CUYAPO, Nueva Ecija – Police arrested a former member of the New People's Army and the Liga ng Manggagawang Bukid wanted for murder in Barangay Rizal, Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija on Sunday, September 10. Jose Garbin Jr., listed as the most wanted person in the municipality of Cuyapo, was apprehended...
BUTUAN CITY – Eighty children of former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Agusan del Norte received early Christmas gifts from the military over the weekend. Recipients received clothing, hygiene kits, food packs, and other essentials during a gift-giving activity held at the headquarters of...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – A member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) Yunit Militia (YM) wanted for murder for 18 years and his comrade were arrested by the military and police in an operation in remote Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday...
AFP Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. visits the wake of five CAFGU members who died in an armed encounter with New People's Army rebels in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Sept. 8, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. lauded the bravery and selfless commitment of...
A soldier looks at the remains of one of the six alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels who died in a series of encounters in Bilar, Bohol on Sept. 7, 2023. (Photo by 3ID) The remains of five alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who were killed in a series of encounters in Bohol last week have...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL With full disclosure, I’ll confess I’m more of a fiction reader; and so when I was asked to moderate the Monday morning mini presscon for noted author and New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell, I had to scramble and read up on him over...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army foiled a landmine attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. The 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) recovered a landmine and electrical wire following a clash with communist rebels on Thursday, September 7. Troops from the 61st IB troops...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) maintained that the New People’s Army in Bohol has been dismantled despite the most recent encounter in the municipality of Bilar. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 chief Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, said...
(Unsplash) A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman is prodding his fellow lawmakers to join him in his mission to fix the Philippine penal system. In a recent privilege speech in the House of...
CEBU CITY – The six members of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) killed in an encounter with government troops in Bilar town, Bohol on Thursday morning have been identified. The fatalities were identified as Jingler Compoc, alias “Keth,” from Bilar, Bohol; Ruben Nabas, alias “Bogs,” from...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A team leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in South Cotabato surrendered to the military on Thursday, September 7. Lt. Col. Carlyleo Nagac, Army 5th Special Forces Battalion commander, identified the surrenderer as “Mateo,” 35, who...
CEBU CITY – Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters in Bilar, Bohol on Thursday morning, September 7. Lt. Col. Israel Galorio, Armed Forces-Visayas Command information officer, said seven high-powered NPA firearms were seized following the gun battles. Galorio said...
