BUTUAN CITY – A 19-year-old information officer and courier of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police here on Saturday, May 30. He turned over a Colt M4 rifle, magazines, and bullets. Butuan City Police Office Director Police Col. Richie M. Yatar said the rebel returnee belonged...
BACOLOD CITY – The Toboso Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental prayed for peace and healing of the community on Friday, May 29, following the encounter where 19 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels where killed in Sitio Plarinding, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso on April 19. Rev. Fr. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said that 30-year-old New People 's Army rebel Vince Francis Dingding from Cebu City was buried in a public cemetery in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 24, a week after he was killed along with four communist rebels in an encounter with the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) does not want to do a lot of talking in dealing with communist rebels and instead vowed to sustain intensified operations to permanently dismantle their remaining operational units. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the police organization...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. lauded local government officials of Negros Occidental led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for the province’s initiatives to address insurgency. On Saturday, Teodoro met Lacson and other Negrense officials at the Provincial Capitol here ahead of...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Saturday, May 23, challenged groups claiming that civilians were among the 19 people killed in the controversial military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last month, saying the allegations were based on “hearsay” and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is concentrating on the forensic examination of evidence recovered from the April 19 encounter in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental, where 19 people, including two foreigners and three minors, were killed. During...
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old former member of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) was shot dead in Purok Vanda, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, May 19. Police said that the victim Joseph...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Cauayan in Negros Occidental and the 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) have formally turned over the remains of four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in an encounter in the town on May 16. Rev. Fr. Philip Palacios prayed and blessed the bodies of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) announced on Tuesday, May 19, that the family of Vince Francis Dingding, who was killed in an encounter between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on May 16, would...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor John Rey Tabujara urged residents of Cauayan, Negros Occidental to remain calm and vigilant in the aftermath of encounters where five New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in Barangays Abaca and Poblacion on Saturday, May 16. Tabujara asked the people of Cauayan to cooperate...
BACOLOD CITY – Two high-ranking leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) were among the five fatalities in the series of encounters with the Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Abaca and Poblacion, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 16. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of...
