By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Twenty members of the Pinagkaisang Lakas ng Mamamayan (PLM), a group that supports the New People's Army (NPA), surrendered to the Northern Police District (NPD) on Monday, Sept. 12. The PLM is a people's organization in poor communities in the Philippines that promotes the...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested a top New People’s Army leader in Surigao del Norte. DOLERA mugshot The Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Office (SDNPPO) reported Monday, Sept. 12, that she is Nenita Generalao Dolera, 31, secretary of NPA Guerrilla Front 19, Sub-Regional Committee...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The New People’s Army (NPA) killed a 23-year-old former comrade while tending to his pigs in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on Friday, Sept. 9. The Indigenous People Mandatory Representative (IPMR) of San Miguel has condemned the NPA for killing Marvin Alimboyong Caling, a...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police on Sunday, Sept. 11, arrested in Barangay Tanglagan, Calanasan, Apayao a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for the ambush that killed two soldiers in 2009 in Lubuagan, Kalinga. Suspect Victor Mangao, 49, alias “Ka Salas,” of Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga and...
BACOLOD CITY – Three former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels completed basic education through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, Sept. 8. THIS former communist rebel finished basic education through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) in...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Thirty-seven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and supporters surrendered in the one-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) in Cagayan on Thursday, Sept. 8. The police SACLEO was conducted in support of the...
BACOLOD CITY - An alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a clash with the 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) at Sitio Manlibod, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Some of the firearms, ammunition, and personal belongings recovered following a...
CAVINTI, Laguna – Tired of a difficult life in the mountains, a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel has surrendered to authorities in General Nakar, Quezon. The surrenderer yielded a Bushmaster M16 rifle and six short magazines with 122 bullets. He is a member of Kilusang Larangan-Narciso,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Roselyn Jean Pelle Command-Northern Negros Guerilla Front of the New People’s Army (RJPC-NPA) has claimed responsibility over the killing of a barangay captain and two other persons –Renato Estrebillo, Rodel Nobleza, and Barangay Lalong Captain Benjamin Javoc – in...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the 22nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Juban, Sorsogon over the weekend. THE two NPA surrenderers and the arms cache discovered in Sorsogon. (9th ID photo) Major John Paul Belleza, 9th Infantry Division (ID) spokesperson, said...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Two high-ranking leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) were killed in an encounter with government troops on Saturday, Sept. 3, in Barangay Kapitan Bayong, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon. THE body of Vincent Madlos lies on the ground after...
BAGGAO, Cagayan – The police and military recovered an arms cache belonging to the New People’s Army in Barangay San Miguel here Tuesday, Aug. 30. Unearthed by the local police and 77th Infantry Battalion were four rifle grenades, six revolvers, one homemade caliber .22, one homemade shotgun...