DAVAO CITY – Soldiers killed top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya and widow of the late NPA leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, in an encounter in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. MYRNA Sularte, alias Maria...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Talaon, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on Monday night, Feb. 10. HEAVY equipment torched by the New People’s Army in La Libertad, Negros Oriental. (Photo via 62nd IB) The casualty...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People’s Army rebels were killed and an arms cache was seized in an encounter with the military in Barangay Santo Niño, Paranas, Samar, on Wednesday, Feb. 5. TROOPS killed two communist rebels and seized an arms cache in an encounter in Paranas, Samar on Feb. 5. ...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with the 29 th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Dinakpan, Barangay Los Angeles, this city, on Tuesday, Jan. 28. TROOPS recovered New People’s Army war materials in an encounter in Barangay Los Angeles, Butuan City, on Tuesday,...
ILIGAN CITY – A member of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Kalangan, Piagapo, Lanao del Sur on Saturday, Jan. 25. The fatality was identified as Nasruding Dimapinto Nasrudin, alias Hodaifa. The Joint Task Group Haribon led by Col. Billy...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said that ground commanders have filed a protest against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the bloody encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. ARMED Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (center)...
DAVAO CITY – Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. condemned the attack against government soldiers by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Galvez, a former military general, described...
DAVAO CITY – The 101st Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the ambush of soldiers in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday afternoon by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as the incident raises concern on the groups role in fostering peace in the province. LUZON...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in an encounter with suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip town, Basilan province on Wednesday, Jan. 22. MEDICAL staff in a Basilan hospital attend to soldiers wounded in an...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 12th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Naatip, Barangay Lahug, Tapaz town, Capiz province on Saturday, Dec. 28. SOLDIERS carry the remains of an unidentified New People’s Army (NPA) rebel killed in an encounter in Tapaz...
TACLOBAN CITY – A notorious leader of the New People’s Army was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division in Barangay Cawayan, Catbalogan City, Samar on Dec. 13. The military identified the fatality as Artemio Solayao, alias Budil,...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Troops arrested two suspected civilian New People’s Army supporters in an encounter here on Thursday, Dec. 12. The two individuals were identified as Ronilo and Genero. The 85th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army was patrolling Barangay Guinhalinan when it engaged...
