A text message from Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta, commander of the Army's 703rd Brigade, identified those arrested as Romeo Dianela Nunez alias Nelson, reportedly a ranking leader of the MLPP-RHB (Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines-Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan) in Pampanga; Ferdinan Quiambao alias Julius/Ferdie; Jerry Lais and Zoren Espiritu.
All were apprehended at a checkpoint along McArthur Highway in San Miguel village in Guagua town around 9 p.m. Thursday, Mabanta said.
Confiscated from them were an Elisco M16 rifle with 1 magazine and 30 live ammos; a cal. 45 pistol with a magazine loaded with 7 live ammos; and three hand grenades.
Breaking through: The struggle within the Communist Party of the Philippines
Further investigation showed that Nunez and Quiambao have a string of warrants of arrest for murder and frustrated murder charges in Lubao.
Speeches delivered by IAFP/KDP on the Ninth Celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Dec. 26, 1977.
The US-based National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism describes the RHB as the armed wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines (MLPP), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Formed in 1998, the group operates mainly in Central Luzon. — RSJ, RJAB Jr
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The question of external control over the Philippine communist party insurgency (USAWC Military Studies Program paper)
