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...
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...
Allies are standing by the Philippines after two Philippine vessels experienced dangerous maneuvers from China, with one of them colliding with a Chinese vessel and left four Filipinos injured. The United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France,...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has extended various assistance to residents affected by the encounter between government troops and the New People’s Army in Barangay Campagao, Bilar. SOCIAL workers conduct stress debriefing on residents affected by the recent encounter in Bilar...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Soldiers discovered war materials hidden in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, this town, on Saturday, March 2. TROOPS found communist war materials in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga last week. (Freddie G. Lazaro) Major Rigor...
ILOILO CITY – An M16 rifle recovered by the Philippine Army in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Joaquin, Iloilo was found to be one of the high-powered firearms taken from the Maasin, Iloilo police station in a raid in 2017. BRIG. Gen. Michael Samson, commander of the 301st...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces-Visayas Command on Saturday, March 2, said it had dealt a major blow to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in the Visayas through a series of operations in the month of February. FIREARMS and other items were seized in an encounter...
ILOILO CITY – Four New People’s Army rebels have been killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in San Joaquin, Iloilo. REMAINS of three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. (Army 301st IB) The...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 149 families or 372 individuals were displaced in the latest encounter between the military and the New People’s Army in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 27. TROOPS recovered high-powered New People’s Army firearms in...
