"The people we owe a debt of gratitude that we will never be able to repay." REMINISCING — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. smiles as he recognizes familiar faces during his meeting with the members of the Filipino community in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 18, 2023. Marcos said these were...
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...
President Marcos believes he does not need to forgive anybody for what happened to his family in 1986 as he never blamed anybody for his father's ouster that led to their exile to Hawaii. Bongbong Marcos/Instagram Marcos said this as he is set to return to Hawaii before his scheduled return to the...
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....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its own investigation on the alleged abduction of three activists involved in espousing the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs) in Oriental Mindoro. Based on report of Karapatan, a group of human rights advocates, CHR said that Alia Encela, 19; Job...
