ILAGAN CITY, Isabela – Police served a warrant of arrest for murder on a New People’s Army rebel detained in this city on Friday, March 8. Police Lt. Col. Lord Wilson J. Adorio, chief of police here, identified the suspect as Rey Villadores. Villadores was the No. 2 wanted NPA personality in...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), through the 301st Infantry Brigade (IB), provided medical and financial assistance to a lady New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wounded in an encounter with government forces in Iloilo recently. THE family of wounded New People’s Army...
A Philippine Army (PA) personnel donates blood during the launching of the two-day blood donation drive by the PA on March 8, 2024 at the PA Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. (Photo by PA) The Philippine Army (PA) is targeting to collect 50,000 blood bags during a two-day blood donation...
BUTUAN CITY – Sixty-six former New People’s Army fighters in the Caraga region received cash assistance from the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Wednesday, March 6. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (seated fourth from left) leads the turnover of...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers and the New People’s Army clashed in Miag-ao, Iloilo on Monday, March 4. SOLDIERS recovered communist weapons following encounters in Miag-ao, Iloilo on March 4. (301st IB) The first gun battle with the Southern Panay Front Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay erupted in Barangay...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Lawmen found a New People’s Army weapons stash in Sitio Uta, Barangay Gawaan, Balbalan, Kalinga on Tuesday, March 5. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, spokesperson of the Kalinga police provincial office, said they received information from rebel returnees that communist weapons...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of New People’s Army combatants, including the Regional Strike Force in Negros Occidental, has dropped to 33 from 258 in 2019, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, said. Edralin said that the Central Negros 1, CN 2, and the Northern...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has extended various assistance to residents affected by the encounter between government troops and the New People’s Army in Barangay Campagao, Bilar. SOCIAL workers conduct stress debriefing on residents affected by the recent encounter in Bilar...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Soldiers discovered war materials hidden in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, this town, on Saturday, March 2. TROOPS found communist war materials in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga last week. (Freddie G. Lazaro) Major Rigor...
ILOILO CITY – An M16 rifle recovered by the Philippine Army in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Joaquin, Iloilo was found to be one of the high-powered firearms taken from the Maasin, Iloilo police station in a raid in 2017. BRIG. Gen. Michael Samson, commander of the 301st...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces-Visayas Command on Saturday, March 2, said it had dealt a major blow to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in the Visayas through a series of operations in the month of February. FIREARMS and other items were seized in an encounter...
New recruits stand in formation during their oath taking for the opening of the Candidate Soldier Course Class 792-2024 at the Office Candidate School Grounds of Camp O’Donnell in Capas, Tarlac on March 1, 2024. (Courtesy of Philippine Army) The Philippine Army (PA) has began training 708 new...