ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in Leon town, Iloilo province on Thursday, May 2. MAP of the encounter site. Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, spokesperson of the 3rd Infantry Division (ID), said the gun battle with the 61st Infantry...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army leaders and six members surrendered to the military in Surigao del Sur last April. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief, said six of them turned themselves in to the 36th Infantry (Valor)...
BACOLOD CITY – A farmer was found dead in a charcoal yard in Sitio Cabalanti-an, Barangay Amontay, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 29. Police withheld the name of the 52-year-old victim. A FARMER was killed in a charcoal field in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on April 29. ...
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army rebels and their companion were arrested by government forces in Sitio Humayan, Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB), Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 25. TWO New Peoples’s Army rebels and a minor were caught in Barangay Pinowayan, Don...
Photo: Philippine Army Facebook page The Philippine Army warned the public, especially those interested in becoming a soldier, to be wary of a fake post of the supposed ongoing recruitment in the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A former New People’s Army amazon’s desire to give her son a proper burial was realized when the 78th Infantry Battalion searched and located his remains in the hinterlands of Barangay San Gabriel, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. A PRIEST blesses the remains of the son of former...
BACOLOD CITY – The Mount Cansermon Command of the New People’s Army-South Central Negros Guerrilla Front said it killed a resort employee in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental last Sunday for being an alleged government operative. READ:...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Three New People’s Army revolutionary tax collectors surrendered to the police in Sariaya, Quezon, on Monday, April 22. THREE NPA tax collectors surrendered to the police in Sariaya, Quezon on April 22. (Photo via Danny Estacio) They were identified as aliases Papu and...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A New People’s Army amazon surrendered to the Mountain Province Police Provincial Office on April 22. A NEW People’s Army amazon surrendered in Mountain Province. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) The communist rebel from the Kilusang Larangan Guerilya-Ampis turned...
Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS’ total donation to the “Love Myself" campaign in collaboration with the Korean Committee for UNICEF has reached 8.9 billion won (about $6.44 million). According to the Korean Committee for UNICEF on April 22, from 2017 to present, BTS and Big Hit Music...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A New People’s Army arms cache was unearthed in Alcala, Cagayan on April 19. A COMMUNIST weapons cache was found in Alcala, Cagayan. A former communist rebel revealed the location of the weapons stash to authorities. The police and military were deployed to Sitio...
LUCBAN, Quezon – A New People’s Army (NPA) arms cache was recovered in Barangay Piis here on Friday afternoon, April 19. MAP of Quezon with the town of Lucban highlighted. Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Lucban police chief, said a rebel returnee reported to them that an arms cache was buried...