The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced on Wednesday, Dec. 15, the ambush of civilians and soldiers doing voluntary pre-emptive evacuation work in Carmen, Surigao del Sur amid the threat of tropical storm Odette. Calling the incident as a “deplorable act against...
The recent encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao, Iloilo caused quite a stir online because of one of the nine alleged communist guerillas who died in the incident – a man who had been reportedly killed two years ago. A news release from the Army’s...
The death toll in an armed encounter between the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao, Iloilo has risen to nine, the military reported on Saturday, Dec. 4. Joven Ceralvo (Photo: 3rd Infantry Division) The latest casualty was identified as...
At least eight suspected communist rebels were killed in an early morning firefight between the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao, Iloilo on Wednesday, Dec. 1 (Photo from 3rd Infantry Division Facebook page) Major Gen. Benedict Arevalo,...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has dismantled 20 guerilla fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) this year, reducing the active units to only 43, according to the country’s top military commander. Lt. Gen. Andres Centino assumes as the 57th...
Two policemen died while four others were wounded in an ambush allegedly perpetrated by the communist rebels in Northern Samar on Saturday, Nov. 20. The two fatalities are rookie cops and were undergoing Special Action Force Commando Course (SAFCC) along with the four other wounded policemen. The...
President Duterte has identified as couple of things that "worry" him as he counts his final days in Malacañang. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Mimaropa held in Calapan City on Nov. 18, 2021 (Malacañang photo) "Eh ako magtapos na (I'm finishing...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) urged the Senate on Monday, Nov. 15, to restore the proposed P28.1 billion Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays in the 2022...
Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, the newly installed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has issued his very first directive to the 150,000-strong military and that is to finish off the communist insurgency before President Duterte steps down from office in June 2022. Lt. Gen....
TACLOBAN CITY - At total of 107 mass supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) took their oath of allegiance to the government and withdrew their support for the armed struggle. They voluntarily presented themselves to the...
Lt. Gen. Greg Almirol, commander of the Philippine Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), branded as “lies” the claim of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris,” the slain spokesperson of the New People’s Army (NPA), was allegedly killed in...
Contrary to the report of the military, Jorge Madlos alias "Ka Oris," the spokesperson and highest ranking officer of the New People's Army (NPA), was allegedly ambushed and not killed in an encounter in Bukidnon, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said Sunday night, Oct. 31. Jorge Madlos...
