BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is investigating the encounter between the 62nd Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army in Moises Padilla town, Negros Occidental province on Oct. 28. The incident claimed the life of a six-year-old boy believed to have been hit...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo has called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender and pursue peace talks, following a gun battle between soldiers and communist rebels where a six-year-old boy was killed in Sitio Matal-i, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old boy was killed in an encounter between the military and the New People’s Army in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla town, Negros Occidental province on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Vice Mayor Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo has visited the remains of the victim and extended...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 901st Infantry “Fight Em” Brigade announced on Tuesday that the last remaining Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army unit, the Sub-Region de Gravidad (SRSDG) Westland, operating in its area of responsibility in Northeastern Mindanao or Caraga region has...
Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. is looking to elevate the role of the police organization in the country 's anti-insurgency campaign. This, as Nartatez took oath as a member of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict...
Two suspected communist rebels were killed during an armed encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Tapaz, Capiz on Saturday, Sept. 20. The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) said combined troops from the 82nd Infantry Battalion, 61st Infantry Battalion, and...
BUTUAN CITY – A 29-year-old medical officer and squad leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) recently surrendered in Barobo, Surigao del Sur. “Aside from war materials, this NPA leader and medical officer also voluntarily handed over a memory card containing highly sensitive information...
TACLOBAN CITY – A member of the New People’s Army was killed and two others were captured during an encounter on Saturday in Barangay Concepcion, Paranas, Samar. Troops from the 46th Infantry (Peacemakers) Battalion were ambushed by remnants of the Special Operations Group (SOG), Yakal Platoon,...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Two high-ranking leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippine-New People’s Army were arrested in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur on Thursday, Sept. 11. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division (PRO 13-ROD) said they are...
TACLOBAN CITY — Soldiers from the 63rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army raided a temporary New People 's Army camp in Barangay Magtino, Llorente, Eastern Samar, Monday. Recovered were two M16 rifles, one caliber .45 pistol, two long and five short magazines of M16 A1, one magazine...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – A New People’s Army rebel was apprehended for murder on Wednesday morning in Barangay Magsikap here. Police identified the suspect as Ka Inte. He was a member of Narciso Antaso Aramil Command. Ka Inte was ranked as the No. 1 most wanted person on the provincial level by...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 116 families or 460 individuals were displaced and a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit member was wounded in an encounter between the 94th Infantry Battalion and New People’s Army in Sitio Balaw, Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday,...
