LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The military has called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to release a Filipino-American in Occidental Mindoro after newly disclosed handwritten notes revealed signs of emotional distress. The 2nd Infantry Division 's appeal came following the disclosure of one of the...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – The military disclosed that the New People’s Army (NPA) plans to integrate foreign recruits into their ranks, handwritten notes found during the March 29 encounter in Barangay Monteclaro, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro said. The Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command said...
A passenger vessel ran aground off Lubang, Occidental Mindoro on Easter Sunday morning, April 5, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PCF spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said all 162 passengers and eight crew members of MV Our Lady of Fatima 03 were rescued. An initial report from the PCG...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A barangay councilor was shot dead in Gloria town, Oriental Mindoro province on Maundy Thursday. Police Col. Edison Revita, Oriental Mindoro police chief, said the victim, Barangay Tambong Councilor Emiljun Historillo, 53, and a 30-year-old companion were having a...
The Philippine Army (PA) on Black Saturday, April 4, went public with documentation of an alleged female New People’s Army (NPA) rebel placed under its custody following a deadly encounter in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro last week to counter allegations that she was maltreated. The Army’s 203rd...
Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, commanding general of the Philippine Army (PA), paid tribute to Capt. Dean Buen Oyando, the soldier killed in an armed encounter with New People 's Army (NPA) rebels in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro over the weekend. Nafarette visited the wake of the 25-year-old...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Armed Forces of the Philippines has declared Gloria as a municipality in this province under Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) status following the absence of armed encounters with anti-government forces and communist threat and influence. Local...
A pursuit operation against the New People’s Army (NPA) on the group 's 57th founding anniversary turned deadly on Sunday, March 29, resulting in the death of a young Philippine Army (PA) officer and the capture of an insurgent in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. The encounter occurred at Sitio...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Juanito Victor C. Remulla Jr. on Friday said a Chinese woman is now the subject of a police manhunt after she was identified as the alleged leader of the group involved in the smuggling of suspected shabu...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) intensified its intelligence operations to unmask an international drug syndicate behind a massive P5.8‑billion shipment of crystal meth or “shabu” that was intercepted in the coastal waters of Paluan, Occidental Mindoro. PNP Chief Police General Jose...
Police intelligence units are now working to identify the international drug syndicate behind the more than P6-billion suspected shabu shipment recently intercepted in the sea of Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday. PNP chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City –Two Chinese nationals were arrested for their alleged involvement in a P6.8-billion shabu smuggling attempt in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro. Troops earlier recovered 43 sacks of suspected shabu on Tuesday, March 10, in an abandoned speedboat on the coastline of Paluan....
