BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with authorities in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 4. MAP of Negros Occidental with the town of Moises Padilla highlighted. The 2nd Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force...
DAGUPAN CITY – One-hundred thirteen families composed of 411 individuals from Pilar, Abra and Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur were evacuated following a series of encounters between soldiers and the New People’s Army on Tuesday, April 2. THE government has provided assistance to families from Abra and...
Major Rigor N. Pamittan, chief of 5ID public affairs office (Photo courtesy of Pamittan via DWDD) At least 402 individuals were forced to flee their homes when Philippine Army (PA) soldiers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels engaged in a series of armed encounters in Pilar, Abra on Tuesday, April...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Classes were suspended on Wednesday, April 3, in Pilar, Abra and the activities on Tuesday night, April 2, in the 2nd Balicucha Festival here were cancelled following an encounter between the 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the boundary...
DAGUPAN CITY – The 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) clashed on Tuesday morning, April 2, in Barangay Nagcanasan, Pilar, Abra. LOCATION of Pilar town in Abra province where an encounter between the New People's Army and soldiers occurred. The 50th IB was conducting a...
BUTUAN CITY – Police caught a wanted New People’s Army (NPA) member in Purok 2, Barangay Libertad, this city, on Monday, April 1. GAM mugshot Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said the 35-year-old suspect, Gam, from Compostela,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 802nd Infantry (Peerless) Brigade continued its call to remaining leaders and members of the New People’s Army in five provinces in Eastern Visayas to lay down their weapons and end the decades-old armed struggle. 802nd Infantry (Peerless) Brigade emblem. (FB) "We call on...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two New People’s Army rebels were killed and a soldier was wounded in an encounter on Maundy Thursday in Barangay San Jose, Guinayangan, Quezon. MAP of Quezon with the town of Guinayangan highlighted. Several NPA were believed wounded in the encounter. Police Lt. Gen....
An alleged New People's Army (NPA) leader and two other members died in an armed encounter with the Philippine Army's 2nd Infantry Division (2ID) in Rosario, Batangas on Tuesday, March 26. Major Michael Malacad, officer in charge of 2ID public affairs office, identified the fatalities as Junalice...
The Philippine Army (PA) said on Palm Sunday, March 24, that it has not monitored any security threat all around the country as it ensured the safety of Catholic faithful who are expected to visit different places of worship this "Semana Santa" or Holy Week. The Army is on alert to make sure that...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) fighter from Davao Oriental surrendered to the police in Agusan del Sur on Wednesday, March 20. “He is tired of running in the mountains and realized that the god-less CPP-NPA ideology was bleak and pointless,” Police Regional Office 13-Regional...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, March 22, lauded the professionalism and resilience of the Philippine Army (PA) as the country’s armed forces celebrate their 127th year of founding anniversary. In a video message, Duterte said the characters of the army in the face of internal and external...
