CAMP Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Authorities discovered an abandoned New People’s Army training camp in Sitio Capcap, Barangay Magao, Concepcion, Tarlac on Saturday, Oct. 15. Lt. Col. Noriel Rombaoa, Concepcion police chief, said a reliable informant revealed the location of the camp....
ILOILO CITY—The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army said Sunday, Oct. 16, that no military lockdown was imposed in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental amid the series of encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) since Oct. 6. "This is yet another desperate action of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Poverty and hunger prompted seven members of the New People’s Army to surrender to the Joint AFP-PNP Local Peace Engagement Plan in Northern Samar. THE NPA surrenderers and their firearms. (1st NSPMFC photo) They also cited the NPA’s inability to sustain the needs of their...
VILLAVICIOSA, Abra – A New People’s Army recruiter voluntarily surrendered to the Joint Task Force Kaugnay of the Army 24th Infantry Battalion and the Abra Provincial Police Office in Barangay Laplapog here on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The military said the surrenderer, 54, and a resident here is a...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was elated with the declaration of Davao Region (Region 11) as an "insurgency-free" region. Col. Medel Aguilar is named as the acting spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. (File photo courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) Col. Medel...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has denounced the recent attacks by alleged New People's Army (NPA) members in Jipapad, Eastern Samar where two soldiers died last Oct. 7. Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Also, the CHR said it recognizes the sacrifices and courage of two other soldiers who were...
BACOLOD CITY -- The local government of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental has declared a state of calamity, following series of armed encounters that affected thousands of residents in Barangay Carabalan. Some residents of Sitio Medel, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported Tuesday, Oct. 11, the killing of a spokesperson of the New People's Army (NPA) in an armed encounter with the military in Himamaylayan City, Negros Occidental. Romeo Nanta (Courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division) Romeo Nanta alias "Juanito Magbanua" was...
ILOILO CITY—The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army has identified the two soldiers killed in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental province since Oct. 6. CORPORALS Christian P. Drilon (left) and Rex G. Verde. (Army 3rd ID)...
BACOLOD CITY – Six wounded soldiers were awarded the Wounded Personnel Medal (WPM) for their bravery and heroism in the series of encounters with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental from Oct. 6 to 8. DEPARTMENT of National Defense (DND)...
BACOLOD CITY -- The provincial government of Negros Occidental mourned the death of two soldiers in a clash with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 8. Military troops seized firearm, ammunition, and other war materials on...
BACOLOD CITY -- Two soldiers died while six others were wounded during a clash with suspected New People’s Army members in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 8. The Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) has yet to provide the names of the two...
