The most powerful group was the Hukbalahap, or Huks, a 25,000-strong peasant army based in Luzon. The communist-influenced Huks not only attacked the Japanese but also seized land from landlords.

1942-1954 - Hukbalahap Rebellion: Rebellion by former Hukbalahap or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon ("People's Army Against Japan") soldiers against the Philippine government. During the Japanese ...

This was primarily due to the influence of my father, who was a commander of the Hukbalahap and eventually became an active member of the Nationalist Citizens Party (NCP). The first political ...

After the 1954 Magsaysay consecration, our nation weathered what was then its main security threat, the Marxist Hukbalahap communist insurgency, even as Vietnam was bloodied by two decades of ...

The story is set in 1946 after the Japanese Imperial Army surrenders to American forces Gregorio Magtanggol a Hukbalahap member who continues the fight against abusive civilian guards after World ...