DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Troops found an arms cache of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Gov. Generoso, Davao Oriental. Major Gen. Nolasco Mempin, 10th Infantry Division chief, said on Thursday, Sept. 29, that the Army 701st Infantry Brigade (701IB) recovered five firearms in the area on Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) gunned down an unarmed member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in Sitio Kabayabasan, Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 24. A POLICEMAN looks at the remains of a government militiaman gunned...
The government's anti-insurgency campaign is at its terminal stage, Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa said Saturday, Sept. 24. Dela Rosa underscored this following a ruling by a Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) that rejected a Department of Justice (DOJ) petition seeking a declaration by...
Alleged red-tagging and terrorist-tagging by government agencies and law enforcement forces, as well as by their supposed "paid hacks and trolls" should immediately stop. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas, and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel...
BONTOC, Mt. Province – A 49-year old member of the New People’s Army (NPA), who voluntarily surrendered to the authorities, received financial assistance from BGen. Mafelino Bazar during his command visit at the Mountain Province Provincial Office in Camp Montes in this town on Thursday, Sept....
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A New People’s Army (NPA) amazon died in an encounter with government forces in Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, the Philippine Army said on Thursday, Sept. 22. A FEMALE communist guerilla lies dead after an encounter with soldiers in Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, on...
DAVAO CITY – Davao Oriental has been declared “insurgency-free” following the series of successful peace and order initiatives that dismantled the remnants of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the province. DAVAO Oriental was declared insurgency-free in this provincial peace and order council...
BACOLOD CITY -- Sixteen suspected members, including three leaders, of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the authorities in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Sept. 20, the military said on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Some of the 16 rebel returnees burn an NPA flag during an activity...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in encounter in Sitio Lagmar, Barangay Pagsangahan, here on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Troops from the 22nd Division Reconnaissance Company were conducting a focus military operation when they chanced upon an undetermined number...
ILOILO CITY -- A New People’s Army (NPA) amazon wanted for murder has been arrested in Pontevedra town, Capiz province. Police Regional Office (PRO-6) identified the suspect as Carina Abuyan Oliveros, a Capiz native who allegedly was one of the two who killed a village chief in Tarlac province....
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The 4th Marine Brigade (4MBde) and the Marine Battalion Landing Team 8 (MBLT8) have been redeployed from Sulu to augment ground forces involved in internal security operations in Northern and Central Luzon against the remaining units of the New People’s Army. Armed...
ILOILO CITY – A top leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao was caught in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo on Wednesday, Sept. 14. NEW People’s Army leader Leo Lacumbo and his nephew are arrested in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (PCADG Western Visayas) Authorities identified...
