BUTUAN CITY – Three key leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao were killed in an encounter in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur last week, the military said on Sunday, May 14. GUNS seized from the New People’s Army in two encounters in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur last week. (Photo...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the police on Friday, May 12, in Barangay Bilaran, Nasugbu, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, quoting a report from the 2nd Batangas Provincial Mobile Force Company, identified...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) reported that 122 families composed of 441 individuals were evacuated following a clash between government forces and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Dangalon, Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 11....
CEBU CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops on Friday, May 12, in Antequera, Bohol. In a report by the Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO), the fatality was identified as a certain “Jasper,” a political guide of the Sandatahang...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 15 firearms were seized in an encounter between the 74th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the New People’s Army in Barangay Magsaysay, Mapanas, Northern Samar, on Wednesday, May 10. These were two M14 rifles, two AK47 rifles, two M16 rifles, two M4 rifles, an Ingram, an Uzi...
A show of force. This was how Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 10, described her appointment as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Executive committee meeting of the National Task Force to End Local...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The remains of three New People’s Army rebels who died in a series of encounters with the government troops in Cagayan Valley a few days back already been transported to their respective families. The Armed Forces of the Philippines-Northern Luzon Command said the...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A New People’s Army rebel and Militia ng Bayan member surrendered to the police in Angeles City and Zambales on Tuesday, May 9. NPA fighter “Ka Baby” turned herself in Camp Tomas J. Pepito, Barangay Santo Domingo, Angeles City. KA Baby (Photo via...
The alleged head of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) regional command in Bicol was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in a pre-dawn operation in Malabon City on Tuesday, May 9. (Photo: Philippine Army / Kalinaw News) The PA...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two New People’s Army rebels surrendered to authorities in General Nakar, Quezon, on Sunday, May 7. Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces said the surrenderers were brothers Marlon Gurango, alias “Toto,” 27, and Jayson, 35. They are...
BACOLOD CITY – Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde), vowed to continue pursuing the remaining New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in Negros. Edralin made the declaration after troops from the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) clashed with NPA rebels in...
Two former New People’s Army rebels surrendered in Nueva Ecija on Saturday, May 6. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said “Ka Willy,” 62, turned himself in to the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company and 703rd Brigade Philippine Army in Barangay Picaleon, General Mamerto...
