ILIGAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the Army 90th Infantry Battalion at the Bravo Company headquarters in Barangay Lower Paatan, Kabacan, Cotabato on Wednesday, June 28. Joint Task Force Central commander Major Gen. Alex Rillera identified the surrenderers as alias...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was arrested for attempted extortion in Makato town, Aklan province. The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army identified the suspect as “Prince Egudas.” He was arrested by the 3rd ID Civil-Military Operations Battalion and the Aklan...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – The remains of a New People’s Army leader was recovered in Sitio Antang, Barangay Santa Margarita, Baggao, this province, on Monday, June 26. The Regional Mobile Force Battalion 2 said the remains belong to Francisco Reyes, alias “Gundo,”...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have urged more witnesses to surface to strengthen evidence against suspects in the murder of a couple and their two sons in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental recently. JOMOCAN (Glazyl Masculino) Police Lt. Col. Reynante Jomocan, Himamaylan police chief, said they are almost...
BUTUAN CITY – The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) continued its dwindling decline as eight more heavily armed regulars voluntarily surrendered to the government, a regional Philippine Army spokesman said on Monday, June 26. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of...
ILIGAN CITY -- The provincial government of Misamis Occidental (PGMO) has extended financial assistance in the amount of P300,000 each to two young ladies who voluntarily surrendered to the Army 10th Infantry (Steady on) Battalion last month. Decel Gumangay delos Santos, alias "Baby," 17, and Aiza...
BUTUAN CITY – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday, June 25, reported significant gains against communist rebels in the Caraga and Northern Mindanao regions. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of the Public Affairs Office (PAO) of the Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division, said...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion (IB) and the City Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (CTF-ELCAC) facilitated the burial of two slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Dugyaman, Barangay Anticala, this city, on Wednesday, June 21. Troops extricated the cadavers...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The secretary of the Guerrilla Front 30 (GF-30) under the Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the 36th Infantry Battalion (36IB) in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del Sur on Thursday, June 22. GRECYL Yparraguirre...
BACOLOD CITY – The local police has tagged the Central Negros 2 (CN 2) of the New People’s Army (NPA) as the suspects behind the massacre of a couple and their two minor sons in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last week. LOCAL officials, police, and the Philippine Army led by Gov. Eugenio...
CAMP SERVILLANO AQUINO, San Miguel, Tarlac – This province has been declared insurgency-free and is now relatively peaceful. This was declared by the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) on Friday, June 23, in Resolution No. 2, Series of 2023. The resolution acknowledged the province's...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command (MCC)-New People's Army (NPA)-South Central Negros Guerrilla Front has owned up the burning of two backhoes worth P7.5 million in Sitio Bulod, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental last week. In a statement released to the media on...
