BACOLOD CITY - A top military official in the Visayas has directed the Army in Negros island to step up their operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) to prevent them from doing more atrocities. Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) and acting commander of...
SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon – Classes in elementary and high school in 11 barangays here are suspended until Friday, Feb. 3, due to the ongoing military pursuit operation against New People’s Army rebels. Mayor Romulo Edano issued an order cancelling classes in Barangays Butanguiad, Casay, Don Juan...
CAMP GERONIMO MONTES, Mountain Province – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to the police and military at the Mountain Province Provincial Police Office here on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Col. Sibly Dawiguey Jr., Mountain Province police chief, said the surrenderer was a member of the Kilusang...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) has claimed responsibility for the killing of two men in Negros Occidental recently. Police identified the victims as farmer Silas Granada, 65, of Barangay Pinggot, Ilog municipality, and Jose Rammel Europa, 47, of Barangay Camandag, La Castellana...
A senator-turned-deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives has advised the government on how to go about its reported plan to sell off its NPAs, or non-performing assets. Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) According to Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto, the privatization process of...
Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while another was wounded in an encounter on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29, in Barangay Huyon-huyon, San Francisco, Quezon. Authorities identified the three fatalities as Joseph delos Santos, alias “Ken,” Danica Lagrama, alias “Allen,” and an...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Sunday night, Jan. 30, three ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in a raid in General Santos City. Nabbed were Ruben Abenir Saluta, identified as the secretary of the...
A soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Sitio Mabato, Barangay Pansoy, San Andres, Quezon on Friday, Jan. 27. Police identified the wounded as Private First Class Johnson Carlos. The 85th Infantry Battalion, 405th Maneuver Company, and Regional Mobile Force Battalion...
Authorities arrested a platoon leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) for attempted murder on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 25, in General Nakar, Quezon. Christopher Avellano, 24, a resident of Sitio Pinamaypayan, Barangay Umiray, General Nakar, is the No.1 most wanted person on the regional level of...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A platoon leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) Apolonio Mendoza Command, Sub-Regional Military Area 4-A, of the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee voluntarily surrendered to the police here on Sunday, Jan. 22, after his organization denied his plea for assistance....
The leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is currently experiencing a breakdown of communication over the death of Jose Maria "Joma" Sison last month, the country's top police official said on Monday, Jan. 23. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the...
BACOLOD CITY -- An elderly man, who was an alleged supporter of the New People’s Army (NPA), voluntarily surrendered to the authorities in Barangay Canlusong, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Friday, Jan. 20. The identity of the 60-year-old man from Cadiz City was withheld. He turned over a...
