ILIGAN CITY – A member of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Kalangan, Piagapo, Lanao del Sur on Saturday, Jan. 25. The fatality was identified as Nasruding Dimapinto Nasrudin, alias Hodaifa. The Joint Task Group Haribon led by Col. Billy...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said that ground commanders have filed a protest against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the bloody encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. ARMED Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (center)...
DAVAO CITY – Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. condemned the attack against government soldiers by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Galvez, a former military general, described...
DAVAO CITY – The 101st Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the ambush of soldiers in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday afternoon by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as the incident raises concern on the groups role in fostering peace in the province. LUZON...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in an encounter with suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip town, Basilan province on Wednesday, Jan. 22. MEDICAL staff in a Basilan hospital attend to soldiers wounded in an...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 12th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Naatip, Barangay Lahug, Tapaz town, Capiz province on Saturday, Dec. 28. SOLDIERS carry the remains of an unidentified New People’s Army (NPA) rebel killed in an encounter in Tapaz...
TACLOBAN CITY – A notorious leader of the New People’s Army was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division in Barangay Cawayan, Catbalogan City, Samar on Dec. 13. The military identified the fatality as Artemio Solayao, alias Budil,...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Troops arrested two suspected civilian New People’s Army supporters in an encounter here on Thursday, Dec. 12. The two individuals were identified as Ronilo and Genero. The 85th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army was patrolling Barangay Guinhalinan when it engaged...
LOBO, Batangas – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and a soldier was wounded in a firefight here on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4. TROOPS recovered two firearms from the New People’s Army following a 20-minute firefight in Barangay Balibago in Lobo, Batangas on Dec. 4. The military...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry Division said two of the six New People’s Army rebels killed in an encounter in Barangay Paco, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Monday were top leaders of the Subregional Committee Emporium of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of...
BACOLOD CITY – Soldiers discovered a New People’s Army camp following an encounter in Barangay Damutan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Sunday morning, Nov. 24. Brig. Gen. Joey Escanillas, commander of the Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said troops engaged the fleeing remnants of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Eight New People’s Army rebels have been killed in encounters with the military in Barangay Gatuslao, Candoni, Negros Occidental last week. A PRIEST blesses the remains of six New People’s Army rebels killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay...
