BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with authorities in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 4. MAP of Negros Occidental with the town of Moises Padilla highlighted. The 2nd Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force...
HOUSTON (AP) — Steph Curry and Klay Thompson scored 29 points each and the Golden State Warriors stretched their winning streak to a season-high six games with a 133-110 win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night, April 4. Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, center, drives up to shoot...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Julius Randle needs surgery on his right shoulder and will miss the rest of the season, a crushing blow for a New York Knicks team that was surging before the All-Star forward was hurt in January. New York Knicks star Julius Randle (AP) The Knicks said Thursday, April 4, that...
Papua New Guinea on Thursday, April 4, joined other countries in calling for respect for international law as the Philippines informed the island nation of developments in the Indo-Pacific region and sought its support in ensuring peace and security. This developed as Department of Foreign Affairs...
DAGUPAN CITY – One-hundred thirteen families composed of 411 individuals from Pilar, Abra and Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur were evacuated following a series of encounters between soldiers and the New People’s Army on Tuesday, April 2. THE government has provided assistance to families from Abra and...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Classes were suspended on Wednesday, April 3, in Pilar, Abra and the activities on Tuesday night, April 2, in the 2nd Balicucha Festival here were cancelled following an encounter between the 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the boundary...
DAGUPAN CITY – The 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) clashed on Tuesday morning, April 2, in Barangay Nagcanasan, Pilar, Abra. LOCATION of Pilar town in Abra province where an encounter between the New People's Army and soldiers occurred. The 50th IB was conducting a...
BUTUAN CITY – Police caught a wanted New People’s Army (NPA) member in Purok 2, Barangay Libertad, this city, on Monday, April 1. GAM mugshot Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said the 35-year-old suspect, Gam, from Compostela,...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Devin Booker scored 52 points, the fifth-highest scoring game of his career, to power the Phoenix Suns to a 124-111 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night, April 1, bringing them within a game of the Pelicans for the No. 6 playoff spot in the Western Conference....
TACLOBAN CITY – The 802nd Infantry (Peerless) Brigade continued its call to remaining leaders and members of the New People’s Army in five provinces in Eastern Visayas to lay down their weapons and end the decades-old armed struggle. 802nd Infantry (Peerless) Brigade emblem. (FB) "We call on...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) swiftly addressed the social media post surrounding the purported Disneyland theme park in New Clark City. Setting the record straight after a wave of inquiries flooded in on Monday, April 1, the BCDA clarified that the Facebook post of a...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Happy Easter Sunday, Philippines. The significance of Christ rising, as celebrated today had me thinking about us, as a people and as a nation, making “bangon,” and forging our destiny. Next month is my birthday and I turn 69, so that’s...
