GENERAL TINIO, Nueva Ecija – A soldier was killed while another was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Rio Chico here on Thursday, Sept. 1. Troops from the Army 84th Infantry (Victorious) Battalion were conducting combat operations when they engaged the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Army 58th Infantry Battalion (IB) said on Saturday, Sept. 3, that two guerilla fronts of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Misamis Oriental have been dismantled. TWO New People’s Army rebels from Platoon Falcon, Sub-Regional Committee 1, North Central...
ILOILO CITY — A finance officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz. JAYSON mugshot. Lenilyn Custorio Jayson was arrested in an integrated military-police operation Friday, Sept. 2. Combined units of the 3rd Infantry...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested the fourth most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the Caraga region. HIJOS (left). Police Major Jennifer Ometer, chief of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 (Caraga) public information office, identified the arrested NPA leader as Atheliana Hijos,...
BAGGAO, Cagayan – The Army 77th Infantry Battalion (IB) under Joint Task Force (JTF) Tala discovered a New People’s Army (NPA) arms cache on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in Barangay San Miguel here. A resident saw a group of men burying them and informed authorities, leading to its discovery. The arms...
A four-member squad of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Surigao del Norte surrendered to the military recently, a ranking officer said Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Photo by 30th Infantry Battalion) The entire unit of the Sandatahang Yunit Pangpropaganda (SYP) 16B of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 16...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Personnel of the Tago, Surigao del Sur Municipal Police Station (TMPS) survived an ambush by the New People’s Army (NPA), the Surigao del Sur Provincial Police Office said Wednesday, Aug. 31. In a report, the SDSPPO said the ambush took place Tuesday, Aug. 30, as local...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (PNA) – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels voluntarily surrendered to the Army in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat due to miserable life in the mountains from military offensives. THE five NPA surrenderers at the 7th Infantry Battalion headquarters in Bagumbayan, Sultan...
PENABLANCA, Cagayan – Four New People’s Army (NPA) members surrendered to State to the Army here Thursday, Aug. 25 The surrenderers were in their middle and early 20s and members of the Komiteng Probinsya-Isabela. Brig. Gen. Danilo Benavides, Joint Task Force Liberator commander, said they...
NUEVA ECIJA -- The elements of 91st Infantry Batallion (Sinagtala), together with the 2nd Special Action Battalion, and Special Action Force discovered two alleged lairs of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-Terrorist on Aug. 18 and 19 in the boundaries of Gabaldon and General...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a New People's Army (NPA) member tagged as Eastern Samar's most wanted person Wednesday, Aug. 24, in Borongan City. The suspect was identified as Marcos Lombendencio, alias “Mar-Mar,” 39, of Barangay Balingasag, Oras, Eastern Samar. A composite team from the...
TACLOBAN CITY – One day after high-ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon were reportedly neutralized by government forces in Catbalogan City, Samar Monday, Aug. 23, the headless body of a woman was recovered in nearby Barangay Bisitahan, Tarangnan, Samar Tuesday, Aug....
