ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 61 st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Barangay Culyat, Valderrama town, Antique province on Saturday, August 24. GUNS and bullets were seized in an August 24 clash in Valderrama, Antique. (Army...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry Battalion on Friday, August 23, identified the New People’s Army couple killed in a clash in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 22. GUNS and bullets were recovered from a New People’s Army couple killed in an encounter with the...
BACOLOD CITY -- Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the military in Sitio Pisok, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 22. The Army has yet to identify the two casualties -- a man and a woman. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army leader and medic surrendered to the military in Barangay Nato, Taft, Eastern Samar this week. Rolando Romanca, commanding officer of the Apoy Platoon, Sub-Regional Committee Sesame, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee, and medic Jovy Mendez yielded to...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People’s Army leaders in Eastern Visayas surrendered to the military this week. Alias Leo, alias Omer or Lovely, leader of Squad 2, Sub-Regional Guerilla Unit (SRGU), and alias Mael, finance officer of P2, Front Committee 15, both from the Sub-Regional Committee (SRC)...
ILOILO CITY — The most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leader in the Visayas was killed in a clash with government troops in Lambunao town, Iloilo province. BOCALA (Tara Yap) The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army confirmed that Maria Concepcion Araneta-Bocala or “Ka Concha”...
BUTUAN CITY – Six New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police in the Caraga region on Wednesday, August 14. The PRO 13-Regional Operations Division identified them as Jul, 60, and Jon, 33, who yielded in Agusan del Sur; Saski, 34, who surrendered in Butuan City; and Ton-ton, Alden, and...
ILOILO CITY — The University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas denied that its campuses in this city and province of Iloilo are recruitment grounds for the New People’s Army (NPA). THE University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas campus in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “UP-Visayas is a safe space where...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Armed Forces of the Philippines is working hard to finally dismantle the New People’s Army and eyeing the zero presence of communist rebels in the island of Mindoro by the end of this year. Col. Eric D. Guevarra, deputy brigade commander of the 203rd Brigade...
BTS ARMYs (fans) have denied initiating the #SugaChallenge in support of embattled K-pop star Suga who is being investigated for drunk driving. Last Aug. 6, Suga, who is currently fulfilling his military service as a social worker, fell off while driving an electric scooter in...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division has identified the five New People’s Army rebels killed in a clash in Calinog, Iloilo, on Thursday, August 8. HIGH-POWERED firearms were recovered in an encounter between the New People’s Army and the military on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Calinog,...
The maritime situation in the West Philippine Sea has yet to calm, yet there is already a looming concern on the instability in the country's airspace. President Marco lamented this as he condemned on Sunday, Aug. 11, the air incident in Bajo de Masinloc earlier this week, stressing that the...
