The successive NPA armed actions in various provinces nationwide shame the US-Marcos regime and its Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officials. This was just after the regime’s 4th SONA statement in July that “no guerrilla groups remain.”
On August 12, three soldiers, including a 203rd IBde 1st Scout Ranger Regiment captain, were killed in that day’s second encounter between the NPA-Mindoro (Lucio de Guzman Command) and the military in Barangay Lantuyang 2, Baco, Oriental Mindoro. Unit leader Capt. Marky John Alberto died instantly from a head shot. Three other fascist soldiers were wounded.
A few days earlier, on the morning of August 9, an NPA-Mindoro active defense against an attacking enemy unit killed a 203rd IBde soldier in Barangay Mangangan 2, Baco.
In Quezon, a unit of the NPA-Quezon (Apolonio Mendoza Command) fired shots at the newly-built military camp of the 85th IB in Barangay Cogorin Ibaba, Lopez, on August 2. The unit carried out the harassment at 7:30 p.m.
Quezonians welcomed the attack as a way of holding accountable the bloodthirsty battalion for its crimes and to give justice to their peasant victims.
In Capiz, the NPA-Central Panay (Jose Percival Estocada Jr Command) thwarted the 12th IB’s attack on one of its units at the boundary of Barangay Artuz and Barangay Apero in Tapaz on July 19. The people’s army actively defended against the military troopers through thorough preparations and by launching a counterattack.
“Shocked, the soldiers fired indiscriminately like mad dogs,” according to the NPA-Central Panay. To cover up their loss, the 12th IB together with the 3rd ID fabricated a story of their supposed victory against the NPA.
Source : https://philippinerevolution.nu/2025/08/21/successive-npa-armed-actions-shame-marcos-and-the-afp/