Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla on Monday, July 18 said Philippine communist rebellion is a local issue, not an international one. Padilla stressed this as he threw his full support behind localized peace talks with communist rebels. He also voiced his support for institutionalizing the National...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) -- A lady communist rebel in Bukidnon decided to surrender to the government for the future of her children and family. During a briefing Friday, July 15, alias "Bertha" said she wants a life for her children without association with the Communist Party of...
The government’s primary anti-communist task force “strongly” recommended the granting of amnesty to communist rebels who will return to the folds of the law supposedly to prevent the resurgence of communist rebellion that has hounded the country for more than five decades already. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – They will now set out to hunt their former comrades in the communist movement. Two former combatants of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas-Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB) in Negros Occidental have become soldiers and are now...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Cordillera has awarded P30,000 in livelihood assistance each to four former communist rebels. FOUR former communist rebels receive livelihood aid from the government in a ceremony in Benguet July 12. Nathaniel Lacambra, ...
BUTUAN CITY -- Five alleged top leaders of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) operating in Caraga region have surrendered to the field troops of the Army’s 402nd Infantry ‘Stinger’ Brigade (402nd Brigade), military official reported Thursday afternoon. Chief of Public Affairs Office (PAO) of...
ILIGAN CITY -- A couple belonging to the communist terrorist group (CTG) surrendered to the Military's 97th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Piñan, Zamboanga Del Norte on Tuesday, July 5. Photo courtesy of WesMinCom Col. Nolasco Coderos, Jr., Commanding Officer of the 97IB, identified the...
ISABELA -- Three members of the Communist terrorist group surrendered to the 502nd Infantry ‘Liberator’ Brigade at San Pablo and Santiago City, Isabela from June 27-30. On Saturday , Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr, Commander of Northern Luzon Command, identified the CTG members as alias...
An alleged wanted communist rebel and a police officer were killed in an armed encounter in Pasay City on Friday, June 24. Philippine National Police (File photo) Police Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, chief of PNP public information office, identified the suspect as a certain Hubert Aplacador....
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees nothing wrong with the order of the National Security Council (NSC) to restrict the websites of groups tagged as allies of the communist rebels. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said the legal basis in restricting...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Tuesday, June 21, that it will thwart any attempt of leftist groups to throw into disarray the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr. In a statement, the DILG specifically pointed out that it would...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Two members of the communist terrorist group (CTG) voluntarily surrendered one after the other on Tuesday (June 14) and Wednesday (June 15) on separate locations. In Aurora, ‘Ka Jojo,’ 50, surrendered to the authorities on Wednesday, according to...
