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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may have already been plaguing the ranks of the New People’s Army (NPA) as eight of the communist rebels who were either killed or captured after clashes with the military in Bukidnon tested positive for the deadly virus.

Twelve self-confessed former senior leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and the National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) faced top Philippine Army (PA) officials Tuesday, Sept. 7, not in the jungles or battlefield but in a conference room to share their personal journeys in the revolution and bare why they decided to quit the revolutionary movement.

Police and military forces have intercepted fresh supplies of bullets and food supplies intended for communist rebels operating in CARAGA region and nearby areas during a joint operation in Butuan City.

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Friday, Aug. 20, ordered officers of the Bicol Police Regional Office (PRO-5) to prioritize and “give special attention” to the campaign against the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Masbate.

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered an aggressive offensive against the communist rebels tagged as responsible in the killing of three vendors in Palanas town of Masbate.

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, July 28, an all-out operation against the communist rebels who ambushed a convoy of policemen and health workers in Samar who were supposed to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for the residents of Calbayog City.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) was elated with the designation of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) as a terrorist organization, saying it would be a big help in the effort to end communist insurgency in the country.

The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated the National Democratic Front (NDF) as a terrorist organization for supposedly continuing to lure and recruit people to join the New People’s Army (NPA).

A total of 42 communist rebels were killed while 53 more were arrested in an aggressive military campaign against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) since January this year.

Police forces in CARAGA region and other communist rebel-infested areas were advised to be both on offensive and defensive stance amid threat of renewed attack by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).

The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and remuneration made by the Communist Party of the Philippines.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will not support any move to revive the peace talks with the communist rebels amid calls from some groups for the government and the rebel group to go back to the negotiating table after the series of attacks carried out in the past days that include a roadside bombing that left a college football player and his cousin dead.

The New People’s Army should surrender those responsible for the roadside bombing in Masbate City that killed a college football player if it is indeed sincere in its apology, a top police official said on Wednesday, June 9.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recognized Tuesday, June 1, the PDP-Laban party’s quest for the retention and future increase of funds for the Barangay Development Program (BDP), the government’s flagship project to end communist insurgency.

Majority of the country’s local government units (LGUs) have provided support to the national government’s efforts to end the more than five decades of communist insurgency in the country by declaring the group as persona non grata in their respective localities, an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday, May 24.

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. revealed Friday, May 21, an alleged plot by the New People’s Army (NPA) to kill government officials in the security sector, including spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 19 adopted four resolutions supporting the grant of amnesty to members of four rebel groups, thus, putting in near realization President Rodrigo Duterte’s peace program that will reintegrate those affected to civilian life.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday assured that even citizens who are critical of the government are protected by laws of the land under the Bill of Rights of the Constitution.