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...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) commander was killed and an undetermined number of his comrades were wounded in an encounter in the border of Agusan del Sur and Bukidnon early Monday morning, Feb. 16. The fatality was identified as Kumander Tado, commanding officer of the Regional...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier was killed and another was injured in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Sunday, Feb. 15. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said the fatality was a...
Mayor Benjie Miranda denounced the recent killing of a 74-year-old woman by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. In a radio interview, Miranda expressed deep sorrow over the killing and said he even helped repair the victim 's home after an...
LEGAZPI CITY – A high-ranking New People 's Army leader was killed in a clash with government troops in Camarines Norte on Tuesday, the 9th Infantry Division (ID) reported Wednesday. Major Frank Roldan, 9th ID spokesperson, identified the rebel as alias “Ino,” secretary of Sub-Regional...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental arrested a former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) charged seven years ago with the murder of a peacekeeper in Barangay Nalundan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office,...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) condemned the New People 's Army (NPA) for the killing of a 74-year-old grandmother whom the communist insurgents reportedly tagged as a spy in Negros. In a statement Saturday night, NTF-ELCAC executive director...
