Tell everyone I'm alive, says Red spokesman

"I am alive and fighting."

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal relayed this message today through the CPP Information Bureau in reaction to statements by the military and police suggesting that he is dead.

"The statements by the government armed forces and police suggesting that I am dead are meant to lure me to call up our media friends so that the AFP's intelligence units can revive their electronic surveillance to pinpoint my location," said Rosal. "We will not fall for that bait."

Rosal explained that in the past, when he was still directly in touch with reporters, broadcasters and other friends through the use of cellphones, "we found out that the AFP's MIG-21 had been cloning and closely monitoring the cellphones that we use."

"Up to the middle of last year, before we finally stopped relying on cellphones to get in touch with the media and other friends, our counter-intelligence units and the masses noticed the suspicious presence of four vans constantly prowling the fringes of what the military believed was our office. We later found out that the vans were fully equipped with cellphone tracking and scanning equipment."

"The AFP and PNP mistakenly believe that by issuing statements about my supposed demise, they can entice me to let down my guard and draw me out," said Rosal.