BACOLOD CITY – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) announced on Tuesday, May 19, that the family of Vince Francis Dingding, who was killed in an encounter between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on May 16, would...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor John Rey Tabujara urged residents of Cauayan, Negros Occidental to remain calm and vigilant in the aftermath of encounters where five New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in Barangays Abaca and Poblacion on Saturday, May 16. Tabujara asked the people of Cauayan to cooperate...
BACOLOD CITY – Two high-ranking leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) were among the five fatalities in the series of encounters with the Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Abaca and Poblacion, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 16. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of...
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) turned over P11.7 million in socio-economic assistance to former rebel-led people’s organizations (POs) in Soccsksargen (Region 12), advancing its localized Transformation Program in non-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
BUTUAN CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered in the Caraga region over the weekend. Lt. Col. Joe Patrick A. Martinez Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief, said they yielded to the 401st Infantry Brigade following the recent death of a...
BACOLOD CITY – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Abaca, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 16. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said that the NPA fired at soldiers...
BUTUAN CITY – Indigenous people (IP) leaders in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur praised the Philippine Army for neutralizing New People’s Army (NPA) leader Edilberto Daval, alias Waco. Daval, identified as the second deputy secretary of the executive committee of the North Eastern Mindanao...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP )on Tuesday, May 12, condemned the use of dehumanizing language on social media, where fatalities from military encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental were referred to as "corned beef." Public scrutiny continues over the deaths of the 19 people, now known as...
BUTUAN CITY – A high-ranking New People 's Army (NPA) leader was killed in an encounter on Monday morning in Sitio Casting, Barangay Bayan, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur. The 401st Infantry Brigade identified the slain NPA leader as Edilberto Daval, alias Bong, also known in the underground...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old New People 's Army (NPA) militiaman wanted for the killing of an individual in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental three years ago was arrested in Barangay San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. Police served an arrest warrant for murder against Ben-Ben of...
Retired military and police generals have thrown their support behind Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. over his opposition to reviving national-level peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday reiterated his support for the Philippine Army, saying that the pursuit of the New People 's Army (NPA) remnants in Toboso town on April 19 was a legitimate military operation. The encounter in Barangay Salamanca led to the...
