HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL You have until March 17 to head to the Atrium on the 3rd level of SM Aura, and appreciate the wonderful and heart-warming job that Kultura and SM Supermalls have done with their Filipino Design Studio pop-up. This year’s Design Studio...
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela – Police served a warrant of arrest for murder on a New People’s Army rebel detained in this city on Friday, March 8. Police Lt. Col. Lord Wilson J. Adorio, chief of police here, identified the suspect as Rey Villadores. Villadores was the No. 2 wanted NPA personality in...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), through the 301st Infantry Brigade (IB), provided medical and financial assistance to a lady New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wounded in an encounter with government forces in Iloilo recently. THE family of wounded New People’s Army...
BUTUAN CITY – Sixty-six former New People’s Army fighters in the Caraga region received cash assistance from the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Wednesday, March 6. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (seated fourth from left) leads the turnover of...
Present during the ceremony were Don Tim President and CEO Audric Leong, Alfonso Cavite Municipal Vice Mayor Madona Pel, and Don Tim’s management committee The Montebello community in Alfonso, Cavite, recently came together to celebrate the blessing of Don Tim Development's latest projects –...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has pitched eight Clark development projects to US companies in a bid to attract investments and elevate the Philippines as a top investment hotspot. In a statement, Delfin N. Lorenzana, BCDA chairman, said that he presented projects valued at...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers and the New People’s Army clashed in Miag-ao, Iloilo on Monday, March 4. SOLDIERS recovered communist weapons following encounters in Miag-ao, Iloilo on March 4. (301st IB) The first gun battle with the Southern Panay Front Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay erupted in Barangay...
The Philippines has signed the second protocol to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), President Marcos announced on Wednesday, March 6. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. speaks during the leaders' plenary session at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Lawmen found a New People’s Army weapons stash in Sitio Uta, Barangay Gawaan, Balbalan, Kalinga on Tuesday, March 5. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, spokesperson of the Kalinga police provincial office, said they received information from rebel returnees that communist weapons...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of New People’s Army combatants, including the Regional Strike Force in Negros Occidental, has dropped to 33 from 258 in 2019, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, said. Edralin said that the Central Negros 1, CN 2, and the Northern...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has extended various assistance to residents affected by the encounter between government troops and the New People’s Army in Barangay Campagao, Bilar. SOCIAL workers conduct stress debriefing on residents affected by the recent encounter in Bilar...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Soldiers discovered war materials hidden in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, this town, on Saturday, March 2. TROOPS found communist war materials in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga last week. (Freddie G. Lazaro) Major Rigor...
