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...
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....
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – A soldier was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay San Fernando, Laur, Nueva Ecija on Sunday, October 8. Major Gen. Andrew D. Costelo, Army 7th Infantry Division commander, identified the fatality as Private First Class Sher Nelson B....
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 7. The Army has yet to release the names of the fatalities as of posting time. POLICE...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) did not let up in its anti-insurgency campaign last month despite the enormous task of securing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. THE Visayas Command reported that several members of the New People’s Army surrendered and...
