BUTUAN CITY – The 29th Infantry Battalion foiled an extortion attempt by the New People’s Army in Barangay Del Pilar, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Tuesday, March 12. Lt. Col. Cresencio Gargar, 29th IB commanding officer, said they received information from residents regarding the...
BACOLOD CITY – The 79th Infantry Battalion dug up a communist arms cache in Sitio Mocabog, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 11. TROOPS discovered a communist weapons cache in Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 11, days...
(File photo) The Philippine Army's (PA) leadership underscored its dedication to promote women's access to justice after the wife of a military personnel reportedly attempted to block his promotion due to alleged abuses. Army Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido reiterated that the...
ILOILO CITY – The body of a slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was recently exhumed in Barangay Siya, Tapaz town, Capiz province. SOLDIERS exhume the body of a slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Tapaz town, Capiz province. (Army 12th IB) The 301st Infantry Brigade (IB) of the Philippine...
BUTUAN CITY – Nine New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, March 9. “For their safety, these demoralized, and tired NPAs ran away from their camp and gave up themselves to the operating unit of the Army 29th...
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela – Police served a warrant of arrest for murder on a New People’s Army rebel detained in this city on Friday, March 8. Police Lt. Col. Lord Wilson J. Adorio, chief of police here, identified the suspect as Rey Villadores. Villadores was the No. 2 wanted NPA personality in...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), through the 301st Infantry Brigade (IB), provided medical and financial assistance to a lady New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wounded in an encounter with government forces in Iloilo recently. THE family of wounded New People’s Army...
A Philippine Army (PA) personnel donates blood during the launching of the two-day blood donation drive by the PA on March 8, 2024 at the PA Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. (Photo by PA) The Philippine Army (PA) is targeting to collect 50,000 blood bags during a two-day blood donation...
BUTUAN CITY – Sixty-six former New People’s Army fighters in the Caraga region received cash assistance from the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Wednesday, March 6. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (seated fourth from left) leads the turnover of...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers and the New People’s Army clashed in Miag-ao, Iloilo on Monday, March 4. SOLDIERS recovered communist weapons following encounters in Miag-ao, Iloilo on March 4. (301st IB) The first gun battle with the Southern Panay Front Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay erupted in Barangay...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Lawmen found a New People’s Army weapons stash in Sitio Uta, Barangay Gawaan, Balbalan, Kalinga on Tuesday, March 5. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, spokesperson of the Kalinga police provincial office, said they received information from rebel returnees that communist weapons...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of New People’s Army combatants, including the Regional Strike Force in Negros Occidental, has dropped to 33 from 258 in 2019, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, said. Edralin said that the Central Negros 1, CN 2, and the Northern...
