Kumander parago biography of michaels
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How Kumander Parago was neutralized:
The hunt for Mindanao’s ‘Kumander Parago’
ON June 14, 2015, the “hunt” for Leoncio ‘Kumander Parago,’ Pitao, the well-known chieftain of the ‘1st Pulang Bagani Command’ (PBC-1) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) based in Davao City, Mindanao, neared its bloody climax in his own lair inside Paquibato district.
Over the past year, the military, thru the 1003rd ‘Raptor’ Brigade under Col. Harold Cabreros, had patiently and methodically worked on “restricting” the PBC’s movement thru the launching of separate but complementary “peace projects” in all of its operational areas.
While these projects had visible and concrete immediate results in terms of “recovered” and “cleared” areas and in the number of surrender and arrest of NPA fighters and their leaders, their underlying “goal,” as Cabreros conceded later, wss to “constrict” the PBC’s movement.
“What we did was to deliberately ‘target’ areas in Da
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Timeline of the New People's Army rebellion
The following is the timeline of events of CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion, a conflict between the government of the Philippines, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People's Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF).
1970s
[edit]1971
[edit]Main article: 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing
1972
[edit]- 4 July - The MV Karagatan, which was supposed to bring armaments supplied by China to the NPA reaches Digoyo Point in Palanan, Isabela. However the ship is discovered by a military patrol and is abandoned as it runs aground.[5]
- 18 July - A government raid on an NPA hideout in Cordon, Isabela leads to the discovery of the so-called Taringsing Documents, outlining plans by the CPP-NPA to overthrow the government by 1973.
- 21 September - President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire Philippines under Martial Law, citing the communist rebellion and related incidents. However, its imp
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Timeline of Philippine history
Namayan instated Lakantagkan as its sovereign. The vast domain comprised what are now Quiapo, San Miguel, Santa Mesa, Paco, Pandacan, Malate, Santa Ana in Manila, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati, Pasay, Pateros, and portions of Pasig.