BACOLOD CITY – At least 700 individuals belonging to more than 100 families were displaced following two clashes involving the government troops and a band of suspected New People’s Army fighters in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Oct. 6. Residents evacuate...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police on Wednesday, Oct. 5, filed murder and frustrated murder charges against three suspected New People's Army (NPA) for killing a barangay chairman and wounding his son in Pambujan, Northern Samar. Col. Alfredo Tadefa, Northern Samar police chief, identified the suspects as...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded, including a 10-year-old girl, in an encounter before dawn on Friday, Oct. 7, in Jipapad, Eastern Samar. The Army 8th Infantry Division confirmed casualties but has yet to issue an official statement on the incident....
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (PNA) – At least 199 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga region pledged allegiance to the government and received financial assistance in a ceremony at the provincial capitol here on Wednesday, Oct. 5. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin...
ROSARIO, Batangas – The military clashed with the New People’s Army (NPA) on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Barangay Calantas here. A team from the 85th Infantry Battalion led by Corporal Jacky Gabayno was patrolling a forested area when they chanced upon 15 NPA rebels at 9:20 a.m. A firefight erupted...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Leonardo Panaligan Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) Central Negros Guerilla Front on Sunday, Oct. 2, owned up to killing a member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) in Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental last week. Joselito Raboy, 40,...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Troops found an arms cache of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Gov. Generoso, Davao Oriental. Major Gen. Nolasco Mempin, 10th Infantry Division chief, said on Thursday, Sept. 29, that the Army 701st Infantry Brigade (701IB) recovered five firearms in the area on Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) gunned down an unarmed member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in Sitio Kabayabasan, Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 24. A POLICEMAN looks at the remains of a government militiaman gunned...
The government's anti-insurgency campaign is at its terminal stage, Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa said Saturday, Sept. 24. Dela Rosa underscored this following a ruling by a Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) that rejected a Department of Justice (DOJ) petition seeking a declaration by...
Alleged red-tagging and terrorist-tagging by government agencies and law enforcement forces, as well as by their supposed "paid hacks and trolls" should immediately stop. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas, and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel...
BONTOC, Mt. Province – A 49-year old member of the New People’s Army (NPA), who voluntarily surrendered to the authorities, received financial assistance from BGen. Mafelino Bazar during his command visit at the Mountain Province Provincial Office in Camp Montes in this town on Thursday, Sept....
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A New People’s Army (NPA) amazon died in an encounter with government forces in Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, the Philippine Army said on Thursday, Sept. 22. A FEMALE communist guerilla lies dead after an encounter with soldiers in Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, on...
