mosfeld
10th October 2011, 11:22
RIP COMRADE KA ROGER 1947-2011
Revolutionary fighter for the masses in the Philippines
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Tribute to Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, Undying Voice of the Masses and the Revolution
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/images/organizations/logo/3/default/logo.ndfp.png?1314766680 Luis Jalandoni
Chairperson
NDF-Negotiating Panel
October 09, 2011
2 (http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/tribute-to-gregorio-ka-roger-rosal-undying-voice-of-the-masses-and-the-revolution#)
He was the undying voice of the oppressed and exploited masses. He was the undying voice of the revolution.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) renders the highest tribute to Ka Roger who loved and served the masses for more than forty years. The NDFP conveys its most heartfelt condolences to his children, his siblings and other members of his family, and to his many comrades and friends.
Born of a peasant family and experiencing the poverty, exploitation and oppression undergone by the masses, Ka Roger understood their deepest aspirations, listened intently to them, and in simple down to earth terms clarified to them the line, policies and stand of the people’s democratic revolution.
After his incarceration under the Marcos dictatorship in 1973 and his daring escape together with nine other comrades later that year, Ka Roger joined the revolutionary armed struggle and became an organizer of various guerrilla fronts in the Southern Tagalog Region and also part of the Bicol region.
As spokesperson of the New People’s Army’s Melito Glor Command and since 1993 as spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Ka Roger became the face and voice of the revolutionary movement. He encouraged the youth to integrate with the masses and visit the guerrilla fronts. He invited journalists to come to the guerrilla fronts and see for themselves the revolutionary work among the peasants and farm workers.
Ka Roger earned the respect and admiration of many media people. They sought his views on every burning national issue. He would also call them up to present the stand of the revolutionary movement. He frustrated the attempts of the military and police to capture him. He gave press conferences in various parts of the country. He played an important role in the safe and orderly releases of prisoners of war.
So loved by the masses was he that they would seek his advice and assistance for problems they had with the local reactionary government.
Despite getting sick with typhoid fever in 1995 and suffering heart attacks in 1997 and 2000 he continued his tireless work as a revolutionary organizer, guerrilla front leader and propagandist. But his third heart attack in 2006 caused much damage to his health. Under severe limitations, he still continued to undertake revolutionary tasks.
He died on June 22, 2011. On October 15, 2011, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA), the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and other revolutionary forces will honor Ka Roger.
Ka Roger’s undying voice will continue to resonate throughout the country. His exemplary revolutionary legacy will live on in the hearts of the masses, whose deepest longings and fighting spirit found an effective voice in him.
Long live the undying voice of the masses! Long live the undying voice of the revolution!
Long live Ka Roger and the masses he loved and served!
Long live the Philippine Revolution!
Philippines: Revolutionary Leader “Ka Roger” has passed (http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/philippines-revolutionary-leader-ka-roger-has-passed/)
http://revolutionaryfrontlines.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/82-ri0lo-em-55.jpg?w=316&h=409 (http://revolutionaryfrontlines.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/82-ri0lo-em-55.jpg)In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, rebel spokesman Gregorio Rosal gestures as he talks to journalists during a clandestine news conference in a communist New People's Army encampment in northern Luzon, Philippines. The outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines said Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, that Gregorio "Comrade Roger" Rosal died in a guerrilla zone on June 22 of a heart attack. He was 64. The popular Philippine communist guerrilla served as the movement's spokesman for years and gave a face to one of Asia's longest-running Marxist insurgencies.
“Ka Roger” dead at 64
By AARON RECUENCO, Manila Bulletin
October 9, 2011
Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, for many years the spokesman for the communist insurgency in the Philippines, is dead, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) revealed Sunday.
In a statement posted on its website Sunday afternoon, the CPP said Rosal succumbed to a heart attack last June 22 in a guerrilla front in Luzon at the age of 64.
“The entire membership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), Red fighters of the New People’s Army, and the Filipino people are one with his family and friends in mourning his death,” the statement read.
Marco Valbuena, the media liaison of the CPP Information Bureau, said the public announcement was delayed to allow CPP officials to inform Ka Roger’s daughters of their father’s demise.
“Intense military operations prevented information from reaching his daughters with dispatch. Ka Roger’s siblings have also been informed of his passing,” Valbuena said.
The third of the six children of sugarcane planters in Batangas, Rosal got his first taste of militant activism when he joined a small group called Kabataang Gabay ng Bayan, a Batangueño activist group, and later the Kabataang Makabayan.
He became more militant when martial law was declared in 1972. The following year he was arrested and detained in a military camp in Batangas City.
In November 1973, he and nine others bolted jail. It was after his escape that he joined the CPP-New People’s Army and became part of the guerrilla front established in the Laguna-Quezon border along the Sierra Madre mountains–the so-called Larangan ng Kagitingan or Front of Heroism.
By 1975-76, Ka Roger had become part of the first organizing team in the Quezon-Bicol Zone. He eventually led the guerrilla front committee in the area.
It was when he was appointed as the CPP spokesman in 1993 when the name “Ka Roger” gained prominence as he readily acceded to radio interviews. He was the one who initiated the policy of inviting mediamen to rebel camps.
“For more than a decade, he served as Party spokesperson and headed the CPP Information Bureau. From VHF radios to modern cellphones, he used all methods of connecting with the mass media to transmit nationwide news from the guerrilla fronts,” the statement read.
“Ka Roger’s voice and his straightforward explanations of complex issues were eagerly awaited daily by Red fighters and ordinary folk throughout the country,” it added.
Ka Roger’s health began to deteriorate when he suffered his first stroke in 1997. He lived through another stroke in 2000 and recovered.
It was his unusual absence in media interviews that rumors of his death started to circulate in 2006, absence following a third stroke.
The military repeatedly offered him medical assistance after confirming that he was in a bad way but Rosal repeatedly turned them down.
Tribute
On October 15, all units of the NPA will fall in formation to pay tribute to Ka Roger. At exactly 12 noon, they will carry out a gun salute in his memory, said Valbuena.
“Ka Roger leaves behind a legacy of triumphs and memories that are permanently etched in the revolutionary annals of the Filipino people,” the CPP said.
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[The AFP’s false ‘consolations’ and other inappropriate disingenuous remarks were edited out of the posting of this article. – Frontlines ed.]
"Ka Roger" news of death sparks overwhelming public response
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/images/organizations/logo/1/default/logo.cpp.png?1314766543 Communist Party of the Philippines
October 10, 2011
2 (http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/ka-roger-news-of-death-sparks-overwhelming-public-response#)
Public notice of Ka Roger’s death has sparked widespread expression of sympathy, grief and admiration for the former CPP spokesperson.
The CPP yesterday announced the death of its former spokesperson Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal who succumbed to a heart attack on June 22. The CPP had delayed issuing a public announcement because it had to confirm first whether his daughters had already received the news of their father’s passing. Intensive military operations prevented the sad news from reaching Ka Roger’s children with dispatch.
The CPP statement was released on the internet through the Philippine Revolution Web Central (www.philippinerevolution.net (http://www.philippinerevolution.net)) which dedicated its website to the memory of Ka Roger. Immediately after, the Facebook and Twitter accounts of CPP media liaison officer Marco Valbuena was filled with expressions of sympathy and grief. Internet users posted their condolences to Ka Roger’s family, friends and comrades. By nighttime, “Ka Roger” became one of the top trending words in the Philippines. The people who twitted about Ka Roger’s death ranged from bloggers, journalists and reporters, government officials and friends to ordinary folk. Text messages were received from ordinary people, especially those who said they were among those whose lives were touched by Ka Roger as representative of the revolutionary cause.
“The only sour note yesterday were the hypcroticial statements from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson who expressed feigned sympathy with Ka Roger’s family after more than twenty years of tormenting his daughters and relatives with their intensive surveillance operations.”
Revolutionary fighter for the masses in the Philippines
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2011/10/karoger.jpg
Tribute to Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, Undying Voice of the Masses and the Revolution
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/images/organizations/logo/3/default/logo.ndfp.png?1314766680 Luis Jalandoni
Chairperson
NDF-Negotiating Panel
October 09, 2011
2 (http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/tribute-to-gregorio-ka-roger-rosal-undying-voice-of-the-masses-and-the-revolution#)
He was the undying voice of the oppressed and exploited masses. He was the undying voice of the revolution.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) renders the highest tribute to Ka Roger who loved and served the masses for more than forty years. The NDFP conveys its most heartfelt condolences to his children, his siblings and other members of his family, and to his many comrades and friends.
Born of a peasant family and experiencing the poverty, exploitation and oppression undergone by the masses, Ka Roger understood their deepest aspirations, listened intently to them, and in simple down to earth terms clarified to them the line, policies and stand of the people’s democratic revolution.
After his incarceration under the Marcos dictatorship in 1973 and his daring escape together with nine other comrades later that year, Ka Roger joined the revolutionary armed struggle and became an organizer of various guerrilla fronts in the Southern Tagalog Region and also part of the Bicol region.
As spokesperson of the New People’s Army’s Melito Glor Command and since 1993 as spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Ka Roger became the face and voice of the revolutionary movement. He encouraged the youth to integrate with the masses and visit the guerrilla fronts. He invited journalists to come to the guerrilla fronts and see for themselves the revolutionary work among the peasants and farm workers.
Ka Roger earned the respect and admiration of many media people. They sought his views on every burning national issue. He would also call them up to present the stand of the revolutionary movement. He frustrated the attempts of the military and police to capture him. He gave press conferences in various parts of the country. He played an important role in the safe and orderly releases of prisoners of war.
So loved by the masses was he that they would seek his advice and assistance for problems they had with the local reactionary government.
Despite getting sick with typhoid fever in 1995 and suffering heart attacks in 1997 and 2000 he continued his tireless work as a revolutionary organizer, guerrilla front leader and propagandist. But his third heart attack in 2006 caused much damage to his health. Under severe limitations, he still continued to undertake revolutionary tasks.
He died on June 22, 2011. On October 15, 2011, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA), the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and other revolutionary forces will honor Ka Roger.
Ka Roger’s undying voice will continue to resonate throughout the country. His exemplary revolutionary legacy will live on in the hearts of the masses, whose deepest longings and fighting spirit found an effective voice in him.
Long live the undying voice of the masses! Long live the undying voice of the revolution!
Long live Ka Roger and the masses he loved and served!
Long live the Philippine Revolution!
Philippines: Revolutionary Leader “Ka Roger” has passed (http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/philippines-revolutionary-leader-ka-roger-has-passed/)
http://revolutionaryfrontlines.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/82-ri0lo-em-55.jpg?w=316&h=409 (http://revolutionaryfrontlines.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/82-ri0lo-em-55.jpg)In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, rebel spokesman Gregorio Rosal gestures as he talks to journalists during a clandestine news conference in a communist New People's Army encampment in northern Luzon, Philippines. The outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines said Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, that Gregorio "Comrade Roger" Rosal died in a guerrilla zone on June 22 of a heart attack. He was 64. The popular Philippine communist guerrilla served as the movement's spokesman for years and gave a face to one of Asia's longest-running Marxist insurgencies.
“Ka Roger” dead at 64
By AARON RECUENCO, Manila Bulletin
October 9, 2011
Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, for many years the spokesman for the communist insurgency in the Philippines, is dead, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) revealed Sunday.
In a statement posted on its website Sunday afternoon, the CPP said Rosal succumbed to a heart attack last June 22 in a guerrilla front in Luzon at the age of 64.
“The entire membership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), Red fighters of the New People’s Army, and the Filipino people are one with his family and friends in mourning his death,” the statement read.
Marco Valbuena, the media liaison of the CPP Information Bureau, said the public announcement was delayed to allow CPP officials to inform Ka Roger’s daughters of their father’s demise.
“Intense military operations prevented information from reaching his daughters with dispatch. Ka Roger’s siblings have also been informed of his passing,” Valbuena said.
The third of the six children of sugarcane planters in Batangas, Rosal got his first taste of militant activism when he joined a small group called Kabataang Gabay ng Bayan, a Batangueño activist group, and later the Kabataang Makabayan.
He became more militant when martial law was declared in 1972. The following year he was arrested and detained in a military camp in Batangas City.
In November 1973, he and nine others bolted jail. It was after his escape that he joined the CPP-New People’s Army and became part of the guerrilla front established in the Laguna-Quezon border along the Sierra Madre mountains–the so-called Larangan ng Kagitingan or Front of Heroism.
By 1975-76, Ka Roger had become part of the first organizing team in the Quezon-Bicol Zone. He eventually led the guerrilla front committee in the area.
It was when he was appointed as the CPP spokesman in 1993 when the name “Ka Roger” gained prominence as he readily acceded to radio interviews. He was the one who initiated the policy of inviting mediamen to rebel camps.
“For more than a decade, he served as Party spokesperson and headed the CPP Information Bureau. From VHF radios to modern cellphones, he used all methods of connecting with the mass media to transmit nationwide news from the guerrilla fronts,” the statement read.
“Ka Roger’s voice and his straightforward explanations of complex issues were eagerly awaited daily by Red fighters and ordinary folk throughout the country,” it added.
Ka Roger’s health began to deteriorate when he suffered his first stroke in 1997. He lived through another stroke in 2000 and recovered.
It was his unusual absence in media interviews that rumors of his death started to circulate in 2006, absence following a third stroke.
The military repeatedly offered him medical assistance after confirming that he was in a bad way but Rosal repeatedly turned them down.
Tribute
On October 15, all units of the NPA will fall in formation to pay tribute to Ka Roger. At exactly 12 noon, they will carry out a gun salute in his memory, said Valbuena.
“Ka Roger leaves behind a legacy of triumphs and memories that are permanently etched in the revolutionary annals of the Filipino people,” the CPP said.
…………………………….
[The AFP’s false ‘consolations’ and other inappropriate disingenuous remarks were edited out of the posting of this article. – Frontlines ed.]
"Ka Roger" news of death sparks overwhelming public response
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/images/organizations/logo/1/default/logo.cpp.png?1314766543 Communist Party of the Philippines
October 10, 2011
2 (http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/ka-roger-news-of-death-sparks-overwhelming-public-response#)
Public notice of Ka Roger’s death has sparked widespread expression of sympathy, grief and admiration for the former CPP spokesperson.
The CPP yesterday announced the death of its former spokesperson Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal who succumbed to a heart attack on June 22. The CPP had delayed issuing a public announcement because it had to confirm first whether his daughters had already received the news of their father’s passing. Intensive military operations prevented the sad news from reaching Ka Roger’s children with dispatch.
The CPP statement was released on the internet through the Philippine Revolution Web Central (www.philippinerevolution.net (http://www.philippinerevolution.net)) which dedicated its website to the memory of Ka Roger. Immediately after, the Facebook and Twitter accounts of CPP media liaison officer Marco Valbuena was filled with expressions of sympathy and grief. Internet users posted their condolences to Ka Roger’s family, friends and comrades. By nighttime, “Ka Roger” became one of the top trending words in the Philippines. The people who twitted about Ka Roger’s death ranged from bloggers, journalists and reporters, government officials and friends to ordinary folk. Text messages were received from ordinary people, especially those who said they were among those whose lives were touched by Ka Roger as representative of the revolutionary cause.
“The only sour note yesterday were the hypcroticial statements from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson who expressed feigned sympathy with Ka Roger’s family after more than twenty years of tormenting his daughters and relatives with their intensive surveillance operations.”