Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian congratulated Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena for clinching the country’s first gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Saturday, Sept. 30. EJ Obiena wins the first gold medal for Team PH at the 19th Asian Games. (PSC-POC Pool)...
BUTUAN CITY – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) has provided rice aid to former New People’s Army (NPA) fighters in Agusan del Norte. FORMER New People’s Army (NPA) rebels receive rice aid from the OPAPRU and 23 rd Infantry Battalion in...
BACOLOD CITY – Twelve members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including squad leaders and a high-ranking official of the Northern Negros Front (NNF) in Negros Occidental, have surrendered to the military. They and their firearms were presented to Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the...
ILOILO CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) in Leon town, Iloilo province on Friday, September 29. The Army has yet to identify three fatalities. Soldiers from the 61 st IB were in the boundary of Barangays Cagay and Danao...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it is high time for the government to resolve expeditiously the issues of poverty and inequality being suffered by the members of the indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) in the country. It said the problems could be resolved with the immediate passage...
BACOLOD CITY – The families of six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in a clash with the military last week in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas on Monday, September 25. Each family...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said that they are open to any probe on the encounter that killed six members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental last week. “We are confident, and we firmly believe that the said encounter was a legitimate...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and guns and bullets were captured in encounters in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur and Impasug-ong, Bukidnon recently. Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Major Francisco P. Garello Jr. said troops under...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two New People’s Army amazons surrendered in Sitio Kabute, Barangay Real, Calamba City, this province, on Monday, September 25. The 402nd A Maneuver Company Regional Mobile Force Battalion 4-A identified the surrenderers as alias “Iska,” 25, from Calamba...
BACOLOD CITY – Troops recovered the service firearm of a slain soldier following a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Lubi, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 21. The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said the government-issued .45 caliber pistol...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division said the encounter on Thursday, September 21, in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, in which six New People’s Army rebels were killed, is a big blow to the communist guerrillas and brings them closer to becoming inconsequential. The military has...
BACOLOD CITY – Six members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Lubi, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 21. The 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as alias...
