Nolcom orders no ”let up” in operations vs NPA

December 8, 2020

The military's Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) ordered its men that there should be '' no let up (of) operations this holiday season'' after President Rodrigo Duterte said there will no Christmas truce with the New People's Army.

Lt. Gen. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos Jr, head of the Northern Luzon Command, gave the order, his spokesman Major Marco Antonio Magisa said.

Magisa said Burgos emphasized that the soldiers "fully adhere to PRRD’s (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) decision not to declare ceasefire because, time and again, the NPA (New People's Army) terrorists have been insincere and, instead, used the period to further their terroristic intentions toward the community and the general public.”

“We can, and we will, crush insurgency in this part of the country within the given timeline which will allow us to completely refocus our efforts in preserving and upholding our sovereignty over every inch of Philippine territory," said Burgos.

"We will capitalize on the gains which we have recorded in just a span of five days”, he said referring to the neutralization of one NPA regional white area secretary and two NPA finance officers, “that are on top of the numerous intelligence-driven encounters across northern and central Luzon." he added. Robina Asido/DMS