Macario "Ka Karyo" Liwanag
Narciso Antazo Aramil Command-NPA Rizal
July 1, 2012
An 8-man team of New People's Army unit operating in Rizal Province under Narciso Antazo Aramil Command (NAAC-NPA-Rizal) encountered a 12-man unit of 59th IB-PA-AFP last night, June 30, 2012, at exactly 6:10 PM until 6:30 PM in Sitio Apya, Calawis, Antipolo City, Rizal. The NPA team were conducting consultations with the people in the said barangay regarding the recently concluded meeting last June 14-15, 2012 between negotiating panels of the CPP-NPA-NDFP and the Government of the Philippines (GPH) for the resumption of the formal peace talks and the issuance of the NDFP of the Declaration and Program of Action for Rights, Protection and Welfare of Children when they were attacked by government troops. Upon seeing attacking government troops, the NPA team immediately left the populated areas to avoid civilians being caught in crossfire and waited for the attacking government troops which they engaged in a firefight.