ILOILO CITY – The 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army and the Regional Mobile Force Battalion of the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized high-powered firearms following an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Iloilo on Thursday, March 30. Recovered after the gunfight...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army leaders were killed in separate encounters with government troops in Agusan del Sur this week. Col. Francisco Lorenzo, commanding officer of the 401st Infantry Brigade based in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, said “Salem,” secretary of the Sub-Regional...
ILIGAN CITY – Troops under the Joint Task Force ZamPeLan encountered an estimated 10 communist terrorists at Sitio Kandusan, Barangay Siloy, Calamba town in Misamis Occidental on Sunday, March 26. Joint Task Force ZamPeLan commander, Maj. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, said soldiers of the 10th Infantry...
MACALELON, Quezon – The police and military clashed with the New People’s Army in Sitio Aak, Barangay Vista Hermosa here on Friday afternoon, March 24. The 85th Infantry Battalion (IB) led by 2nd Lt. Vincent Semilla and the 2nd Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company encountered the Platun...
TACLOBAN CITY – A soldier and a New People’s Army rebel were killed in an encounter in Barangay Geparayan de Turag, Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, on Monday, March 20. Col. Efren Morados, 803rd Infantry Brigade commander, said troops were responding to a tip from a concerned civilian regarding...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – Two soldiers wounded in an encounter in Gattaran, Cagayan over the weekend have been awarded for their gallantry in action. Major Gen. Fernyl Buca, Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command chief, pinned the Wounded Personnel Medal to Sgt. Wilme D....
ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade in Barangay Tikalaan, Talakag, Bukidnon on Sunday, March 19. Troops were patrolling the area when they chanced upon 30 communist guerrillas, triggering a 45-minute skirmish. An NPA...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Two soldiers were wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tanglagan here on Saturday, March 18. Troops recovered two improvised explosive devices, blasting caps, 15 cartridges containing bullets, a solar panel, C4, various medical supplies, a cellphone,...
BALBALAN, Kalinga – A New People’s Army leader was killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army 50th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Babacong, Barangay Gawaan, here on Thursday, March 9. Major Rigor Pamittan, chief of the 5th Infantry Division Public Affairs Division in Camp Melchor dela Cruz,...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Three suspected members of a lawless armed group were killed while a policemen was wounded in a shootout in Barangay Macabual, Pikit, Cotabato on Saturday, March 11. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 (Soccsksargen or the South Cotabato, Cotabato,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group fighter was killed while two soldiers were wounded in two encounters in Sulu on Monday, Feb. 20. Major Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said government troops first engaged the ASG in Barangay Kabbon Takas, Patikul when the 111th...
DAVAO CITY – The military transported the remains of communist rebel Didi Andel, alias ‘’Sisoy,’’ who died in a recent skirmish in Santa Margarita, Baggao, Cagayan to his hometown in Davao del Norte. His body arrived on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Tactical Operations Wing Eastern Mindanao in...
