Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, General Romeo S. Brawner Jr. visited front-line troops in Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 2, and urged them to sustain the military’s gains after recent operations against communist rebels as two soldiers who were injured during separate...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Saturday, May 2, rejected calls for renewed peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), characterizing the group’s activities as criminal acts...
Two American nationals were allegedly among the 19 people killed in an armed encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said on Saturday, April 25....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 is investigating a bloody encounter during the service of a warrant of arrest here against an Abu Sayyaf member on Thursday, April 23, where three persons were killed and an official of the Sangguniang Kabataan was wounded. “Police Regional Office-9...
TACLOBAN CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) member killed in a recent encounter with government troops in Jiabong, Samar was a minor, the military said Tuesday. Capt. Christopher Tataro, spokesperson of the 8th Infantry Division (ID), disclosed this information after the family identified the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three persons were wounded in an encounter between two security aides of a municipal mayor who are also members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Wednesday, April 15, in Barangay Buton, a remote area six kilometers away from the Hadji Mohammad Ajul Municipal Police...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A New People’s Army leader and amazon were killed in an encounter on Thursday, April 9, with government troops in a remote barangay in T’boli, South Cotabato. Brig. Gen. Michael Santos, 603rd Infantry Brigade commander, identified the slain NPA rebels as Anthony Narvasa,...
The Philippine Army (PA) on Black Saturday, April 4, went public with documentation of an alleged female New People’s Army (NPA) rebel placed under its custody following a deadly encounter in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro last week to counter allegations that she was maltreated. The Army’s 203rd...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter on Sunday afternoon in Barangay Nurcia, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur, the military here said. “Troops from the 36th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conducting a security operation in the area when the encounter happened,”...
BACOLOD CITY – Corporal Renold Gardose was laid to rest in Tapaz, Capiz on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 days after he was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Feb. 15. Gardose’s remains arrived in his hometown on Feb. 17 and a...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Military troops clashed with remnants of the communist dismantled New People’s Army (NPA) Komiteng Larangang Gerilya-Island Committee Mindoro (KLG-ICM) in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s Day, resulting in the wounding of a soldier. Troops from the...
LEGAZPI CITY – Three leaders and two members of the New People 's Army (NPA) were killed in a clash with government troops in Camarines Sur province on Tuesday. Major Frank Roldan, 9th Infantry Division spokesperson, said troops from the 83rd Infantry Battalion and the Philippine National...
