Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP),...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not declare a ceasefire with rebel and insurgent groups despite the grant of amnesty to them by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This was the clarification made by AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as he said the...
GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija – Ten members of the Liga ng Mangagawang Bukid sa Gitnang Luzon (LMB-AMGL) under the Kilusan ng Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) withdrew support to Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front in Barangay Nagpandayan here on Wednesday,...
(L-R) Rebecca Alfaro, Jimmy Macuana, and Gerly Tejeros (Courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division) The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army (PA) identified on Sunday, Oct. 1, the three individuals slain in an armed encounter in Leon, Iloilo recently and one of them was an alleged ranking...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB)has has declared retired Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and former Presidential Communications undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy guilty in an administrative complaint and reprimanded them for "red-tagging" the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL), a group...
ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has questioned the sincerity of the Marcos administration's plan to offer amnesty to rebel fighters, including members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New...
Philippine Army (PA) personnel from the Northern Luzon Command (NolCom) have figured in an armed encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels while they were conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation in Lasam, Cagayan amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon...
The issuance of a proclamation granting amnesty to rebel returnees could become President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s “strategic weapon” to finally put an end to the country’s almost six-decade-long problem on insurgency. Former peace adviser Eduardo Ermita bared this on...
At least 13 people were rewarded with cash money after assisting the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the arrest of two leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) and 11 other fugitives from the law. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said a total of P11. 7 million were distributed to the...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is hopeful that the remaining active members of the New People’s Army (NPA) will now surrender and avail of the amnesty offered by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. *Salvador Golosing Avenido alias “Admiral”, an...
Two alleged communist leaders died while a soldier was injured in an armed encounter between the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Visayas Command (VisCom) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Pambujan, Northern Samar on Saturday, July 22. Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of VISCOM,...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has approved the designation of 17 of his appointees as Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to further intensify the administration’s fight...
