29/04/2026
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BACOLOD CITY—The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Monday, April 27, identified 19 of the casualties in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental, claiming that 10 were armed revolutionaries and nine were civilians.
The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines have yet to release the names of the 19 casualties, whom they said were killed in a series of encounters between soldiers of the 79th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army in Barangay Salamanca on April 19.Roger Fabillar (Ka Tapang), who served as NPA commander of the Northern Negros Front;Sonny Boy Caramihan, 28, from Barangay Bagonbon, San Carlos City;Rene Villarin Sr., 57, Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, squad leader;Pedro Bonghanoy, medical officer, Barangay Libertad, Escalante City;Arnel Javoc, 32, from Barangay Lalong, Calatrava;Joros Caramihan y Ramos, 18, from Don Salvador Benedicto;Maria Clarita Branzuel Blanco (Ka Sanim/Pat), political instructor;Genevieve Balora (Ka Raia), from Bacolod City, district Party cadre;Labskie Purisimia Enustacion, 33, of Sitio Tinibawan, Barangay Bug-ang, Toboso;Jocel Gimang, 18, of Sitio Bautista, Barangay Malasibog, Escalante City.
“We commiserate with the loved ones and comrades of the fallen Red fighters of the NPA,” the CPP statement said.
“The New People’s Army suffered a tactical defeat that fateful day but remains clear-sighted and determined to advance along the revolutionary path toward strategic victory,” it added.
It said the civilians killed were:
Roel Sabillo, 19, resident of Barangay Tabunac, Toboso;R.J. Nichole Ledesma, 30, community journalist from Bacolod City;Alyssa Alano, councilor, UP Diliman Student Council;Maureen Keil Santuyo, 24, member, National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (NNARA-Youth);Errol Wendel, 24, member, Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura;Jemina Gumadlas, 15, resident of Sitio Plarending, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso;Lyle Prijoles, 40, of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, from San Francisco, California, USA;Kai Sorem, 26, from Seattle, Washington, USA;Dexter Patajo, 17, Sitio Buklog, Barangay Lalong, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
Source | Inquirer.Net
Ang insidente sa Negros Occidental ay nagpapakita ng patuloy na tensyon at armadong labanan sa ilang bahagi ng bansa. Habang may magkakaibang panig at pananaw, malinaw na ang mga ganitong pangyayari ay may malaking epekto hindi lamang sa mga sangkot na grupo kundi pati sa mga sibilyan na nadadamay sa gitna ng sigalot.
