BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Caranawan, Barangay Amontay, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, December 6. The Army has yet to identify the fatality. According to the 62nd IB, troops encountered...
NAGCARLAN, Laguna – Police discovered an arms cache owned by the New People’s Army in Purok 7, Barangay Abo, this town, on Wednesday, November 29. A 1st Laguna Provincial Mobile Force Company team led by Police Capt. Rolly Dahug received information during an internal security operation (ISO)...
A farmer lies dead after being shot by suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte on Nov. 23, 2023. The victim, 48-year-old Ricardo Quijano, allegedly refused to give food supplies to suspected communist rebels. (Photo by 97th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) The...
BUTUAN CITY – Nine New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) on Thursday, November 16. PRO-13 identified the surrenderers as Roel, 27, team leader of Squad Uno, Platoon Compaq; Embog, 46, squad leader of Squad Dos, Local Platoon, Guerilla Front 88,...
CEBU CITY – At least 25 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered as a result of the non-stop localized peace engagement of government forces in Negros Oriental, the Visayas Command (Viscom) said. Called as “friends rescued,” the surrenderers included five members of the Milisya ng...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – The provincial government has distributed financial assistance amounting to P2.7 million to 137 former communist rebels who yielded to police and military authorities in this province. THE provincial government of Sultan Kudarat distributes aid to rebel returnees in the...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) couple surrendered to the police in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. A New People’s Army (NPA) couple surrenders to the police in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. (Tubungan PNP) The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) identified the couple...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has neutralized 14 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western and Central Visayas in the fourth quarter of this year. In a report presented during the Joint Intelligence Army-Police Intelligence Committee, the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said five NPA rebels were...
BACOLOD CITY – The 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company (Nocpmfc) turned over a newly constructed house to a former member of the New People's Army (NPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, November 13. POLICE Lt. Col. Edison Garcia (second from right), commander of...
BUTUAN CITY – Forty-five former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels finished a six-day deradicalization program at the TESDA Provincial Training Center in Barangay Bad-as, Placer, Surigao del Norte on November 11. FORTY-FIVE former NPA rebels participate in a six-day deradicalization program in...
ILOILO CITY – The 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army seized ammunition from an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. Troops recovered four live ammunition and 19 empty cartridges of 5.56mm following an encounter in Sitio Bacan, Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) following a gun battle in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 8. The Army withheld the names of the two rebel returnees for security reasons....
