The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) claimed that it has served the masses in rural villages more effectively than the government when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) CPP spokesperson Marco Valbuena said that the New People’s...
President Duterte told members of the New People's Army (NPA) to not take the cash aid that the government is giving to the people amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, saying they should just "stand aside" if they can't be of any help. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo)...
The once influential Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is supposedly slowly fading into irrelevance due to the whole-of-nation (WON) approach of the government in addressing communist insurgency. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed fear that many barangays may be susceptible to the influence of the communist rebels anew after Congress made a big cut on the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)....
The Philippine National Police slammed Friday, Dec. 17, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), for allegedly launching tactical offensives against police and military personnel who were involved in typhoon "Odette" response missions in Surigao...
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...
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....
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...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has sent an updated list of alleged violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) by various communist groups to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), a ranking military general said Tuesday, Oct. 19. File photo / MANILA BULLETIN Brig. Gen. Joel...
Local officials and political aspirants who would be found giving money tothe Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army- National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDF) may face election disqualification and terrorism charges, Department of the Interior and Local Government...
