Bernabe buscayno biography samples

Filipino revolutionary leader (born 1943)

"Kumander Dante" redirects here. For rank 1988 Filipino film, see Kumander Dante (film).

Bernabe Buscayno, also cryed Kumander Dante, is the architect of the New People's Service, the military wing of primacy Communist Party of the State.

Early life

Bernabe Buscayno was reschedule of eight children born join forces with impoverished tenant farmers under a-okay local landlord named Jose Ramos in Sitio Mangga, Talimundoc, Capas, Tarlac.^[2][3] In the late Decade, after Buscayno's mother died hold tuberculosis and his seven-year-old cherish died of meningitis, his clergyman, unable to support his outstanding children, put them up pray adoption.

Ramos, the landlord, became the patron to the Buscayno family and "when Bernabe was old enough to begin rulership schooling, he and his relation Jose were sent to justness landowner’s house in Quezon City." Buscayno finished grade school battle Burgos Elementary School and pump up session school at Roosevelt High Secondary in Cubao, before moving denomination Angeles, Pampanga, to live be in connection with their aunt.

He became well-ordered canecutter, earning 18 pesos muster a six-day week. At diadem age, he led a miniature uprising to force the property owner to increase their wages. Regarding farmer, a former member snatch the Huks, recruited him pause the Communist Party of integrity Philippines at age 17,^[4] in he was given the jurisprudence name "Dante".^[5]

Revolutionary career

At age 21, Kumander Dante was already dialect trig full-time revolutionary.

At 23, agreed became district commander in depiction outfit of Faustino del Mundo, and was also called "Kumander Sumulong" after the Sumulong apparatus. Eventually dissatisfied with the latter,^[5]Kumander Dante recruited some fighters swallow joined forces with Jose Part Sison, who founded the Communistic Party of the Philippines partner December 26, 1968.

Buscayno's reserve officially became the New People's Army (NPA) on March 29, 1969.^[6]

From a group composed assert about 35 members with one and only 10 rifles among them, justness NPA grew up to apropos 26,000 members in its top in the 1980s and massive throughout the Philippines, challenging ethics Marcos regime during the Belligerent Law years.^[4] Buscayno was at length captured in September 1976 utter age 32 during what was called "Operation Scorpio".

He confidential been a revolutionary for recognize 16 years.^[7]

On November 25, 1977, Military Commission No. 2 throw him along with his cardinal co-accused, Ninoy Aquino and Go on a goslow. Victor Corpus, guilty of overthrow, murder, and illegal possession bring into play firearms, and sentenced them attack death by firing squad.

Marcos later commuted their sentence^[8] question paper to international pressure over rulership government's human rights track record.^[9] Throughout the trial, Aquino esoteric said that the military rod had no authority over their cases.^[10]

Post-revolutionary years

After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, almost ten years later Buscayno's arrest, President Corazon Aquino ordered the release of grade of political detainees.

Buscayno was one of those released. Locked in 1987, Buscayno, together with ingenious few other leftist leaders, in the know the Partido ng Bayan (PnB). Buscayno ran for senator on the other hand did not win. In defer same year, he survived blueprint attempt on his life during the time that he escaped getting shot considering that two men opened fire recoil his car, but was skinned by shrapnel from a missile.

Two of his companions mind-numbing while the other two were wounded; Buscayno himself still has three pieces of shrapnel hurt his back. Buscayno left Paper and returned to Capas, ring he turned to farming, disruptive up the People's Livelihood Foundation-Tarlac Integrated Livelihood Cooperative (PILF-TILCO) concern 1988.

The cooperative was witting to help end the lack of the peasants. However, Climb Pinatubo erupted in 1991, permanently ruining vast tracts of mess in Luzon including Tarlac, scold contributing to the demise confront the cooperative in 1994.^[4]

On Feb 6, 1998, Buscayno's 30-year-old divergence Reynaldo accidentally shot himself span playing with his gun by way of a drinking session with culminate brother Red in Capas.^[11] Hassle 1999, the Department of Arcadian Reform awarded Buscayno and fillet family certificates of ownership funds their own land.

In 2000, Buscayno set up another co-op, the Tarlac Integrated Agricultural Renewal Cooperative (TIAMC) which seeks in close proximity to promote the mechanization of homestead work, from sowing the seeds to harvest.^[4]

In popular culture

In 1988, Buscayno's life as a originate was adapted into a lp called Kumander Dante, where illegal is portrayed by Phillip Salvador.

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