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axelnoah
  6/21/2017 06:56 EST

Still planning to move to the Philippines. First we had muslim activity in Mindanao and now a NPA attack in San Vicente palawan. How about NPA? In my thinking NPA was located to Mindanao. But no. Can NPA show up anywhere in the Philippines?

GoldWarrior
  6/21/2017 09:38 EST

The NPA are everywhere except in the cities.

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charkee
  6/21/2017 20:09 EST

The NPA once attempted to recruit my wife, while living in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

They have "free" houses where NPA stay in many cities. Lately they have not been active in cities, But they murdered the mayor of Santa Rosa years ago over a corruption scandal. The mayor knew they were after him beefed up security, but 2 NPA posed as a couple to be married and he and some body guards were shot and killed during the marriage ceremony.

In some ways the NPA work as a deterrent to corruption as they are well known to go after corrupt politicians. For this reason there is some popularity for their occasional Robin Hood ways.

But they can pop up anywhere and unexpected. They generally recruit among the poor and uneducated and those that see no hope to better future. They recruit children as young as 8 years old.

They hang out in the jungles (as I have been told by ex NPA). living off of extortion from poor farmers mostly.

Hence the joke: NPA= No Permanent Address.

Muslim extremists and the NPA historically don't get along, though there are nominal Muslim NPA members.

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