CAPAS, Tarlac – An arms cache owned by the New People’s Army (NPA) was unearthed Friday, July 1, in Barangay Sta. Juliana here. The 31st Mechanized Infantry Company, 3rd Mechanized Infantry (Makatarungan) Battalion; 790th Air Base Group and 710th Special Operations Wing, Philippine Air Force;...
Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) leaders and a medical officer have surrendered to the military in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, the Philippine Army (PA) said Sunday, July 3. (Photo courtesy of 4th Infantry Division) First Lt. Claudine Robledo, civil military operations officer of the...
An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) communist rebel died in an armed encounter in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, July 1. (Courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division) Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), identified the slain rebel as Cristanto Estrabela...
BOCALA when she was freed by an Iloilo City court for the peace talks in Norway in 2016. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A court in Metro Manila has sentenced a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to life imprisonment for a 1975 murder. A Taguig...
BUTUAN CITY – A total of 44 former communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebels pledged to go back to normal lives and vowed to help the government’s peace and development program. Shown in photo are the former communist-New people’s Army rebels with the government officials and military...
BAGUIO CITY -- A security guard who posed as a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested by the operatives of Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) after he was caught in the act of robbing a convenience store in Baguio City on June 27. The arrested suspect was identified as Micheal Angelo...
FIREARMS, food and medical supplies, and subversive documents owned by the communist movement were found in Barangay Palis, Botolan, Zambales Sunday, June 26. (3rd Mechanized Battalion photo) CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – An arms cache of the New People’s Army (NPA) was unearthed in Sitio...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered at Sitio Natampod, Barangay Namnam, San Fernando town in Bukidnon, the Philippine Army confirmed on Sunday, June 26. Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrender to the 88th Infantry Battalion and National...
TWENTY-seven former communist rebels receive cash and livelihood assistance amounting to P769,000 from the provincial government of Negros Occidental through the DILG in a ceremony held at the Social Hall of the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, June 22. (Photo courtesy of the Army...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, chairman of the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee, on Thursday, June 23 welcomed the decision of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block the websites perceived to be affiliated to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)- New...
NINE former NPA members receive cash assistance of P30,000 each from the provincial government of Negros Occidental in a ceremony at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, June 22. (Photo courtesy of 79th IB) BACOLOD CITY – Nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) overran a New People’s Army (NPA) hideout in Sitio Tinibyangan, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Wednesday, June 22. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) commander, said troops chanced upon about 10...
