TACLOBAN CITY — A suspected member of the New People’s Army was killed today, Sunday, June 15, in an encounter in the hinterlands of Sitio Bagong Bario, Barangay Pinanag-an, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The casualty was identified as Joemar Discar, alias Guimo and Bobby. The encounter occurred...
TACLOBAN CITY – Government forces seized five firearms in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Can-aponte in San Jose de Buan, Samar, the Philippine Army reported on Tuesday. Recovered guns were four M16 rifles and one .45 caliber pistol. Also found were a mobile phone,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army has identified three of the five members of the communist New People 's Army (NPA) who died during recent clashes with government troops in Catubig, Northern Samar. In a statement on Monday, the 8th Infantry Division announced that the remains of the slain...
BACOLOD CITY – A squad member of the dismantled New People 's Army (NPA) Central Negros 2 (CN2) front was killed in a clash with the Philippine Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon. In a report on Saturday, the 3rd...
TACLOBAN CITY – Five New People’s Army rebels have been killed in gunbattles with government troops in Catubig, Northern Samar. A communist rebel was killed and a soldier was wounded in an encounter during a pursuit operation in Barangay Nagoocan, Catubig, on Thursday, June 5. Five communist...
TACLOBAN CITY – Four New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops on June 3 in Barangay Nagoocan, Catubig, Northern Samar. Approximately 30 communist rebels from the Regional Guerrilla Unit and Sub-Regional Committee Arctic under the Eastern Visayas Regional...
ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Three people, including a poll watcher, were killed and two others were wounded in a predawn boat clash near Hadji Muhtamad town, this province, Monday, hours before elections began. The fatalities – poll watcher Murasidul Kidong Abduarahman and supporters Samier Allil...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and several others were wounded in a fierce firefight between supporters of two political personalities in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan province on Sunday, May 11. Several families fled their homes in Barangay Langil during the gun battle between...
ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers neutralized a notorious leader of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in a 15-minute encounter on May 9 in Barangay Tambo, Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur. Soldiers identified the fatality as Nasser Daud, alias Mas’od and Mahater. Daud was No. 1 in the government’s...
BUTUAN CITY – A suspected leader of the New People’s Army was killed during an encounter with government troops in Lingig, Surigao del Sur over the weekend. Elbert Echaves (alias Aldrin), commanding officer of the Regional Sentro de Grabidad (RSDG) Jaguar under the Southern Mindanao Regional...
BACOLOD CITY – University of the Philippines (UP)-Cebu alumna Jhon Isidor Supelanas, alias Dalia or Dee, was among those killed in a series of clashes between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on April 27. SUPELANAS READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of seven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a series of encounters with the military in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 27. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/4/27/5-npa-rebels-slain-in-kabankalan-clashes Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon,...
