CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two New People’s Army amazons surrendered in Sitio Kabute, Barangay Real, Calamba City, this province, on Monday, September 25. The 402nd A Maneuver Company Regional Mobile Force Battalion 4-A identified the surrenderers as alias “Iska,” 25, from Calamba...
BACOLOD CITY – Troops recovered the service firearm of a slain soldier following a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Lubi, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 21. The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said the government-issued .45 caliber pistol...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division said the encounter on Thursday, September 21, in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, in which six New People’s Army rebels were killed, is a big blow to the communist guerrillas and brings them closer to becoming inconsequential. The military has...
BACOLOD CITY – Six members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a clash with the Army 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Lubi, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, September 21. The 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatalities as alias...
BACOLOD CITY – The police and military arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for carnapping in Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 20. Police identified the suspect as Joshua Rabor, alias “Jake,” 25, of Barangay Camalandaan, Cauayan. Rabor is a...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, September 19. “Ivar,” 16, “Jerence,” 20, and “Leo,” cited difficult life and lack of future in the armed struggle in their decision to...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel is the second casualty in an encounter on September 19 with the 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army in Lambunao, Iloilo. The NPA rebel was identified as Jemar Diaz, a resident of Tapaz, Capiz. THE body of a New People’s Army (NPA)...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion (IB) seized New People’s Army war materials following a gun battle in Barangay Maitum, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Tuesday, September 19. Recovered were a Bushmaster rifle, an M16 rifle, a Stag A5 VLTOR rifle, an M653 rifle, two R4...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) condemned the recent killing of the chairman of Barangay Anagasi, Paranas, Samar by suspected members of the New People's Army. The victim, Tito Llamado, 59, was a reelectionist in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next...
ILOILO CITY – A soldier was killed and another was wounded in an encounter between the 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Agdalusan, Barangay Jayobo, Lambunao, Iloilo on Tuesday, September 19. The Army withheld the names of the casualty and wounded soldier...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) seized a temporary hideout of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tunap, Barangay San Jose, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, following an encounter with at least 15 communist guerrillas on Saturday, September 16. The gun battle with...
CAMP Aquino, Tarlac City – The Balik-Loob Organization of Mountain Province (BLOMP) has condemned the human rights violation committed by the New People’s Army against amazon Brenda Antonio. Antonio, alias “Michelle,” a member of the Agta Indigenous People’s tribe, was abandoned by her...