Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong slammed on Monday, Jan. 16, “unfounded and baseless” tirades that linked him to the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), saying that he was gravely insulted. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong Magalong said he was...
BACOLOD CITY – The Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People's Army (LPC-NPA) Central Negros Guerrilla Front admitted killing a barangay councilor or kagawad in Sitio Banban, Barangay Guba, Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental on Saturday, Jan. 14, for being a government spy. A BARANGAY councilor was...
Rescuers and military troops carry the remains of an NPA leader, who was killed in a clash in Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, Jan. 10. (Photo courtesy of 62nd IB) BACOLOD CITY -- Military troops clashed anew with the New People’s Army (NPA), resulting in the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Maliko-liko, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Jan. 9. The Army has yet to identify the slain rebel. Col. Michael Samson, acting commander...
BACOLOD CITY -- Military troops and local policemen arrested three alleged leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) at Sitio Pinamactinan, Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Friday, Jan. 6. The arrested NPA leaders were identified as Felix Susas Jr., who has aliases such as...
A NEW People’s Army fighter was killed in an encounter in Butuan City on Friday, Jan. 6. (65th IB photo) BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – A New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was killed while another was wounded in an armed encounter with troopers of the 65th Infantry Battalion (IB) at the boundary of...
CAMP Tirso H. Gador, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – A New People’s Army supporter surrendered to the police in the municipality of Santo Niño, this province, recently. According to the surrenderer, “Emilia,” she and other residents of their barangay were indoctrinated by a group of about 70...
A Manila court has forfeited the more than P500,000 cash that operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) had confiscated from two suspected communist rebels in Tacloban City two years ago. CIDG director Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee said the ruling of the Manila court is a...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
BACOLOD CITY – Eleven New People’s Army rebels in Negros Island surrendered to the Army from Dec. 20 to 23. A COMMUNIST surrenderer in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. (Photo courtesy of 62nd IB) Ten of them were members of the Central Negros Front 1 (CN1), Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros Cebu Bohol...
ILIGAN CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Christmas Day. Joint Task Force Zampelan commander Brig. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete identified the slain communist guerrilla as Martino Ayas, alias “Nasser,” a remnant of the Guerrilla Front...
Police nabbed a New People’s Army amazon wanted for robbery in Barangay Magsaysay, Infanta, Quezon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The suspect was identified as Glaiza Acayin, alias “Agnes,” “Manay,” and “Irene,” a member of the Sub-Regional Military Area 4-A and a resident of Sitio Kabuhuan,...
