LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – A young Army officer died while three others were wounded on Wednesday, Feb. 15, when the New People's Army (NPA) detonated anti-personnel mines in Barangay Ramay in Oas, Albay. Capt. Frank Roldan, 9th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (DPAO) chief, said the incident...
WOUNDED New People’s Army rebel Orion Yoshida is taken for treatment following an encounter in Baggao, Cagayan. (Cagayan PIO FB) BAGGAO, Cagayan – Police and Army forces captured a wounded Filipino-Japanese New People’s Army rebel here following an encounter on Monday, Feb. 13. He was...
BACOLOD CITY -- Twenty-five former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received P250,000 cash assistance from the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 14. According to the Army, the former rebels received P10,000...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A New People’s Army amazon surrendered to the police in Central Luzon over the weekend. Police identified the surrenderer as alias “Rona,” 50, of Abucay, Bataan. Rona turned over one caliber .38 revolver, one rifle grenade, high explosive, and...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Authorities arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Barangay Tagumpay, Bay, this province, on Friday, Feb. 10. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspect as Acer Obiado Turcedo, alias “Ar-ar,” a platoon leader of the Front Committee-1-Metro under...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the Army 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion (IB) in Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, Feb. 7. THREE New People’s Army rebels surrendered and revealed the locations of arms caches in Surigao del Sur. (Army photo via Mike U. Crismundo) The...
Five New People’s Army rebels were killed in a clash with government forces in the province of Masbate on Thursday morning, Feb. 9. In a statement on Friday, Feb. 10, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office chief Col. Jorry Baclor said the clash took place in Barangay Guiom in...
BUTUAN CITY – Police unearthed New People’s Army Improvised Explosive Devices and food supplies in a mountainous area in Purok 1, Barangay Taligaman, here on Monday, Feb. 6. Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 (Northeastern Mindanao) director Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II said information provided...
The progressive Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution calling for the “urgent revocation” of the resolutions designating leftist organizations and their armed wing as terrorists and urged the government to resume peace talks thereafter. Gabriela Women’s Party Rep....
BACOLOD CITY – Police have identified the three casualties believed to be New People’s Army (NPA) in a clash in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of Negros Occidental police, said the first casualty that was identified was Jomarie...
NUEVA ECIJA – A man who tried to extort money from a farmer by pretending to be a member of the New People’s Army was arrested during an entrapment operation in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Nueva Ecija Police Office director Colonel Richard V Caballero said that John (not his...
BACOLOD CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) who is wanted for two crimes in Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental was arrested on Friday, Feb. 3. The NPA rebel was identified as Remark Kisan, 27, of Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City. According to the police, Kisan...
