The Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed to strengthen its community engagement as part of its long-term campaign against communist insurgency to sustain security gains through continued operations. Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., PNP chief, said the approach will prioritize public...
BACOLOD CITY – Relatives have claimed the remains of at least eight of the 19 New People 's Army (NPA) members killed during the April 19 clashes in Toboso, Negros Occidental, the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said Thursday. Among those identified and claimed was...
BACOLOD CITY – A University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman student was among the 19 persons killed in an encounter between the New People’s Army and the military in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 19. The fatality was identified as Alyssa Alano. The UP-Student...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) has tightened security protocols following the death of 19 suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members in Toboso, Negros Occidental, an official said Wednesday. NOrPPO spokesperson Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar said during a...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson renewed his appeal to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms and return to the fold of the government and said that those who have already surrendered have been given opportunities for a fresh start. While the...
Police forces were deployed in Negros Occidental to assist in securing communities affected by the fierce clashes between government troops and communist rebels in Taboso town. At least 19 communist rebels died in the clash and Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National...
TACLOBAN CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) member killed in a recent encounter with government troops in Jiabong, Samar was a minor, the military said Tuesday. Capt. Christopher Tataro, spokesperson of the 8th Infantry Division (ID), disclosed this information after the family identified the...
The Philippine Army (PA) will sustain its campaign against communist insurgents despite a series of deadly encounters in Negros Occidental that left 19 alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members dead, its chief said Monday, April 20. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarette, PA commanding general, mourned the...
BACOLOD CITY – Government troops finally neutralized a notorious New People’s Army hitman after a four-year manhunt in Toboso, Negros Occidental. Roger Fabillar – alias Jhong and Arnel Tapang – was killed in an encounter Sunday in Barangay Salamanca. Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of...
Nineteen suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a series of encounters with government troops in Toboso, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Army (PA) confirmed on Monday, April 20. The clashes involved troops from the 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion under the 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – Around 366 individuals were affected by the encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Sinugmawan, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 19. 1st Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th IB civil-military operations officer,...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on Friday. In a news release Saturday, the 30th Infantry Battalion (IB) identified the slain rebels as alias "Madi/Luis," the finance officer of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional...
