TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed and three others were apprehended in an encounter in San Isidro, Northern Samar on Friday, Nov. 18. Troops under the Army 803rd Brigade were conducting a focused military operation in the vicinity of Kilometer 9, Barangay Happy Valley...
PARACELIS, Mountain Province – A New People’s Army leader surrendered to authorities on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Camp Henry T. Acmor, Barangay Butigue, here. The surrenderer was identified as Arnold Quelang Baquiran, 42, alias “Cobra,” of Sitio Pagga, Barangay Bantay, this town. Baquiran is...
BACOLOD CITY --The police and military arrested on Thursday, Nov. 17, a member of the Yunit Militia of the New People’s Army (NPA) tagged in the killing of a former barangay chairman in Isabela, Negros Occidental in 2018. An arrest warrant for murder with no bail recommended was served against...
CAMP Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – A 55-year-old communist rebel surrendered to the police on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in San Clemente, Tarlac. “Ka Josie" of the Komiteng Larangang Guerrilla-Tarlac-Zambales operating in San Clemente under the command of Janet Cruz, alias “Ka Libay or “Ka...
CEBU CITY – The new commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Visayas Command (Viscom) vowed an intensified anti-insurgency campaign especially in Eastern Visayas. MAJOR Gen. Benedict Arevalo answers questions from reporters after the turnover ceremony that installed him as commander of...
The Department of National Defense reiterated on Wednesday, Nov. 16, its commitment to empower Indigenous Peoples (IP) to hasten the eradication of insurgency, which has long affected the development and economic growth especially in the countryside. Photo by DND The DND participated in the...
Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) fighters were killed during an armed encounter with the military in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental on Monday, Nov. 14. Photo by 58th Infantry Battalion Photo by 58th Infantry Battalion Elements of the 58th Infantry Battalion (58 IB) were conducting combat...
BUTUAN CITY -- Two communist-New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists were killed while undetermined number of other rebels were believed wounded in a fierce battle with the government security forces in the hinterland area of Tapol, Barangay Kibanban, Balingasag town, Misamis Oriental province,...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Authorities discovered an abandoned New People’s Army encampment on Saturday, Nov. 12, in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. PHOTO via Liezle Basa-Inigo Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said the location of the encampment was revealed by a...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – A leader of the New People’s Army in Laguna surrendered to the police here on Saturday, Nov. 12. The surrenderer was identified as Randy Jeremias, alias “Emil,” second deputy secretary for education of the Komiteng Probinsya, Provincial White Area Committee. The...
A total of 706 communist rebels have been neutralized by the military in Eastern Mindanao this 2022, a ranking official disclosed Saturday, Nov. 12. Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippibes (AFP), speaks during the traditional "Talk to Troops" when...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Police Regional Office 4-B (Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) has reported that 141 New People’s Army rebels in the region have surrendered since January. The latest surrenderers were three communist guerrillas operating...
