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...
BALBALAN, Kalinga – The New People's Army rebel killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Poswoy here on Wednesday, May 3, has been identified. Baliwag Boccol, alias “Ka Bombo,” of Barangay Nambucayan, Tabuk City, Kalinga, was positively identified by his family. He was a member...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 reported on Friday, May 5, that the counter-insurgency campaign and peace and development program in the Caraga region are gaining headway with the arrest and surrender of 256 New People’s Army rebels from January 1 to March 31 this year. PRO-13...
BUTUAN CITY – The military seized high-powered firearms, bullets, and medical paraphernalia following an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tubuhon, Barangay Bugsukan, this city, on Wednesday, May 3. Also captured by the 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion was a makeshift camp of...
BACOLOD CITY – Some residents in two barangays in the cities of Kabankalan and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental were evacuated following a clash between the New People’s Army rebels and the government troops. DISPLACED residents in an evacuation center in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The body of a village councilor in Northern Samar who was reportedly slain by the New People’s Army sometime last year for not cooperating with them has been discovered by the military. THE remains of Barangay Epaw, Las Navas, Northern Samar Councilor Jaime Asinas who was...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed and five high-powered guns were recovered in separate encounters with the military in Cagayan and Kalinga on Wednesday afternoon, May 3. Major Gen. Audrey L. Pasia, Army 5th Infantry Division chief,...
GAMU, Isabela – Three suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed and three high-powered guns were recovered in separate encounters between the rebels and the soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division (5ID) in the provinces of Kalinga and Cagayan on...
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – Ten former New People’s Army rebels recently received P20,000 livelihood assistance each from the government in Malolos City, Bulacan. The awarding ceremony was led by provincial officials led by Gov. Daniel Fernando. COSTELO (FB) Major Gen. Andrew Costelo,...
BUTUAN CITY – The military recovered high-powered firearms in two encounters with the New People’s Army in Bukidnon and Surigao del Sur on April 30 and May 2. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of the 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (PAO), said the 1st Special Forces Battalion led...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a supporter surrendered in General Nakar and Lopez, Quezon on Tuesday, May 2. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the surrenderers as Dennis dela Cruz, alias “Harvey,” of the Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) under...
