CEBU CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops on Friday, May 12, in Antequera, Bohol. In a report by the Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO), the fatality was identified as a certain “Jasper,” a political guide of the Sandatahang...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 15 firearms were seized in an encounter between the 74th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the New People’s Army in Barangay Magsaysay, Mapanas, Northern Samar, on Wednesday, May 10. These were two M14 rifles, two AK47 rifles, two M16 rifles, two M4 rifles, an Ingram, an Uzi...
A show of force. This was how Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 10, described her appointment as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Executive committee meeting of the National Task Force to End Local...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The remains of three New People’s Army rebels who died in a series of encounters with the government troops in Cagayan Valley a few days back already been transported to their respective families. The Armed Forces of the Philippines-Northern Luzon Command said the...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A New People’s Army rebel and Militia ng Bayan member surrendered to the police in Angeles City and Zambales on Tuesday, May 9. NPA fighter “Ka Baby” turned herself in Camp Tomas J. Pepito, Barangay Santo Domingo, Angeles City. KA Baby (Photo via...
The alleged head of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) regional command in Bicol was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in a pre-dawn operation in Malabon City on Tuesday, May 9. (Photo: Philippine Army / Kalinaw News) The PA...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two New People’s Army rebels surrendered to authorities in General Nakar, Quezon, on Sunday, May 7. Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces said the surrenderers were brothers Marlon Gurango, alias “Toto,” 27, and Jayson, 35. They are...
BACOLOD CITY – Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde), vowed to continue pursuing the remaining New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in Negros. Edralin made the declaration after troops from the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) clashed with NPA rebels in...
Two former New People’s Army rebels surrendered in Nueva Ecija on Saturday, May 6. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said “Ka Willy,” 62, turned himself in to the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company and 703rd Brigade Philippine Army in Barangay Picaleon, General Mamerto...
BALBALAN, Kalinga – The New People's Army rebel killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Poswoy here on Wednesday, May 3, has been identified. Baliwag Boccol, alias “Ka Bombo,” of Barangay Nambucayan, Tabuk City, Kalinga, was positively identified by his family. He was a member...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 reported on Friday, May 5, that the counter-insurgency campaign and peace and development program in the Caraga region are gaining headway with the arrest and surrender of 256 New People’s Army rebels from January 1 to March 31 this year. PRO-13...
BUTUAN CITY – The military seized high-powered firearms, bullets, and medical paraphernalia following an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tubuhon, Barangay Bugsukan, this city, on Wednesday, May 3. Also captured by the 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion was a makeshift camp of...
