LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A member of the New People's Army (NPA) was killed and his two comrades were arrested during an encounter in remote Barangay Magogon, Camalig, Albay on Thursday, April 18. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5 (PRO-5), said a...
President Marcos is named as one of TIME’s list of “100 Most Influential People of 2024,” citing his role in the post-pandemic recovery of the country’s economy and his stance against Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Photo...
ILOILO CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered in Tubungan, Iloilo province over the weekend. The Army 3rd Infantry Division identified them as alias Honda, Ateng, and Pielte. MAP of Iloilo with the town of Tubungan highligted. They belonged to the Southern Front Committee...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Two New People's Army rebels surrendered to the police in this province on April 12. Cordillera police chief Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. said the surrenderers were aged 54 and 56 and members of the NPA in the Barrio under the Kilusang Larangang Gerilya...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received a total of P70,000 financial assistance in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, April 11. MAYOR Filomeno Reyes (standing) meets seven rebel returnees who were provided a total of P70,000 financial assistance in...
TACLOBAN CITY -- The second-in-command of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC) was arrested in a joint inter-agency operation by the 8th Infantry Division and the Philippine National Police on Tuesday, April 8, in Consolacion,...
Vice President Sara Duterte has chosen silence over China’s aggressive moves in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the highly disputed West Philippine Sea. Joint naval drills of the Philippines, United States, Japan, and Australia in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, April 7,...
China conducted its own “combat patrols” in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, April 7, the same day joint naval drills were conducted by the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and Australia. A statement published on state-owned Global Times said that the “Southern Theater...
ILOILO CITY – The Ati Indigenous Peoples (IPs) tribe is pleading after they were recently displaced from a disputed land at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. ATI children play on the white-sand beach of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. (Tara Yap) "This land is ours....
National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC co-vice chairperson Eduardo Año (File photo) President Marcos has committed to allot additional fund for the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP), a socio-economic intervention project for communities freed from the influence of communist...
Troops discovered a New People’s Army camp and seized an arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Nagcanasan, Pilar, Abra, near the boundary of Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, on Tuesday, April 2. VARIOUS items were recovered by the military in a New People's Army camp in Pilar, Abra. According to...
BACOLOD CITY – One-hundred fifty-four residents or 29 families were affected by clashes between government forces and the New People’s Army in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 4. THE town of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental was the site of...
