BACOLOD CITY – The 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company (Nocpmfc) turned over a newly constructed house to a former member of the New People's Army (NPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, November 13. POLICE Lt. Col. Edison Garcia (second from right), commander of...
BUTUAN CITY – Forty-five former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels finished a six-day deradicalization program at the TESDA Provincial Training Center in Barangay Bad-as, Placer, Surigao del Norte on November 11. FORTY-FIVE former NPA rebels participate in a six-day deradicalization program in...
ILOILO CITY – The 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army seized ammunition from an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. Troops recovered four live ammunition and 19 empty cartridges of 5.56mm following an encounter in Sitio Bacan, Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) following a gun battle in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 8. The Army withheld the names of the two rebel returnees for security reasons....
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – A soldier was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay San Fernando, Laur, Nueva Ecija on Sunday, October 8. Major Gen. Andrew D. Costelo, Army 7th Infantry Division commander, identified the fatality as Private First Class Sher Nelson B....
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 7. The Army has yet to release the names of the fatalities as of posting time. POLICE...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) did not let up in its anti-insurgency campaign last month despite the enormous task of securing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. THE Visayas Command reported that several members of the New People’s Army surrendered and...
INFANTA, Quezon – Two cousins were reportedly abducted by the New People’s Army in Sitio Pinapinan, Barangay Magsaysay, this town, last month. Police identified the kidnap victims as Jojo Adoba and Noel Velasco. Velasco’s wife told the Infanta Municipal Police Station on Wednesday,...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with the police and military in Barangay Upper Atok, Flora, Apayao on Friday morning, October 20. The NPA rebel was identified as Roger Antonio, alias “Bernard” of Barangay Peru, Lasam, Cagayan....
TACLOBAN CITY – Seven New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the 78th Infantry (Warrior) Battalion through the FReE Families program recently. SEVEN communist fighters recently surrendered under the FReE Families program. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry (Peerless)...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 4 th Infantry (Diamond) Division reported the neutralization of 40 New People’s Army rebels from July to September during the 3rd Quarter Campaign Progress Review and Assessment (CPRA) and command conference in Camp Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, on Wednesday,...
CEBU CITY – A group of former rebels in Bohol province has returned to the fold of the law. Sixty-one former rebels and sympathizers showed up at the provincial capitol in Tagbilaran City on Wednesday, October 18, where they expressed their allegiance to the government. Gov. Erico Aristotle...
