BUTUAN CITY – A high-ranking New People 's Army (NPA) leader was killed in an encounter on Monday morning in Sitio Casting, Barangay Bayan, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur. The 401st Infantry Brigade identified the slain NPA leader as Edilberto Daval, alias Bong, also known in the underground...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old New People 's Army (NPA) militiaman wanted for the killing of an individual in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental three years ago was arrested in Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. Police served an arrest warrant for murder against Ben-Ben of...
Retired military and police generals have thrown their support behind Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. over his opposition to reviving national-level peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday reiterated his support for the Philippine Army, saying that the pursuit of the New People 's Army (NPA) remnants in Toboso town on April 19 was a legitimate military operation. The encounter in Barangay Salamanca led to the...
The government’s anti-insurgency task force on Friday, May 8, pushed back against claims that the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental was a massacre, urging the public to wait for the full forensic and official investigation before making conclusions. In a statement, National Task...
Police have arrested in Diffun, Quirino a 44-year-old New People’s Army rebel wanted for the ambush of 14 soldiers after more than a decade in hiding. The suspect, Ka Ariel, was apprehended on May 5 on a warrant dated Feb. 4, 2014 for multiple murder with no bail recommended. The suspect was...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry Division (ID) has expressed support for the recent security advisory issued by the United States Embassy in the Philippines, warning Americans against engaging with or supporting designated terrorist organizations, particularly in Eastern Visayas. In a statement...
TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Southern Leyte, in partnership with the Philippine Army, formally declared the province insurgency-free on Tuesday following the deaths and surrender of hundreds of leaders, combatants, and supporters of the New People 's Army (NPA) in recent...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete awarded two soldiers wounded in recent encounters with suspected communist rebels in Negros Island. The two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conferred the Military Merit Medal while recuperating in...
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, took a swipe at “entitled” critics who defend armed rebels while soldiers sacrificed their lives on the field amid fresh rumors of a “military-backed” destabilization plot against the Marcos...
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...
