The blood of the people's heroes nurture the people's war

Marco L. Valbuena, Chief Information Officer

Communist Party of the Philippines

April 21, 2026

The ruling classes celebrate and feast, while the oppressed masses are shrouded in sorrow over the deaths of their Red fighters who gave their all in fighting the fascist monsters in Toboso, Negros Oriental last April 19.

The fog of war hangs thick over Toboso as the Marcos fascist regime and its Armed Forces of the Philippines scramble to control the narrative and spread disinformation. The facts surrounding the supposed encounters that took place Sunday morning remain unclear. Hundred of people across villages and communities have been forced out of their homes as the fascists impose full military control over the town.

The fascist AFP vilify the people's fallen heroes without end as "terrorists" and "criminals" in their desperation to justify their merciless war of suppression and to bury the gross abuses they inflict on the people.

The people of Toboso would have none of the lies of the AFP. They are the first to attest how dearly the Red fighters of the NPA served the people in their daily toil and in their struggle to defend their welfare and rights. They regard the NPA fighters as their own sons and daughters, who render selfless service as doctors, dentists, farmhands, and teachers to their children.

Let us remember and honor the fallen warriors of Toboso. Let us drape their coffins with the Red banner of revolution, raise our fists and amplify our voices as we march to bring them to their graves. Let us turn the people's grief to even greater revolutionary determination to carry forward the people's war.

The sacrifices and heroism of the fallen Red fighters of Negros are certain to inspire even greater numbers to wage resistance and advance the revolutionary cause. People's warriors fall, but the people's war endures. The ground nurtured by the blood of the people's heroes will spring forth even more leaders of mass organizations, Red fighters of the New People's Army, and Party cadres.

Amid the darkness brought about by worsening exploitation and oppression, land grabbing, foreign plunder of the country's rich resources, corruption and fascist repression under the detested US-Marcos regime, the path of the protracted people's war shines brightly as more and more people take up arms to fight for their aspirations for national freedom and genuine democracy.

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