TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People's Army rebels and 12 Yunit Militia members and supporters have surrendered in Eastern Samar. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, 802nd Infantry Brigade commander, expressed optimism that it will result in more surrenderers from the armed terrorist group. They yielded two M-16...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Police investigators are eyeing the New People’s Army (NPA) as allegedly behind the killing of a barangay intelligence network (BIN) member in a remote sitio in Barangay Aya, La Libertad town, Negros Oriental early on Monday, August 21. An initial report from the Negros...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a member of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB), a breakaway group of the New People’s Army (NPA), in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. The suspect Noel Café, 60, was arrested last week by the Janiuay Municipal Police Station, backed by...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A New Peoples' Army (NPA) leader tagged in the murder of a Far Eastern University football player in 2021 was killed in a 30-minute encounter in the mountainous area of Barangay Jagnaan, San Jacinto, Masbate on Saturday afternoon, August 19. Major Frank Roldan,...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Troops of the 75th Infantry Battalion (IB) recovered on Saturday afternoon, August 19, a cadaver of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the hinterland Barangay Laperian, Prosperidad town in Agusan del Sur. The recovery took place a day after the 75th IB engaged around...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Twenty-one New People’s Army members and supporters in Central Luzon surrendered and pledged loyalty to the government on August 17. Militia ng Bayan member “Ka Bruno” disclosed the location of an arms cache composed of two rifle grenades, M203...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – The police and military unearthed a New People's Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) and the 59th Infantry Battalion...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to the police in Capiz province on Friday, August 18. Felecesimo Garbosa Garotche, alias “Ka Roque,” turned himself in to the 2nd Capiz Provincial Mobile Force Company, the Dumalag Municipal Police Station, and the Capiz Police...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – Two New People's Army rebels and a supporter surrendered in Catanauan, this province, on August 16. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte identified the surrenderers as communist rebels “Jayson” and “Lea” and NPA supporter Danilo Marilao. Their...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army arms cache was discovered in Sitio Hilamon, Barangay Burgos, Cortes, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, August 15. The Police Regional Office-13 said the police and military dug up these war materials following a tip from a concerned citizen. “A tip from a...
ILIGAN CITY – A political officer and a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the military in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on Monday. In a statement on Tuesday, the Philippine Army 4th Infantry Division identified the surrenderers as Jaime Manpinsahan Manseliohan, a political...
CAMP GENERAL VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A New People’s Army member and supporter surrendered to the police in this province recently. One of them was an incumbent barangay official. Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces said the surrenderer is a barangay kagawad or...
