TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan announced the dismantling of the last two active guerilla fronts in the province. ONGCHUAN (FB) “The CTG Front Committees 1 and 15 are now down to 36 remaining personalities and 64 firearms. This is a testament to the Nortehanons’...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two members of the New People's Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter in Purok 6, Barangay Bascaran, Daraga, Albay, three kilometers away from Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Tuesday afternoon, October 3. Police identified the slain rebels as Rizaldy Perdigon, alias...
ILOILO CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army neutralized 30 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western and Central Visayas in September. The 3rd ID said 16 NPA rebels were killed while others surrendered from September 1 to September 30. Among the communist fighters killed...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry Battalion engaged remnants of Central Negros 2 of the New People’s Army twice in Sitio Bulasot, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 1. According to the Army, the first clash broke out at around 8:15 a.m. after soldiers...
Philippine Army (PA) personnel perform Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES) capability demonstratoin during the closing ceremony of the PA - Philippine Air Force (PAF) Interoperability Exercise (IOX) 02-2023 at Camp Melchor Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela on Sept. 30, 2023. (Photo by PA) The...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 17-year-old member of the New People's Army surrendered recently to the military in Eastern Samar. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, lauded the move of the young communist combatant. Vestuir identified the surrenderer as Marlon Sablawon...
(L-R) Rebecca Alfaro, Jimmy Macuana, and Gerly Tejeros (Courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division) The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army (PA) identified on Sunday, Oct. 1, the three individuals slain in an armed encounter in Leon, Iloilo recently and one of them was an alleged ranking...
The Philippine Army (PA) said it respects the decision of two environmental activists who surfaced two weeks ago after going missing in Bataan to file protective writs against military and police officials and several other government officials for their alleged abduction. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, PA...
BUTUAN CITY – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) has provided rice aid to former New People’s Army (NPA) fighters in Agusan del Norte. FORMER New People’s Army (NPA) rebels receive rice aid from the OPAPRU and 23 rd Infantry Battalion in...
BACOLOD CITY – Twelve members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including squad leaders and a high-ranking official of the Northern Negros Front (NNF) in Negros Occidental, have surrendered to the military. They and their firearms were presented to Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the...
ILOILO CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) in Leon town, Iloilo province on Friday, September 29. The Army has yet to identify three fatalities. Soldiers from the 61 st IB were in the boundary of Barangays Cagay and Danao...
BACOLOD CITY – The families of six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in a clash with the military last week in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas on Monday, September 25. Each family...