Bernabe Buscayno
Bernabe Buscayno | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1943 or 1944 (age 80–81) Capas, Tarlac[1] |
Political party | Communist Party of the Philippines |
Other political affiliations | Partido ng Bayan (1987) |
Nickname | Kumander Dante |
Military service | |
Allegiance | New People's Army (1969–1976) |
Years of service | 1960–1976 |
Battles/wars | New People's Army rebellion |
Bernabe Buscayno, also called Kumander Dante, is the founder of the New People's Army, the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Early life
Bernabe Buscayno was one of eight children born to impoverished tenant farmers under a local landlord named Jose Ramos in Sitio Mangga, Talimundoc,
Revolutionary career
At age 21, Kumander Dante was already a full-time revolutionary. At 23, he became district commander in the outfit of Faustino del Mundo, and was also called "Kumander Sumulong" after the Sumulong outfit. Eventually dissatisfied with the latter,[5] Kumander Dante recruited some fighters and joined forces with Jose Maria Sison, who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines on December 26, 1968. Buscayno's group officially became the New People's Army (NPA) on March 29, 1969.[6]
From a group composed of about 35 members with only 10 rifles among them, the NPA grew up to about 26,000 members in its peak in the 1980s and spread throughout the Philippines, challenging the
On November 25, 1977, Military Commission No. 2 found him along with his two co-accused,
Post-revolutionary years
After the 1986
On February 6, 1998, Buscayno's 30-year-old son Reynaldo accidentally shot himself while playing with his gun during a drinking session with his brother Red in Capas.[11] In 1999, the Department of Agrarian Reform awarded Buscayno and his family certificates of ownership for their own land. In 2000, Buscayno set up another cooperative, the Tarlac Integrated Agricultural Modernization Cooperative (TIAMC) which seeks to promote the mechanization of farm work, from sowing the seeds to harvest.[4]
In popular culture
In 1988, Buscayno's life as a rebel was adapted into a film called Kumander Dante, where he is portrayed by Phillip Salvador.
References
- ISBN 9781351997423.
- Solidaridad Publishing House. p. 156.
- ^ "Ex-Rebel 'Commander Dante' Enlists in a New Revolution : Philippines: The founder of a rural insurgency once was sentenced to death. Now freed, he is helping farmers run a successful co-op". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1989. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Bernabe 'Kumander Dante' Buscayno". pcij.org. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. February 2, 2006. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Inside the Philippine Revolution: The New People's Army and its Struggle for Power. by William Chapman (accessed November 13, 2007).
- ^ World Politics Review website. Archived January 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Analysts: No End in Sight for Philippines' Communist Revolt by Fabio Scarpello, March 26, 2007 (accessed November 13, 2007).
- ^ "Operation Scorpio". Time. (September 13, 1976). Retrieved November 13, 2007.
- ^ "Max Soliven recalls Ninoy Aquino: Unbroken". Philippines Star. October 10, 2008. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ "10 Lesser-Known Photos from Martial Law Years That Will Blow You Away". Martial Law Chronicles. June 8, 2020. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "'I would rather die on my feet with honor': A Ninoy Aquino timeline, 1968-1983". GMA News Online. August 21, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ Evangelista, Romie (February 8, 1998). "'Dante' son kills self in gun accident". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 1. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
External links
- Bernabe Buscayno at IMDb