CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested two most wanted New People’s Army rebels in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur on Saturday, August 12. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft identified the suspects as “Ka Mario,” 50, and “Ka...
BACOLOD CITY – The Roselyn Jean Pelle Command-New People's Army-Northern Negros Guerrilla Front claimed the killing of two civilians in Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on August 9. Cecil Estrella, RJPC-NPA spokesperson, said the victims were active intelligence assets...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Don’t look now, but we’re well into the third quarter of 2023; and it feels like if we blink, it’ll be December. When this seeming fast pace of life gets to me, I’ve often turned to food and laughter, as two surefire ways to replenish...
BACOLOD CITY – The Roselyn Jean Pelle Command-New People's Army (NPA)-Northern Negros Guerrilla Front has claimed the killing of a policeman in Barangay Minapasok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 9. Spokesperson Ka Cecil Estrella on Thursday, August 10, confirmed the attack on...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Eleven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to the police in the Caraga region. The Police Regional Office-13 welcomed the surrender of these communist rebels who were identified as alias “Tuman,” “Aga,” “Maring,” “Mar” and...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading the New Philippine Building Act, which seeks to replace the 46-year-old Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1096 or National Building Code. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8500, the...
BACOLOD CITY – A policeman was killed in a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Icogon, Barangay Minapasok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 9. The fatality was identified as Police Corporal Jaime Nuñez of the Calatrava police station. His two colleagues from the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army and the victim’s family have condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) for the brutal killing of a civilian in Northern Samar 20 years ago but whose body was exhumed only this week. After nearly two decades, government troops on Wednesday unearthed the...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking another round of investigation over the alleged mass grave found along the septic tank inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sen. Francis Tolentino inspects the facilities inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) together with...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter in Sitio Cansimba, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Sunday, August 6. The Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) said troops clashed with eight NPA rebels in Sitio Leong, Barangay Imelda, Guihulngan...
Correction and not torture should be the rule at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) because all Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have human rights, Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla said on Tuesday, August 8. Sen. Robin Padilla inspects the facilities at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) on...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is poised to approve on third and final reading this week the proposed New Philippine Building Act, which will reveal the antiquated Presidential Decree (PD) No.1096 or...
