TROOPS of the 79th IB seized firearms, ammunition, explosives, personal belongings, and subversive documents following a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 6. (Photo courtesy of the 79th IB) BACOLOD CITY – A high-ranking...
THE body of Abu Sayyaf member and suspected drug pusher Gan Salahuddin is sprawled on the ground after an encounter with the military in Sulu Wednesday, June 29. (Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – A notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member allegedly involved in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) overran a New People’s Army (NPA) hideout in Sitio Tinibyangan, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Wednesday, June 22. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) commander, said troops chanced upon about 10...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Eight persons died while six others were injured after a firefight erupted Wednesday, June 22, between an armed group and police in Barangay Mileb, Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao. Police Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) police...
Military personnel and suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) figured in two separate armed encounters in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, April 2, which left casualties on both sides. Military personnel figure in an armed encounter with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in...
ILIGAN CITY -- Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr. confirmed that three local terrorist group members were killed in an encounter with government forces in Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. While conducting combat operation in Barangay Ilalag, Municipality of...
A supposed intelligence information about the transportation of supplies for communist rebels served as the starting point of a series of encounters between the military and alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels that led to the death of five individuals, including Lumad teacher Chad Booc, in...
There was no armed encounter that occurred between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Davao de Oro on Thursday, Feb. 24, which resulted in the death of five alleged communist rebels, including prominent Lumad volunteer teacher Chad Booc. Chad Booc...
A suspected leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) and his wife were killed in an armed encounter with the military over the weekend while they were allegedly conducting extortion activities to influence the outcome of the local elections in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. (Courtesy of 402nd...
'Encounter' Today, we review two new drops on the streaming services. Encounter skillfully blends psychological drama with a SciFi alien invasion premise. While Murderville is an improv comedy/crime series that lacks any sustained comedy, and the only criminal act is inflicting us with the show....
Nothing has changed in the political bids of presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City re-electionist Mayor Sara Duterte in the wake of the many speculations that pervaded the political atmosphere following their Cebu encounter on Saturday, Oct. 23....
A suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebel was shot dead in an armed encounter with the Philippine Army (PA) in Iriga City, Camarines Sur early Saturday morning, Aug. 28. An alleged New People's Army (NPA) fighter lies dead after an armed encounter with the Philippine Army in Iriga City, Camarines...
