A total of 16,003 former rebels and ex-combatants applied for the national government’s amnesty program as the deadline set by President Marcos Jr. officially ended but calls for its extension continue to mount. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU)...
BACOLOD CITY – Three New People 's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, March 21. The Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as Milky “Gorting”...
TACLOBAN CITY – The remains of an alleged leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) were found during an encounter between troops of the 63rd Infantry (Innovator) Battalion and remnants of the Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) Sesame in Hinabangan, Samar, on Saturday, March 14. The decomposing body was...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities are probing the burning of six heavy equipment worth a total of P7 million in a farm in Hacienda Baling, Barangay Libacao, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, March 8. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Himamaylan reported that three cane loaders and two...
More than 70 former rebels from across the country underwent a three-day training in Antipolo City on crafting effective and gender-responsive project proposals as part of the government’s effort to help them lead development work in their communities, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on...
BUTUAN CITY – Police recently arrested the No. 1 most wanted person in Surigao del Sur. The 35-year-old suspect, Dong, was wanted for qualified rape and was apprehended in Tago, Surigao del Sur. “The operation was the culmination of a Target Intelligence Packet (TOP) specially designed to track...
Seven unidentified armed men gunned down a 61-year-old chief village peacekeeper at the barangay hall of Pinapugasan Proper in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 28. Police Capt. Lindsey Caraballe, deputy chief of Escalante City Police Station, identified the victim as Eduardo....
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army leader was killed in an encounter with soldiers on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Barangay Cabalagnan, Hinabangan, Samar. The fatality was identified as Basil, also known as Homer and Bitoy, former secretary of FC South Samar 1 (SS1) of the Sub-Regional Committee...
BACOLOD CITY – Corporal Renold Gardose was laid to rest in Tapaz, Capiz on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 days after he was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Feb. 15. Gardose’s remains arrived in his hometown on Feb. 17 and a...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate killings in Negros Island carried out by the New People’s Army (NPA). The 3rd ID said 28 individuals have been killed in Negros Island since March 2025 for an average of two fatalities per month....
DUMAGUETE CITY – About 45 families, or 152 individuals, have returned to their homes in a remote barangay in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, days after the weekend clashes between government troops and the New People’s Army (NPA). Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the Philippine Army 302nd...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) honored Corporal Renold Gardose who was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Feb. 15. Major Gen. Michael Samson, 3rd ID commander, said that Gardose...
