TACLOBAN CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Gusaran, Silvino Lobos town, Northern Samar province on Wednesday. The Philippine Army (PA) said the 30-minute gun battle started at around 6:57 a.m. following a tip from a concerned citizen...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two soldiers were killed in an encounter on Wednesday, Dec. 3, with the New People’s Army in Barangay Babaclayon, San Jose de Buan town, Samar province. The fatalities were two technical sergeants under the 81st Military Intelligence Company. Troops were conducting intelligence...
BACOLOD CITY – A squad leader of the dismantled Central Negros 2 (CN2) of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Dec. 2. Lt. Col. Ziegfred Tayaban, 94th IB...
A leader of the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while a soldier was wounded in an encounter in Barangay Allaguia, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23. Lt. Col. Melvin Asuncion, officer–in–charge of the Division Public Affairs...
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry (Peacemaker) Battalion in a remote in Gandara and San Jorge towns, Samar province, on Sunday. The 8th Infantry Division has yet to identify the slain rebel. Recovered in the encounter site were...
TACLOBAN CITY – The three rebels killed in a recent clash with government troops in Jaro town, Leyte province were linked to the murder of a soldier in 2023, the Philippine Army’s (PA) 8th Infantry Division (ID) said on Thursday. The PA said that based on verification, one of the three firearms...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a firefight with government forces in Barangay Pange, Jaro, Leyte, early Monday, the Philippine Army reported. Brig. Gen. Pompeyo Jason Almagro, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, said fatalities were a squad...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is investigating the encounter between the 62nd Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army in Moises Padilla town, Negros Occidental province on Oct. 28. The incident claimed the life of a six-year-old boy believed to have been hit...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo has called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender and pursue peace talks, following a gun battle between soldiers and communist rebels where a six-year-old boy was killed in Sitio Matal-i, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old boy was killed in an encounter between the military and the New People’s Army in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla town, Negros Occidental province on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Vice Mayor Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo has visited the remains of the victim and extended...
TACLOBAN CITY — Two suspected New People’s Army rebels were killed in a clash with soldiers on Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Barangay San Jose, Mapanas, Northern Samar. One of the slain communist fighters was identified as Motaw Ortazo, alias “Ibaro.” Troops engaged about 10 Cobra members of the...
ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with government troops in Amai Manabilang (formerly Bumbaran), Lanao del Sur, the military reported Sunday. Brig. Gen. Billy dela Rosa, commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, said the 16th Scout Ranger Company encountered...
