TACLOBAN CITY – Four New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops on June 3 in Barangay Nagoocan, Catubig, Northern Samar. Approximately 30 communist rebels from the Regional Guerrilla Unit and Sub-Regional Committee Arctic under the Eastern Visayas Regional...
Police arrested a 57-year-old farmer after guns and bullets were recovered during a raid in his house in Sitio Cansilayan, Barangay 11, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 10, as part of heightened security operations in Negros Island ahead of the May 12 elections. A 57-year-old...
COTABATO CITY – The 601st Infantry Brigade recovered Sunday assorted high-powered firearms abandoned in Barangay Mao, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Sur. Lt. Col. Roden Orbon, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, quoted a report from the 601st Infantry Brigade that soldiers responded...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Prompt action by military forces, who responded to civilian reports of armed men in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town, successfully thwarted an attempt by a lawless armed group to sow terror in Maguindanao del Sur, an Army officer reported here on Monday. Lt....
Soldiers recovered a large New People's Army (NPA) arms cache in Labo town, Camarines Norte on Wednesday, April 9. Lt. Col. Jeffrex Molina, spokesman of the 2 nd Infantry Division, said the 16th Infantry Battalion under the 201st Infantry Brigade found the weapons in Barangay Exciba following...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A New People’s Army leader on Sunday revealed the location of an arms cache in this town. Darwin Palo, alias Queen, who was arrested on March 27, disclosed the weapons to the 85th Infantry Battalion which unearthed them in Barangay Mal-ay. The 201st Infantry Brigade said...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Troops recovered a New People’s Army arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Villa Pag-asa, Bansud, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday afternoon. TROOPS recover NPA paraphernalia and weapons following an encounter in Sitio Gitgit, Barangay Villa Pag-asa,...
BUTUAN CITY – Troops recovered an arms cache in a New People’s Army camp following an hour-long encounter in Sitio Nalindog, Barangay Bolhoon, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on Thursday afternoon, September 12. Found were five M16 Armalite rifles, one M203 grenade launcher, one Bushmaster rifle,...
BUTUAN CITY – Soldiers from the 36 th Infantry Battalion seized New People’s Army guns and bullets in an encounter in Calatngan, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on Friday afternoon, September 6. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division Public Affairs Office chief,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 78th Infantry Battalion recently discovered a New People’s Army arms cache in the mountainous Barangay Antipolo, Llorente, Eastern Samar. Lt. Col. Joseph Bugaoan, commanding officer of the 78th IB, said they found a rifle grenade, ammunition, four handheld radios, and other...
BACOLOD CITY – Soldiers recovered a suspected New People’s Army weapons stash in the hinterlands of Barangay Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB), Negros Occidental on Monday, July 29. Found were two M14 rifles, an M1 Garand rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, three Garand clips with 24 bullets, 100...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army arms cache was seized by the military in Barangay Camam-onan, Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte recently. Army Fourth Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello said the 901st Infantry Brigade recovered these...
