Fifteen activists from Llanera, Nueva Ecija surrendered to the government on Friday, June 16. Police Col. Richard V. Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said that members of the Liga ng Manggagawang Bukid (LMB) and the Alyansang Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL) under the Kilusang Magbubukid ng...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while several others were believed wounded in an encounter in the mountainous area of Mount Apo-Apo Dugyaman, Barangay Anticala, here, on Friday, June 16. The slain communist guerrillas were two amazons and one male. The Army 29th...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A political officer of the New People’s Army has surrendered and was presented to Mayor Lorelie Pacquiao here on Thursday, June 15. Col. Andre Santos, 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade commander, identified the surrenderer as “Akai,” also a media liaison officer of the...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – The Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) vowed to seek justice for the death of four members of the Fausto family in Negros Occidental as it dismissed the claims of the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) linking government troops to the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) released the names of the two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who were killed in a series of clashes with government forces in Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on June 13. SOLDIERS carry the remains of...
BACOLOD CITY – Suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) allegedly burned and destroyed two backhoes in Sitio Bulod, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 14. ONE of the two backhoes that were burned by suspected NPA rebels in Barangay Carabalan,...
BACOLOD CITY -- The provincial government of Negros Occidental turned over P1,054,000 worth of financial assistance to 14 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who surrendered to the military. THIRTEEN of the 14 former NPA rebels receive cash assistance amounting to P1,054,000 from the...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Forty-eight former New People’s Army rebels from Sarangani received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in line with the social integration benefits program for former communist guerrillas. Sarangani Gov. Ruel Pacquiao and Social...
BACOLOD CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed while 32 families were displaced after a series of clashes with government forces in Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, June 13. The Army has yet to identify the slain rebels. The Army 62nd...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan called the recent landmine explosion that killed two civilians in Las Navas town a display of violence by the New People's Army. GOV. Edwin Ongchuan (NEDA FB) The victims who were residents of Barangay Quirino, Las Navas were construction workers...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) has admitted killing a farmer for being an alleged government intelligence asset in Negros Occidental. A POLICE officer points to a slug of a firearm used in the killing of a farmer in Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Two former New People’s Army rebels in Mindanao – “Caloy” and “Tax” – warned the youth against joining the armed struggle in their message on Independence Day. CALOY, a former NPA rebel, speaks during the 2nd Anti-Criminality Operation through Recorida and...