TACLOBAN CITY – A soldier and a police officer were honored for sacrificing their lives during and after recent clashes with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Las Navas, Northern Samar. Corporal Arcel Sicnoy of the Philippine Army (PA) and Police Executive Master Sergeant Harry Palao-ay of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer drowned after the boat he was riding capsized following crime scene processing in connection with an encounter in Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on Saturday, Aug. 2. The Northern Samar Police Provincial Office mourned the death of Police...
TACLOBAN CITY - Two consecutive encounters led to the death of eight suspected members of the New People 's Army and seizure of eight high-powered firearms in the hinterlands of Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, Thursday. The first firefight erupted at around 2:30 a.m. as...
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...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with the 19th Infantry “Commando” Battalion in Barangay Paco, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Monday, Dec. 2. The casualties were members of the Subregional Committee Emporium, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry “Stormtroopers” Division mourned the death of a soldier in an encounter with the New People's Army in Barangay Lourdes, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on May 16. SOLDIERS pay tribute to Corporal Isagani Balmes from the 19th Infantry Battalion who was killed in an...
TACLOBAN CITY – A medical officer and political instructor of the New People's Army (NPA) surrendered to the 20th Infantry (We Lead) Battalion in Las Navas, Northern Samar recently. Alias “Leah” yielded two M16 rifles, improvised explosives, and ammunition. She was affiliated with the Platoon...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan called the recent landmine explosion that killed two civilians in Las Navas town a display of violence by the New People's Army. GOV. Edwin Ongchuan (NEDA FB) The victims who were residents of Barangay Quirino, Las Navas were construction workers...
ONGCHUAN (FB) TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan has condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) landmine attack in Barangay Quirino, Las Navas town on Sunday, Dec. 18, in which six soldiers from the 20th Infantry Battalion securing a government project were injured. "This inhumane...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six soldiers of the Army 20th Infantry "We Lead" Battalion (IB) were wounded in a landmine attack by the New People’s Army in Barangay Quirino, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Sunday, Dec. 18. Communist guerillas detonated anti-personnel mines (APMs) against the Mobile Community...
