ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army neutralized 40 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels across the Visayas in May. WAR materiel seized by the Philippine Army from NPA rebels in the Visayas. (Viscom) A report released by the Visayas Command led by Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo said the armed wing of the...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – Twenty-one members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including three students from Metro Manila, surrendered to the military in Cagayan on Friday, June 2. TWENTY-one New People's Army rebels surrendered in Cagayan on Friday, June 2. They yielded a total of 23...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command of the New People's Army (NPA) South Central Negros Guerrilla Front has admitted killing an alleged military asset in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last month. A MAN was gunned down by two suspected New People's Army rebels in...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) 8th Infantry Division (8ID) identified on Monday, June 5, the two civilian workers who died when suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels detonated an anti-personnel mine in Las Navas, Northern Samar. *(Photo courtesy of 803rd Brigade, 8th Infantry...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – A New People’s Army (NPA) medical officer, political instructor, and two regular members surrendered to the Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Police Office (PPO), on Saturday, June 3. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II...
CATARMAN, Northern Samar -- Two civilians died due to anti-personnel landmines (AP mine) allegedly planted by the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Magsaysay, Las Navas, Northern Samar, Saturday, June 3. The victims whose names were withheld by the Army were workers in the construction of the...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People's Army leader in the Caraga region surrendered to the police on Thursday, June 1. POLICE Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II (third from left) receives the firearm of New People’s Army (NPA) leader ‘Jerwin’ during a brief surrender...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry Division has confirmed that former Bayan-Eastern Visayas Regional Secretary General Musico Sagdullas was one of the fatalities in a clash between the 43rd Infantry Battalion and alleged members of the New People's Army in the hinterlands of Barangay Mabini,...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A New People’s Army leader and three others surrendered to the police in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte on Tuesday, May 30. The Police Regional Office-1 identified the surrenderers as “Ka Omar,” 54, a commander of the Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB); “Ka...
TACLOBAN CITY – Four New People's Army rebels were killed in a clash with the Army in the hinterlands of Barangay Mabini, Catarman, Northern Samar, on Sunday, May 28. The 15-minute gun battle occurred between the remnants of the Sub-Regional Guerilla Unit (SRGU), Sub-Regional Committee (SRC)...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) announced on Saturday, May 27, that nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to troops of the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) based in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Thursday, May 25. Lt. Col. Van...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen are probing the death of a farmer, believed to be an informant of the government forces, who was shot dead in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 25. The victim was identified as Raul Enmacino, 49, of Barangay Buenavista. POLICEMEN...
