LOBO, Batangas – A soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Bignay here on Monday morning, October 16. He was identified as Private Artemio Avila of the Army 59th Infantry Battalion. MAP of Lobo, Batangas Troops were conducting a follow-up operation...
While Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has expressed his intent to fight for the confidential funds of the Department of Education (DepEd), he will however, not "die" for it. In an interview on Monday, Oct. 16, Dela Rosa said that he would first get the consensus of his colleagues if they are for or...
BANGUED, Abra – The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command has called on remaining members of the New People’s Army-Komiteng Larangang Guerilla North Abra to lay down their arms and peacefully surrender to the government. THE Armed Forces-Northern Luzon Command urges members of the New...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 said that 358 New People’s Army rebels in the Caraga region have surrendered from January 1 to October 13. According to the PRO-13 Regional Intelligence Division, 38 were verified through the Periodic Status Report...
(Courtesy of 5th Infantry Division) A suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebel died during an armed encounter with troops from the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) in Abra on Friday, Oct. 13. Lt. Gen. Fernyl Buca, commander of NOLCOM, said the still unidentified male fighter was a member of the NPA's...
BACOLOD CITY – A former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) wanted for homicide surrendered to the police in Barangay San Jose, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, October 10. Police identified the suspect as Benny Alibutdan, 44, of Barangay San Jose. Police Lt. Col. Edison Garcia,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A New People’s Army rebel was arrested by the police and military in Infanta, Quezon on Wednesday, October 11. The 405 th A Maneuver Company, in a report to Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, identified the communist...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) has recorded 47 killings perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island from January 2022 to present. Three fatalities were former NPA rebels, four government officials, five soldiers, a policeman, and 34 civilians. Fifty-one...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Samar Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) recently launched the Friends Rescued Engagement through their Families (FReE Families) project to gather the support and commitment of relatives of New People's Army rebels in their...
BACOLOD CITY – Troops seized two high-powered firearms in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Capaklan, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Friday, October 6. The Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) seized an M60 general purpose machine gun, a .30 caliber Bolt...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police unearthed a New People’s Army arms cache in Barangay Santa Rosa, Alaminos, this province, on Thursday, October 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A said that the 1st Laguna Provincial Mobile Force Company was conducting an internal security operation when a...
BANGUED, Abra – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Sitio Lamunan, Barangay Gacab, Malibcong, Abra on Tuesday, October 3. AN NPA rebel was killed in an encounter in Abra on Tuesday, October 3. (Photo via Freddie Lazaro) Capt. Bryan Albano, head of the...
