ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade in Barangay Tikalaan, Talakag, Bukidnon on Sunday, March 19. Troops were patrolling the area when they chanced upon 30 communist guerrillas, triggering a 45-minute skirmish. An NPA...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Two soldiers were wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tanglagan here on Saturday, March 18. Troops recovered two improvised explosive devices, blasting caps, 15 cartridges containing bullets, a solar panel, C4, various medical supplies, a cellphone,...
BALBALAN, Kalinga – A New People’s Army leader was killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army 50th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Babacong, Barangay Gawaan, here on Thursday, March 9. Major Rigor Pamittan, chief of the 5th Infantry Division Public Affairs Division in Camp Melchor dela Cruz,...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Three suspected members of a lawless armed group were killed while a policemen was wounded in a shootout in Barangay Macabual, Pikit, Cotabato on Saturday, March 11. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 (Soccsksargen or the South Cotabato, Cotabato,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group fighter was killed while two soldiers were wounded in two encounters in Sulu on Monday, Feb. 20. Major Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said government troops first engaged the ASG in Barangay Kabbon Takas, Patikul when the 111th...
DAVAO CITY – The military transported the remains of communist rebel Didi Andel, alias ‘’Sisoy,’’ who died in a recent skirmish in Santa Margarita, Baggao, Cagayan to his hometown in Davao del Norte. His body arrived on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Tactical Operations Wing Eastern Mindanao in...
An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebel died in an encounter with the military in Borongan, Eastern Samar on Saturday, Feb. 18. Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division Capt. Jefferson Mariano, chief of the 8th Infantry Division (8ID) public affairs office, said elements of the 78thInfantry Battalion...
WOUNDED New People’s Army rebel Orion Yoshida is taken for treatment following an encounter in Baggao, Cagayan. (Cagayan PIO FB) BAGGAO, Cagayan – Police and Army forces captured a wounded Filipino-Japanese New People’s Army rebel here following an encounter on Monday, Feb. 13. He was...
Five New People’s Army rebels were killed in a clash with government forces in the province of Masbate on Thursday morning, Feb. 9. In a statement on Friday, Feb. 10, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office chief Col. Jorry Baclor said the clash took place in Barangay Guiom in...
SEVEN Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed in an encounter with police in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5. (Photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed seven Abu Sayyaf Group fighters in a shootout in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5. Gunmen fired at lawmen serving a warrant of arrest against murder...
Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while another was wounded in an encounter on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29, in Barangay Huyon-huyon, San Francisco, Quezon. Authorities identified the three fatalities as Joseph delos Santos, alias “Ken,” Danica Lagrama, alias “Allen,” and an...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A town police chief in Lanao del Sur province and two other policemen were wounded in a firefight on Thursday, Jan. 26, with suspected members of a terrorist group, according to a late report reaching here on Saturday, Jan. 28. Major Bobby Egera, police chief of Marantao...
