The National Security Council (NSC) on Monday, August 14, strongly condemned the latest bomb and gun attack allegedly committed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Uson, Masbate which left three persons seriously wounded, including a local government official. National Security Adviser Eduardo...
ILOILO CITY – The military neutralized 25 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels across the Visayas in July. The Armed Forces Visayas Command described the losses as a setback to the communist movement. “The losses suffered by the NPA in the Visayas caused irreparable damages to the terrorist...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader wanted for rape was arrested in Sitio Cunalom, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 29. The warrant of arrest for “Jude,” 68, was issued by Presiding Judge Walter Zorilla of Regional Trial Court Branch 55 and...
BUTUAN CITY – A political officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte on Friday, July 28. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division (PRO 13-ROD) said “Ka Randy,” also known as “Ka Andre,” turned over a Smith & Wesson...
Philippine Army (PA) personnel from the Northern Luzon Command (NolCom) have figured in an armed encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels while they were conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation in Lasam, Cagayan amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A New People’s Army leader was gunned down when he opened fire at government forces serving warrants of arrest on Sunday morning, July 30, in Barangay Lutucan Malabag, this town. Sariaya police chief Police Major Romar Pacis identified the communist rebel as Isagani Isita,...
ILOILO CITY – Two New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the 61st Infantry Battalion in Leon town, Iloilo province on Saturday, July 29. “We condole with the bereaved families of the two rebels,” said Lt. Col. Arturo Balgos Jr., acting 61st IB commander, following the...
ILIGAN CITY – The Army 58th Infantry (Dimalulupig) Battalion led by Lt. Col. Christian C. Uy turned over the body of slain New People’s Army leader Dionisio Micabalo, alias “Muling,” to his family on Friday, July 28. Micabalo’s remains were extricated on Thursday, July 27, from the...
ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel yielded to the 34th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Guiling, Alamada, Cotabato on Wednesday, July 26. Lt. Col. Rey Rico, 34th IB commander, welcomed the surrender of alias “Joko,” a member of Squad 3, Platoon Fury, Sub-Regional Committee 5, North...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Troops killed a New People’s Army rebel and recovered two assault rifles during an encounter in Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province on Thursday, July 27. In a statement on Friday, July 28, Lt. Col. John Paul Baldomar, commander of the 37th Infantry...
ILIGAN CITY – The military neutralized the leader of the New People’s Army-North Central Mindanao Regional Committee in an encounter in Barangay Libertad, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental on Wednesday, July 26. Brig. Gen. Adonis Ariel Orio, 402nd Infantry Brigade commander, identified the fatality...
COTABATO CITY – Government forces arrested two New People’s Army rebels in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday, July 26. Major Gen. Rillera, 6th Infantry Division commander, said these communist guerrillas were collared by the 33rd Infantry Battalion led by Lt. Col. Paul Baldomar in Barangay...
