TACLOBAN CITY – Government forces seized five firearms in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Can-aponte in San Jose de Buan, Samar, the Philippine Army reported on Tuesday. Recovered guns were four M16 rifles and one .45 caliber pistol. Also found were a mobile phone,...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first congressional district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte urged victims of drug abuse and communist rebels to come forward and help expose what he described as the “cruelty and deception” of these groups that continue to sow violence in the country. Rep. Duterte emphasized in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army has identified three of the five members of the communist New People 's Army (NPA) who died during recent clashes with government troops in Catubig, Northern Samar. In a statement on Monday, the 8th Infantry Division announced that the remains of the slain...
Former National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief negotiator Luis “Ka Louie” Jalandoni has died at the age of 90 while in self-exile in Utrecht, The Netherlands on Saturday, June 7, according to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). “It is with deep sorrow that we...
A New People’s Army leader was arrested in Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, June 5. The 6th Infantry Division identified the suspect as Edward Flores. The military said the suspect with aliases Cess, Ruby, Rafa, and Ramon was the secretary general of the NPA Far South Mindanao...
BACOLOD CITY – A squad member of the dismantled New People 's Army (NPA) Central Negros 2 (CN2) front was killed in a clash with the Philippine Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon. In a report on Saturday, the 3rd...
TACLOBAN CITY – Five New People’s Army rebels have been killed in gunbattles with government troops in Catubig, Northern Samar. A communist rebel was killed and a soldier was wounded in an encounter during a pursuit operation in Barangay Nagoocan, Catubig, on Thursday, June 5. Five communist...
TACLOBAN CITY – Four New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops on June 3 in Barangay Nagoocan, Catubig, Northern Samar. Approximately 30 communist rebels from the Regional Guerrilla Unit and Sub-Regional Committee Arctic under the Eastern Visayas Regional...
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) has allocated P705 million to implement “high-impact” and “community-driven” projects in Bicol (Region 5) through its “Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan” (PAMANA) program. The fund will be used to...
BUTUAN CITY – Authorities arrested a wanted New People’s Army leader in Sitio Dumalaguing, Impasug-ong town, Bukidnon province on Wednesday, May 28. Brig. Gen. Seigfred C. Tubalado, commanding general of the 403rd Infantry (Peacemaker) Brigade, identified the suspect as Ka Gab and Jano,...
A total of 2,772 former rebels from different parts of the country have filed amnesty applications with the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) through the local amnesty boards (LABs), government data showed Friday, May 23. The NAC reported that 1,858 former members of the Communist Party of the...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Seven New People’s Army fighters in the Caraga region surrendered to the Police Regional Office-13 from May 1 to 22. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said they turned over firearms and explosives and...
