She was not aware. This is the claim of Karla Estrada after she drew flak using the tune "Ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan," considered the anthem of the New People's Army (NPA), in a recent post, which, ironically, was about her joining the Philippine Army as reservist. Although she has since taken down...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police on Wednesday, June 7, in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur. A NEW People’s Army couple, with their one-year-old child, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company led by force commander Police...
CITY of San Fernando, Pampanga – Twenty members of a farmer’s group withdrew their support to the New People’s Army on Tuesday, June 6. The Police Regional Office-3 said the intensified intelligence-driven operation of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3 led by acting force commander Police...
TIAONG, Quezon – This town was officially declared insurgency-free by the Philippine National Police on Wednesday, June 7. Town officials called this a new chapter in its long history of being Ground Zero to clashes between the military and communist rebels. A Memorandum of Understanding was...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) seized a gun and ammunition in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Leon town, Iloilo province on Monday, June 5. THE military seized New People’s Army hardware in an encounter in Leon town, Iloilo province. (61st IB) Lt....
Various government agencies in the defense, security, and peace sectors slammed on Tuesday, June 6, the recent explosion allegedly orchestrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Las Navas, Northern Samar which killed two civilians. *(Photo courtesy of 803rd Brigade, 8th Infantry Division) * Roel...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army neutralized 40 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels across the Visayas in May. WAR materiel seized by the Philippine Army from NPA rebels in the Visayas. (Viscom) A report released by the Visayas Command led by Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo said the armed wing of the...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – Twenty-one members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including three students from Metro Manila, surrendered to the military in Cagayan on Friday, June 2. TWENTY-one New People's Army rebels surrendered in Cagayan on Friday, June 2. They yielded a total of 23...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command of the New People's Army (NPA) South Central Negros Guerrilla Front has admitted killing an alleged military asset in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last month. A MAN was gunned down by two suspected New People's Army rebels in...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) 8th Infantry Division (8ID) identified on Monday, June 5, the two civilian workers who died when suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels detonated an anti-personnel mine in Las Navas, Northern Samar. *(Photo courtesy of 803rd Brigade, 8th Infantry...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – A New People’s Army (NPA) medical officer, political instructor, and two regular members surrendered to the Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Police Office (PPO), on Saturday, June 3. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II...
CATARMAN, Northern Samar -- Two civilians died due to anti-personnel landmines (AP mine) allegedly planted by the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Magsaysay, Las Navas, Northern Samar, Saturday, June 3. The victims whose names were withheld by the Army were workers in the construction of the...
