ILIGAN CITY -- Tired of being on the run, two young New People's Army rebels surrendered to the military in Maitum, Sarangani on Monday, Dec. 5. Joint Task Force Central commander Major Gen. Roy Galido said the surrenderers are aged 17 and 20 and from the Far South Mindanao Regional Committee. They...
KABUGAO, Apayao – High-powered firearms owned by the Komiteng Larangan Guerilla North Abra of the New People’s Army were recovered in armed encounter on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Barangay Maragat here. Troops were conducting combat operations after receiving information about the presence of...
Amid mounting calls for an investigation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) maintained Saturday, Dec. 3, that the slain consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) during a military operation in Kabankalan City recently was behind “all” the attacks perpetrated...
CAMP BGEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A member of the Communist Terrorist Group surrendered to the Regional Mobile Force Battalion’s 404th Maneuver Company on Thursday, Dec. 1. RMFB4A identified the rebel as ‘Ka SK/Rosgen’ of Platun 1, Sentro de Gabridad Guerilla Front Narciso, Southern Region...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Four former New People’s Army rebels received livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Kalinga on Nov. 29 as part of the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) for rebel returnees. The awarding...
There is no let-up in the internal security operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), to prevent the communist rebels from launching attacks that will spoil the Filipinos’...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) refuted on Thursday, Dec. 1, the claim of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) that one of its peace consultant and his companion were captured and later killed by soldiers in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental. In a statement, Lt. Col....
ILOILO CITY —Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in encounters with the military in Barangay Kamansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 30. THE remains of an NPA rebel killed in clashes with government forces in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Upper Binataan, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 28. SCENE-of-the-Crime Operatives process the remains of a communist rebel killed...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with government soldiers in Igbaras town, Iloilo province on Saturday, Nov. 26. THE body of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel lies on the ground after an encounter with government soldiers in Igbaras town, Iloilo province...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos condemned Saturday, Nov. 26, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), for allegedly killing two soldiers in an ambush in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Retired UP Professor Clarita Carlos (right)...
Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters in Barangay Chua, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24, the military said. TROOPS recovered guns and other items left behind following an encounter with the New People's Army in Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24....
