The 8th Infantry Division (8ID) of the Philippine Army (PA) said that it was confirming reports that alleged communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon were among those killed during an explosion of a motorbanca carrying armed individuals in Catbalogan City, Samar early Monday, August 22. Benito...
Around 10,000 communist rebels are expected to avail themselves of the amnesty the government is pushing under the current administration, Presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo curtesy of Malacanang) Galvez said the government expects around...
An armed encounter occurred between Philippine Army (PA) troopers and suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Lobo, Batangas on Monday, July 25. (Photo courtesy of 95th Infantry Battalion) The 2nd Infantry “Jungle” Division (2ID) said...
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...
Four suspected New People’s Army (NPA) fighters – including a 21-year-old young man and a 26-year-old woman, were killed in a recent armed encounter in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the military’s Visayas Command (VISCOM) confirmed Wednesday, July 13. (Courtesy of Visayas Command) In a...
BOCALA when she was freed by an Iloilo City court for the peace talks in Norway in 2016. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A court in Metro Manila has sentenced a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to life imprisonment for a 1975 murder. A Taguig...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, chairman of the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee, on Thursday, June 23 welcomed the decision of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block the websites perceived to be affiliated to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)- New...
The restriction of several websites that are being linked by the government to the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is “a win” for the Philippines, outgoing National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. declared Wednesday,...
’’Too broad’’ This is the reaction of incoming Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III to an order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to internet services providers to block websites affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People’s...
CAMP MELCHOR F DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela -- A high ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) was arrested on Tuesday, May 31, in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. Combined forces of the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division...
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), met in flesh the leaders of a New People's Army (NPA) unit that was dismantled by the troops in Davao (Region 11). Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), visits Camp...
The supposed ties of Vice President Leni Robredo with the communist movement were nothing but “desperate measures” by political rivals to discredit her presidential bid, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Sunday, April 24. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Vice President Leni...
