TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan called the recent landmine explosion that killed two civilians in Las Navas town a display of violence by the New People's Army. GOV. Edwin Ongchuan (NEDA FB) The victims who were residents of Barangay Quirino, Las Navas were construction workers...
BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) has admitted killing a farmer for being an alleged government intelligence asset in Negros Occidental. A POLICE officer points to a slug of a firearm used in the killing of a farmer in Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Two former New People’s Army rebels in Mindanao – “Caloy” and “Tax” – warned the youth against joining the armed struggle in their message on Independence Day. CALOY, a former NPA rebel, speaks during the 2nd Anti-Criminality Operation through Recorida and...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Calls from congressmen to restart peace negotiations with Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are beginning to snowball. On Sunday, June 11, it was Cagayan de Oro City...
LUBAO, Pampanga – Forty-two members of Anakpawis renounced their support to the New People’s Army in Barangay Santo Tomas, this town, on Saturday, June 10. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said that different law enforcement units facilitated the mass...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police reported on Friday, June 9, the surrender of three New People’s Army rebels in Barangay Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon. The 405th A Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 4-A identified the surrenderers as “Jessica,” “Dolphy,” and...
BUTUAN CITY – One-hundred twenty-two former New People’s Army rebels from Agusan del Norte have received a total of P12 million in assistance under the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP). AGUSAN del Norte Gov. Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante (third from left)...
TACLOBAN CITY – To help the 8th Infantry Division fast-track its campaign to end the local communist armed conflict in the three provinces of Samar, the 802nd Infantry Peerless Brigade transferred from Camp Downes, Ormoc City to Barangay Campesao, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The brigade is...
ILOILO CITY – The military has encountered a group of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Aklan, a province that had been declared insurgency-free more than a year ago. Troops of the 12th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army were deployed after receiving reports about the presence of...
She was not aware. This is the claim of Karla Estrada after she drew flak using the tune "Ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan," considered the anthem of the New People's Army (NPA), in a recent post, which, ironically, was about her joining the Philippine Army as reservist. Although she has since taken down...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police on Wednesday, June 7, in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur. A NEW People’s Army couple, with their one-year-old child, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company led by force commander Police...
CITY of San Fernando, Pampanga – Twenty members of a farmer’s group withdrew their support to the New People’s Army on Tuesday, June 6. The Police Regional Office-3 said the intensified intelligence-driven operation of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3 led by acting force commander Police...
