutugutan han international humanitarian law ngan gin-gamit kontra ha mga naka-duty nga paramilitar.

NPA-Sergio Lobina Command ambushes 52nd IB troops in Eastern Samar
July 12, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas (Efren Martires Command or NPA-EMC) salutes the Sergio Lobina Command (SLC) for its successful tactical offensive against troops of the 52nd Infantry Batallion in Sitio Casapa, Barangay 4 Poblacion, Jipapad, Eastern Samar last July 7. The Red fighters ambushed the soldiers using three command-detonated explosives (CDX). Five were […]

NPA-Leyte dismisses AFP claim about ties to warlord’s goons
May 18, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today dismissed allegations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines saying that goons whom state forces killed in April and serve a warlord politico in Leyte have connections to the NPA. The Efren Martires Command (NPA-EMC) said that Nicolas “Botoy” Ibañez, who was killed by joint AFP-PNP elements […]

NPA slams AFP for parading commander’s remains in Leyte as “war trophy”
April 11, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines after its troops exhumed and published pictures of the remains of an NPA commander who was martyred in an encounter in Leyte six years ago, in violation of international humanitarian law. Ka Karlos Manuel, spokesperson for the Efren Martires Command […]

AFP’s ramped-up dirty war in Eastern Visayas disproves self-declared deadline vs. NPA
March 02, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

Maj. Gen. Pio Diñoso III of the 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army is just one of the many Army chiefs before him who declared they have “dismantled” the NPA’s guerrilla fronts or that they will defeat the NPA in Eastern Visayas. And like all his warmongering predecessors, who think that more troops, more bombs and bigger […]

Army admits forced “surrenderers” simply go back to the NPA
February 28, 2021 | New People's Army | Eastern Visayas Regional Operational Command (Efren Martires Command) | Karlos Manuel | Spokesperson |

The New People’s Army in Eastern Visayas today condemned the increasing number of forced “surrenders” in Matuguinao, Western Samar, as the 19th IB-Philippine Army and the PNP-Special Action Force intensify the Duterte regime’s counter-insurgency campaign and undeclared martial law in the said town. The 19th IB recently presented some 353 residents who “surrendered” as NPA […]