TROOPS of the 79th IB seized firearms, ammunition, explosives, personal belongings, and subversive documents following a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 6. (Photo courtesy of the 79th IB) BACOLOD CITY – A high-ranking...
TROOPS secure the area in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental where four NPA rebels were killed in an encounter Wednesday, July 6. (Photo courtesy of 94th IB) BACOLOD CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while their comrade was captured in two separate encounters in...
At least seven soldiers were injured, two of them were in critical condition, when communist rebels allegedly triggered anti-personnel mines along the roadside in Mapanas, Northern Samar on Tuesday morning, July 5, in what was described as a "cheap warfare." The Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry...
CAMP Melchor F. dela Cruz, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – The bodies of three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who died of hunger were found buried in a shallow grave in Barangay Canadam, Maconacon, this province, Sunday, July 3. The bodies were identified as that of alias “Marco,” alias...
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recognized the bravery and courage of 19 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who abandoned their armed struggle and surrendered at the headquarters of the Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon,...
ILOILO CITY — The second most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Western Visayas was nabbed in Miag-ao, Iloilo. PANER mugshot (Miag-ao PNP) Raymund Paner, alias “Panen,” was arrested Sunday, July 3, in Barangay Tig-amaga by the Miag-ao Police Station, Antique Police Provincial Office...
CAPAS, Tarlac – An arms cache owned by the New People’s Army (NPA) was unearthed Friday, July 1, in Barangay Sta. Juliana here. The 31st Mechanized Infantry Company, 3rd Mechanized Infantry (Makatarungan) Battalion; 790th Air Base Group and 710th Special Operations Wing, Philippine Air Force;...
Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) leaders and a medical officer have surrendered to the military in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, the Philippine Army (PA) said Sunday, July 3. (Photo courtesy of 4th Infantry Division) First Lt. Claudine Robledo, civil military operations officer of the...
An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) communist rebel died in an armed encounter in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, July 1. (Courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division) Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), identified the slain rebel as Cristanto Estrabela...
BOCALA when she was freed by an Iloilo City court for the peace talks in Norway in 2016. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A court in Metro Manila has sentenced a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to life imprisonment for a 1975 murder. A Taguig...
BUTUAN CITY – A total of 44 former communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebels pledged to go back to normal lives and vowed to help the government’s peace and development program. Shown in photo are the former communist-New people’s Army rebels with the government officials and military...
BAGUIO CITY -- A security guard who posed as a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested by the operatives of Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) after he was caught in the act of robbing a convenience store in Baguio City on June 27. The arrested suspect was identified as Micheal Angelo...
