Key Philippine Military and Insurgency-Related Events Youth, IPs, urban poor urged to protect freedom from leftists From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 12, 2019): Youth, IPs, urban poor urged to protect freedom from leftists Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año As the nation celebrates the 121st anniversary of the Philippine Independence declaration, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año on Wednesday called on all peace-loving Filipinos, particularly the youth, indigenous peoples (IPs), and urban poor, “to protect our freedom and shun recruitment of leftist enemies of the state who are behind communist terrorism in the country". Año said while the country has long been freed from Spanish colonial control, the threat posed by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army- National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), which is out to deceive the youth and other vulnerable sectors to join them ...