BAGGAO, Cagayan – The military discovered a New People’s Army arms cache here on Monday, April 3, through information provided by two former communist guerrillas. Unearthed were two Bushmaster and two M16A1 rifles which are now in the custody of the headquarters of the 501st Infantry Brigade in...
CITY of San Fernando, Pampanga – One-hundred forty-three mass base supporters and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in Central Luzon have withdrawn support to the communist group. They took their oath of allegiance to the government at the Police Regional Office...
ILOILO CITY – The 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army and the Regional Mobile Force Battalion of the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized high-powered firearms following an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Iloilo on Thursday, March 30. Recovered after the gunfight...
CAMP OLA, Albay – Police arrested the spokesperson of the New Peoples' Army (NPA) in the fourth district of Camarines Sur in Pampanga on Friday, March 31. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) spokesperson, identified him as Victor M. Pajate, 46, alias “Loren” and...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army leaders were killed in separate encounters with government troops in Agusan del Sur this week. Col. Francisco Lorenzo, commanding officer of the 401st Infantry Brigade based in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, said “Salem,” secretary of the Sub-Regional...
BUTUAN CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the police in the Caraga region on Wednesday, March 29. Their surrender coincided with the 54th anniversary of the NPA. No atrocities were committed by the NPA in the region during the occasion. Police identified the surrenderers...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 3,500 people, including former members of the New People’s Army (NPA), joined a series of indignation rallies in Negros island on Wednesday, March 29, to press for an end to the atrocities of the New People’s Army. The rallies coincided with the NPA’s 54th founding...
BANGUED, Abra – Six former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels from this province received aid from the national government through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) of the End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). Lt. Col. Michael Bautista, commander of the Army...
BACOLOD CITY – Five former New People’s Army (NPA) couples tied the knot in a mass wedding initiated by the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) at their headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, March 28. According to the Army, these couples were former members of the...
BUTUAN CITY – The newly installed commander of the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) said their partnership with different line government agencies under the Task Force ELCAC for the last two years have cemented the path towards the inevitable downfall of the New People’s Army in Region 13...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Authorities arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader wanted for murder and frustrated murder in Barangay Macabiag, Sinait, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, March 26. Col. Marlo A. Castillo, Ilocos Sur police director, identified the communist guerrilla as Casimiro...
ILIGAN CITY – Troops under the Joint Task Force ZamPeLan encountered an estimated 10 communist terrorists at Sitio Kandusan, Barangay Siloy, Calamba town in Misamis Occidental on Sunday, March 26. Joint Task Force ZamPeLan commander, Maj. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, said soldiers of the 10th Infantry...
