INFANTA, Quezon – Police arrested a New People's Army (NPA) rebel wanted for attempted murder and arson in Barangay Comon here on Friday morning, August 9. Police identified the suspect as Banini de la Cruz, 18, alias Gea, a resident of Barangay Lumutan, General Nakar, Quezon. De la Cruz was...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Alan M. Nazarro on Friday afternoon, August 9, disclosed the arrest of a New People’s Army regional adviser listed as the Caraga region’s No. 1 most wanted person in Parañaque City on Monday,...
Philippine Army (PA) and United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) test fire the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during the Salaknib Exercise at the Canantong Fire Base in Laur, Nueva Ecija on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo: PA) At the backdrop of China’s watchful eyes, the Philippine Army (PA)...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers killed six New People’s Army rebels in separate clashes in Iloilo province this week. SIX New People's Army rebels were killed in encounters in Calinog, Iloilo this week, five of them in Barangay Aglonok. The 12th Infantry Battalion and the 82nd IB recovered five...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the 61st founding anniversary of the Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) of the Philippine Army at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Owing to its experience when the Marawi siege...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an 15-minute encounter with soldiers in Calinog town, Iloilo province on Monday, August 5. The 12th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army has yet to identify the fatality but said he could be a ranking-leader of the NPA Central...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventeen former New People’s Army rebels from Negros Occidental recently received financial assistance totaling P228,000 from the provincial government. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson recently turned over financial assistance to 17 former New People’s Army...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A New People's Army rebel was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Barangay Tagpocol, San Fernando town, Camarines Sur province on Saturday, August 3. MUNICIPAL hall of San Fernando, Camarines Sur. (Wikipedia) The fatality was identified as Jerrymie Pustillos, alias...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A 28-year-old New People’s Army rebel surrendered to the police in Cavite on Friday, August 2. The surrenderer was identified as David, single, a resident of Calaca, Batangas. David was a call center agent before he joined the NPA in the Barrio under Platoon Silangan,...
BACOLOD CITY – Soldiers killed two New People’s Army rebels on Wednesday and Thursday in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, spokesperson of the Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), said the 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) was responding to information...
Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido directs the troops to ensure a peaceful and orderly BARMM Parliament 2025 elections. (Photo: PA) Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido directed the Maguindanao-based 6 th Infantry Division (6ID) to help secure...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in encounter with the military in Sitio Pasto, Purok 5, Barangay Basak, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 29. A NEW People’s Army rebel was killed in a clash with government forces in Barangay Basak, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on...