She was not aware. This is the claim of Karla Estrada after she drew flak using the tune "Ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan," considered the anthem of the New People's Army (NPA), in a recent post, which, ironically, was about her joining the Philippine Army as reservist. Although she has since taken down...
Various government agencies in the defense, security, and peace sectors slammed on Tuesday, June 6, the recent explosion allegedly orchestrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Las Navas, Northern Samar which killed two civilians. *(Photo courtesy of 803rd Brigade, 8th Infantry Division) * Roel...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) 8th Infantry Division (8ID) identified on Monday, June 5, the two civilian workers who died when suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels detonated an anti-personnel mine in Las Navas, Northern Samar. *(Photo courtesy of 803rd Brigade, 8th Infantry...
ILOILO CITY – A joint regional body has declared Bacolod City free from communist insurgency. OFFICIALS of law enforcement bodies declare Bacolod City free from communist insurgency. (303rd IB) The Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC-6) affirmed this status in a...
NUEVA ECIJA – Twenty-three members of two big groups in this province identified with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) have withdrawn their support to the rebel movement. Three were from the Alyansa ng Mamamayang Nagkakaisa (ALMANA)...
A show of force. This was how Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 10, described her appointment as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Executive committee meeting of the National Task Force to End Local...
The alleged head of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) regional command in Bicol was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in a pre-dawn operation in Malabon City on Tuesday, May 9. (Photo: Philippine Army / Kalinaw News) The PA...
The Philippine Army’s 2 nd Infantry Division (2ID) condemned the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) on Thursday, April 27, after a soldier was allegedly killed by rebels in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. (Courtesy of 2nd...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied on Friday, April 21, that alleged communist leaders and couple Benito and Wilma Tiamzon were imprisoned and tortured before being killed by soldiers in Catbalogan City, Samar last year as the military leadership branded as “propaganda” the claims...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 20, commended law enforcement agencies for the arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader Eric Casilao earlier this week in Malaysia. (Photo via Manila Bulletin) In a statement, the official expressed that she was “glad” the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) hailed on Tuesday, April 18, the arrest and eventual deportation of alleged communist leader Eric Casilao in Malaysia. (Photo via MANILA BULLETIN) Col. Medel Aguilar, AFP spokesperson, said Casilao was “behind all the atrocities and crimes” committed by...
A ranking official of the government’s primary anti-communist task force declared Monday, April 17, that the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao has been “totally defeated” following the arrest of alleged communist leader Eric Casilao. (Photo via Manila Bulletin) According to...
