CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has extended financial assistance to the families of five New People’s Army rebels who died in an encounter with government troops in Bilar last month. AUMENTADO (FB) Through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development, Gov. Aris Aumentado handed...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – Police nabbed a wanted New People’s Army rebel in Pinukpuk, Kalinga, on Tuesday, March 19. MIKO'S mugshot. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) The suspect, Miko, 56, of Benito Soliven, Isabela, was sought for murder and multiple attempted murder. Miko, a member of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for robbery was arrested in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. MAP of Negros Occidental with Sagay City highlighted. The suspect was apprehended on an arrest warrant dated February 20, 2023 a day after he surrendered to...
TACLOBAN CITY – Authorities have dismantled two more New People’s Army (NPA) units in Eastern Visayas. These were Platoon 2 of Island Committee 47 Levox operating in the provinces of Leyte, Biliran, and Southern Leyte, and the Elcon Platoon of Sub-Regional Committee Browser operating in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader surrendered to the 79th Infantry Battalion in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 17. MAP of Negros Occidental with Sagay City highlighted. The rebel returnee was a vice squad leader or intelligence officer of Squad 1, SDG Platoon...
BUTUAN CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion in Carmen, Surigao del Sur, over the weekend. FOUR New People’s Army surrendered to the 36th Infantry Battalion in Carmen, Surigao del Sur last weekend. (Photo of via Mike U. Crismundo) ...
BACOLOD CITY – The 62nd Infantry Battalion foiled the plan of the New People’s Army (NPA) to disrupt socio-economic programs in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 15. Troops engaged four remnants of the Leonardo Panaligan Command of the NPA under Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu,...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Two New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police in Mountain Province and Kalinga. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said a 35-year-old team leader of Squad Dos, Unit Malliari of Ka SLY under the Lejo Cawilan...
SURIGAO CITY – Surigao del Norte has been declared insurgency-free after the massive and successive surrender of high-ranking New People’s Army leaders in the province at the provincial gymnasium here on Friday, March 15. Gov. Lyndon Barbers said that the province has become conflict-manageable...
Philippine Army personnel conduct a live fire exercise using the Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS) 1155 self-propelled guns and M119 105mm Howitzer during the Combined Armes Training Exercise (Catex) "Katihan" Battle Period 2 at Col. Ernesto Rabina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac on March...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army leader surrendered to the government in Surigao del Norte on Monday, March 11. A TOP NPA amazon and her three comrades yielded these guns and bullets in Surigao del Norte. (Photo via Mike Crismundo) Capt. Jonel G. Castillo, Civil-Military Operations (CMO)...
BUTUAN CITY – Fourteen New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to the military in the Caraga region. They surrendered nine high-powered firearms and vowed to support the government’s peace and development program, said 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Lt. Col....
