Last night (February 28) at about 8:30 & 9:10 p.m. respectively, special operations units of Roselyn Jean Pelle Command-New People’s Army (RJPC-NPA) implemented the standing order of the people’s court on two armed military intelligence assets in Sitio Biga and Sitio Malasaging both in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental.

Eddie Catipay, a staunch Intel asset in the locality and; Jerry Lapus, responsible for the encounter in Sitio Mansulao, Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City on February 21, 2024—resulting in the death of two Red fighters and one farmer who was tending a nearby rice field. Confiscated firearms are two .45 caliber and .357 pistols with ammunition.

The punitive actions were carried out even amidst almost two months of military operations in the area. This disproves #DiMasaligan79th IB’s braggadocio on the “decisiveness” of “Battle of Pinapugasan” in eliminating the revolutionary armed movement in Northern Negros. It was, in fact, a single defensive engagement in which a superior enemy force failed to wipe out a small guerrilla unit. The said unit was able to maneuver through a fierce firefight and recover strength afterwards.

Justice is served for the martyred revolutionaries Emarie “Ka Janine” Pastidio and Joshua “Ka George” Sultan, farmer Jose Caramihan and all the victims of red tagging, surveillance, threat, coercion and harassment. This is surely a reassurance for the masses who continuously support the movement, and will inspire revolutionaries to continue the struggle through the path of armed resistance.

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