ILOILO CITY — A soldier was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Capiz province on Monday, Aug. 25. The fatality was identified as Sgt. Jhon Ray Coopera of the 12th Infantry Battalion (IB) and a native of Leganes town in Iloilo province. Coopera died from a bullet wound on...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers under the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army recovered five-powered firearms following three encounters with the New People’s Army in Capiz province last week. Seized were two M14 assault rifles, an M16 assault rifle (5.56mm), an AK-47 assault rifle, and a...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army recovered two firearms and ammunition left by fleeing New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Capiz province. Troops of the 12th Infantry Battalion retrieved an M16 rifle, one AK-47 rifle, and two magazines after an encounter with NPA rebels in Tapaz town on...
ILOILO CITY – The 12th Infantry Battalion, with the 62nd Special Action Company of the 6th Special Action Battalion (SAB), recently recovered a firearm and ammunition in an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Naatip, Barangay Lahug, Tapaz town, Capiz province. Troops also...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in a clash with soldiers in Tapaz town, Capiz province, on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The 82 nd Infantry Battalion engaged seven communist fighters believed to be remnants of the dismantled Central Front of the Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay in a...
ROXAS CITY – A book based on the memoirs of bemedalled Major Jose Gardose Falco of Tapaz town, Capiz province was presented during the recent conference on the 80th anniversary of World War II. ERWIN Bonifacio with copies of the book Courage Amidst Chaos that narrates the memoirs of Major...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 12th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Naatip, Barangay Lahug, Tapaz town, Capiz province on Saturday, Dec. 28. SOLDIERS carry the remains of an unidentified New People’s Army (NPA) rebel killed in an encounter in Tapaz...
ILOILO CITY — The 12th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army seized a firearm from the New People’s Army in a clash in Capiz province this week. AN M16 rifle was recovered in an encounter between the New People's Army and Philippine Army in Tapaz, Capiz....
ILOILO CITY – After this week’s inauguration of the mega dam project in Iloilo province, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) might also start construction of the mega dam project in neighboring Capiz province by 2026. AN aerial photo of the Panay River Basin in Capiz province....
ILOILO CITY – The body of a slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was recently exhumed in Barangay Siya, Tapaz town, Capiz province. SOLDIERS exhume the body of a slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Tapaz town, Capiz province. (Army 12th IB) The 301st Infantry Brigade (IB) of the Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain who went missing for a week was found dead in Barangay Tacayan, Tapaz, Capiz. The body of Wennie Dimas of Barangay Aglupacan, Tapaz was found floating on a river by a barangay tanod (watchman). THE body of Wennie Dimas, a barangay captain, was found floating on a...
