TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry (Peacemaker) Battalion in a remote in Gandara and San Jorge towns, Samar province, on Sunday. The 8th Infantry Division has yet to identify the slain rebel. Recovered in the encounter site were...
TACLOBAN CITY – The three rebels killed in a recent clash with government troops in Jaro town, Leyte province were linked to the murder of a soldier in 2023, the Philippine Army’s (PA) 8th Infantry Division (ID) said on Thursday. The PA said that based on verification, one of the three firearms...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a firefight with government forces in Barangay Pange, Jaro, Leyte, early Monday, the Philippine Army reported. Brig. Gen. Pompeyo Jason Almagro, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, said fatalities were a squad...
An alleged squad leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) and two other Communist officers were killed in an armed encounter with the Philippine Army (PA) in Jaro, Leyte on Monday morning, Nov. 17, the military reported. Elements of the 93rd Infantry Battalion (93IB) led by its commander, Lt. Col....
ILOILO CITY – After nearly 20 years of various crimes against the state, a high-ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested in Iloilo City. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) announced that its Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU) arrested Gaspar Robles Matullano, alias Ka...
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...
