"Authorities arrest 56 in Bacolod crackdown on militant groups", 31 October 2019

Local authorities here arrested 56 persons suspected of being members of the communist rebel group New People’s Army and rescued 6 minors in simultaneous raids of the offices of 4 progressive organizations early Thursday night, October 31.

Armed with 4 search warrants... [local authorities] swooped in to the offices of party-list group Bayan Muna, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), and Gabriela in Barangay Bata, and the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) at Barangay Taculing, and another office in Barangay 33.

Law enforcers have accused the progressive groups of being “legal fronts” of the rebel movement... The raiding teams also recovered high-powered firearms and an explosive at the offices...