Bernabe Buscayno Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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.
Survived an assassination attempt in 1987. He was hit by shrapnel from a grenade when armed men attacked. Two of his companions in the car died while the other two were wounded. Buscayno himself still has three pieces of shrapnel in his back up to the present.
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Together with some militant leaders, he formed the Partido ng Bayan (PnB) in 1987. Buscayno ran for senator but did not win.
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His first work as a teenager was a cane cutter, earning 18 pesos for a six-day week. He led a small uprising to force the landowner to increase their wages. He was later recruited into the Communist Party of the Philippines at age 17.
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He was put up for adoption after his father could not support the children following their mother's death.
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One of eight children born to impoverished tenant farmers in Capas, Tarlac. His mother died due to tuberculosis while his seven-year-old sister died of meningitis.
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The founder of the New People's Army (NPA), the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. From a group composed of about 35 members with only 10 rifles between them, the NPA grew and spread throughout the Philippines, challenging the regime of then dictator Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law years. He was captured in September 1976 at age 32. He was released 10 years later - in March 1986 - when Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency following a people's power.
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Known as Kumander Dante in the Philippine revolutionary movement.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kumander Dante
1988
story
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution
1988
Documentary as Kumander Dante
Known for movies
Kumander Dante 1988 as Writer
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution 1988 as Actor
$14 Million