BACOLOD CITY – The remains of 29-year-old Private First Class John Rey Brasil was brought to his hometown in Guimbal, Iloilo on Wednesday, June 10. “We kindly ask for your prayers and support for our family during this time. Thank you for your sympathy, condolences, and heartfelt messages,”...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) is continuing the manhunt against fewer than 10 remaining members of the dismantled Northern Negros Front (NNF-D) in Negros Occidental, including a fugitive rebel. Speaking during the launch of S.A.F.E. Negros Island Region (NIR) 911 in this...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. vowed that those responsible for the death of a soldier in a recent encounter with the New People 's Army (NPA) in Escalante City, Negros Occidental would be held accountable. "Pananagutan niyo ito (You will pay for this),” Teodoro...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. condoled with the family of Private First Class John Rey Brasil in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 3. Brasil was killed in a clash between the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the New People 's Army (NPA) in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – The 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) confirmed the death of a soldier wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Tamlang, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1. 1st Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th IB civil-military operations officer, said the slain...
BUTUAN CITY – A 19-year-old information officer and courier of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police here on Saturday, May 30. He turned over a Colt M4 rifle, magazines, and bullets. Butuan City Police Office Director Police Col. Richie M. Yatar said the rebel returnee belonged...
BACOLOD CITY – The Toboso Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental prayed for peace and healing of the community on Friday, May 29, following the encounter where 19 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels where killed in Sitio Plarinding, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso on April 19. Rev. Fr. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said that 30-year-old New People 's Army rebel Vince Francis Dingding from Cebu City was buried in a public cemetery in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 24, a week after he was killed along with four communist rebels in an encounter with the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) does not want to do a lot of talking in dealing with communist rebels and instead vowed to sustain intensified operations to permanently dismantle their remaining operational units. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the police organization...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. lauded local government officials of Negros Occidental led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for the province’s initiatives to address insurgency. On Saturday, Teodoro met Lacson and other Negrense officials at the Provincial Capitol here ahead of...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Saturday, May 23, challenged groups claiming that civilians were among the 19 people killed in the controversial military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last month, saying the allegations were based on “hearsay” and...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is concentrating on the forensic examination of evidence recovered from the April 19 encounter in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental, where 19 people, including two foreigners and three minors, were killed. During...
