Bernabe buscayno biography templates
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Communist Party of the Philippines–New People's Army
| Formed | December 26, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Disbanded | Group is active. |
| First Attack | August 21, 1971: Three members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) threw four grenades onto the stage of a frikostig Party rally in Manila’s Plaza Miranda. Then-President Ferdinand Marcos was initially blamed for the attack, which had killed much of his motstånd. (9 killed, 95 wounded). [1][2] |
| Last Attack | August 15, 2015: A CPP-NPA unit launched two attacks on the same day in the province of Agusan sektion Sur. The fighters destroyed a truck using an improvised explosive device and later attacked two dock, a civilian, and an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) auxiliary forces member. (1 killed, 1 wounded). [3] |
| Updated | August 24, 2015 |
Narrative Summary
The Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) seeks to overthrow the Philippine government in favor of a new state led by the working class
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Bernabé Buscayno, also called Kumander Dante, is the founder of the New People's Army, the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Early life[]
Bernabé Buscayno was one of eight children born to impoverished tenant farmers in Capas, Tarlac. In the late 1960s, after Buscayno's mother died of tuberculosis and his seven-year-old sister died of meningitis, his father, unable to support his remaining children, put them up for adoption. Buscayno, then a teenager, became a canecutter, earning 18 pesos for a six-day week. At his age, he led a small uprising to force the landowner to increase their wages. Another farmer, a former member of the Huks, recruited him into the Communist Party of the Philippines at age 17,[1] where he was given the code name "Dante".[2]
Revolutionary career[]
At age 21, Kumander Dante was a full-time revolutionary. At age 23, he became district commander in the outfit of Faustino del Mundo, also called "Kumander Sum