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...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —- Fourteen non-combatant rebels who were members of an Underground Mass Organization (UGMO) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) have surrendered to the authorities in Bukidnon on Friday, July 15. The Police...
BACOLOD CITY – They will now set out to hunt their former comrades in the communist movement. Two former combatants of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas-Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB) in Negros Occidental have become soldiers and are now...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three members of the New People's Army (NPA), including an amazon, involved in the landmine explosion that injured seven soldiers in San Jorge, Northern Samar were killed in an encounter in Mapanas, Northern Samar last July 8. AN election campaign poster of former Vice President...
BACOLOD CITY – A rifle and a handgun owned by two policemen were recovered from the site of an encounter between the military and New People’s Army (NPA) last week in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. THE firearms owned by two policemen recovered from two NPA rebels slain in a...
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...
CAMALANIUGAN, Cagayan – A New People’s Army (NPA) amazon wanted for illegal possession of firearms was arrested Monday, July 11, in Barangay Bulala here. Rosielyn Domingo Simeon, alias “Jinky,” “Eya/Lara,” and “Di/Diya," 34, was arrested by the 4th Maneuver Platoon of the 2nd Cagayan...
ILOILO CITY – The body of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel who died of nervous breakdown from the relentless pursuit of government soldiers was recovered in a shallow grave in Leon, Iloilo. SOLDIERS recover the remains of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Leon, Iloilo. (61st IB photo) Lt....
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The government is strengthening its fight against the New People’s Army (NPA) in six conflict-stricken barangays in Palapag, Northern Samar with the deployment of 232 policemen who are part of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) team. The 232 policemen replaced...
TACLOBAN CITY – Four minors who confessed to being members of the Underground Mass Organization (UGMO) of the Kabataang Makabayan have withdrawn their support to the group affiliated with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Jiwaran, Jipapad, Eastern Samar. The minors aged 15 to 17, whose...
THE body of a New People's Army (NPA) rebel executed by his comrades in Maconacon, Isabela over leadership is prepared for burial. MACONACON, Isabela – Five more remains of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels executed due to infighting in their ranks were exhumed by the Army Friday, July 8, in...
ONE of the four NPA rebels armed with a long firearm killed in a clash with the military and police in Sitio Amelis, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 6. (Photo courtesy of 94th IB/303rd Infantry Brigade) BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) denied...
