CPP recruitment detected in 102 schools since 2014 – PNP exec

File photo of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). CPP recruitment activities have been observed in 102 educational institutions nationwide since 2014, according to an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP). INQUIRER / ERWIN MASCARIÑAS

MANILA, Philippines — Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) recruitment activities have been observed in 102 educational institutions nationwide since 2014, according to an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

At the hearing of the Senate panel on public order and dangerous drugs, PNP’s Directorate for Operations Colonel Randy Arceo also disclosed that 23 of the identified schools have more than one recruitment activity. These educational institutions are:

1. Putian National High School
2. UP Diliman
3. PUP Manila
4. UP Manila
5. UP Tacloban
6. Dr. Luiz Ebaracia National High School
7. Hacienda Intal Elementary School
8. UP Cebu
9. UP Los Baños
10. UP Clark
11. UP Baguio
12. Bicol University
13. De La Salle University
14. Ateneo de Davao
15. WVSU-Calinog Campus
16. MSU Gensan
17. Isabela State University
18. Saint Andres Campus, CSU in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
19. Rosalio Eduarte National High School
20. Palawan State University
21. Sorsogon National High School
22. Manipugol Elementary School in Maco, Davao de Oro
23. UP Mindanao

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“The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police have accounted [for] a total of 168 militant students who were recruited by the communist terrorist group. As a result of focused military and police operations and law enforcement operations, 36 died during operations, 41 arrested, and 92 others surrendered,” the PNP official likewise revealed during the hearing.

A quick look at the list presented by Arceo shows that alleged CPP members killed during anti-insurgency operations were purportedly students from UP Diliman, PUP Manila, UP Manila, UP Tacloban, UP Cebu, UP Los Baños, UP Clark, UP Baguio, De La Salle University, Isabella State University, Saint Andres Campus, and UP Mindanao.