MATUGUINAO, SAMAR - Christmas came early for dozens of children in a former insurgency-infested municipality located in the tri-boundary of Northern, Western, and Eastern Samar. Letecea Tumagara, 42, beamed with joy as she saw her four children receive toys, food, slippers, and hygiene kits from...
BACOLOD CITY - At least 20 unidentified armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were allegedly behind the burning of a backhoe worth P7 million at a quarry site in Sitio Nandong, Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 2. A police officer and...
Now is the time for the government to focus its attention on the security threats in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) which impair the food needs and livelihood of Filipinos, Partido Reporma presidential candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Thursday, March 3 said. Lacson, chairman of the Senate...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan -- The Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) nabbed at least 172 law violators and facilitated the surrender of 46 New Peoples Army (NPA) in a one-time, bigtime police operation. The Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) or one-day SACLEO focused on...
Bayan Muna Party-list has filed on Monday, Feb, 21, House Resolution (HR) 2496 to condemn and to pursue a congressional inquiry on the allegedly unconstitutional arrest and detention of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Dr. Ma. Natividad Marian S. Castro Formally...
A suspected leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) and his wife were killed in an armed encounter with the military over the weekend while they were allegedly conducting extortion activities to influence the outcome of the local elections in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. (Courtesy of 402nd...
The Makabayan bloc, particularly Bayan Muna Party-list, wants to conduct a House probe on the "outrageous and highly condemnable" arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA) member, Dr. Maria Natividad Castro. (Photo from Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos...
Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Saturday, Feb. 19 condemned the arrest of a 53-year-old physician working as a health worker in Mindanao after she was accused of being a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (Photo courtesy of PNP-PIO)...
A doctor identified by the Philippine National Police as an alleged “communist terrorist group leader” was arrested in San Juan City on Friday, Feb. 18, but the family of the suspect denied the police’s allegations and called them “untrue.” Mugshot of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (Courtesy...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) does not agree with presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s proposal to continue the local peace talks to address insurgency, claiming that it only serves "as a weapon for counter-insurgency". Bongbong Marcos FB page Reacting to the...
For presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., communist rebels are enemies of the state for the simple reason that they bring harm to the people. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Photo from Bongbong Marcos's Facebook) Marcos Jr. gave this response Tuesday night, Feb. 15 after he...
Labor leader and presidential candidate Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman believes that groups such as the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) that have been deemed terrorists by the national government are revolutionaries. Ka Leody De...
