President Duterte said that he is open to giving vaccines to New People’s Army (NPA) members so that they won't catch the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) However, Duterte--speaking in his weekly "Talk to the People" public briefing--said that the...
President Duterte could not help but give a "snappy salute" to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Andres Centino for the government's recent success against the communist insurgency as well as the ongoing relief operations for typhoon Odette victims. President Duterte speaks...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) claimed that it has served the masses in rural villages more effectively than the government when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) CPP spokesperson Marco Valbuena said that the New People’s...
President Duterte told members of the New People's Army (NPA) to not take the cash aid that the government is giving to the people amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, saying they should just "stand aside" if they can't be of any help. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo)...
The once influential Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is supposedly slowly fading into irrelevance due to the whole-of-nation (WON) approach of the government in addressing communist insurgency. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed fear that many barangays may be susceptible to the influence of the communist rebels anew after Congress made a big cut on the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)....
The Philippine National Police slammed Friday, Dec. 17, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), for allegedly launching tactical offensives against police and military personnel who were involved in typhoon "Odette" response missions in Surigao...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has dismantled 20 guerilla fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) this year, reducing the active units to only 43, according to the country’s top military commander. Lt. Gen. Andres Centino assumes as the 57th...
Two policemen died while four others were wounded in an ambush allegedly perpetrated by the communist rebels in Northern Samar on Saturday, Nov. 20. The two fatalities are rookie cops and were undergoing Special Action Force Commando Course (SAFCC) along with the four other wounded policemen. The...
President Duterte has identified as couple of things that "worry" him as he counts his final days in Malacañang. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Mimaropa held in Calapan City on Nov. 18, 2021 (Malacañang photo) "Eh ako magtapos na (I'm finishing...
Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, the newly installed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has issued his very first directive to the 150,000-strong military and that is to finish off the communist insurgency before President Duterte steps down from office in June 2022. Lt. Gen....
Lt. Gen. Greg Almirol, commander of the Philippine Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), branded as “lies” the claim of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris,” the slain spokesperson of the New People’s Army (NPA), was allegedly killed in...
