President Duterte is hoping that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country has already peaked, saying the disease remains to be the top threat to Filipinos aside from the New People's Army (NPA). President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement as the nation...
A suspected communist rebel died while four others, including a minor, were captured when Philippine Army (PA) soldiers foiled an attempt of the New People’s Army (NPA) to disrupt a relief operation for the victims of typhoon “Odette” in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental over the weekend. (Courtesy...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) chided the communist terrorist groups (CTGs) on Monday, Jan. 10, for allegedly attacking government forces delivering assistance to the victims of Typhoon "Odette". In a press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) claimed that it has served the masses in rural villages more effectively than the government when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) CPP spokesperson Marco Valbuena said that the New People’s...
President Duterte told members of the New People's Army (NPA) to not take the cash aid that the government is giving to the people amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, saying they should just "stand aside" if they can't be of any help. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo)...
President Duterte has invited nurses from the New People's Army (NPA) to "come down" and help the government in its response to the pandemic amid the soaring cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (Malacañang photo) In...
The once influential Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is supposedly slowly fading into irrelevance due to the whole-of-nation (WON) approach of the government in addressing communist insurgency. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed fear that many barangays may be susceptible to the influence of the communist rebels anew after Congress made a big cut on the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)....
The Philippine National Police slammed Friday, Dec. 17, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), for allegedly launching tactical offensives against police and military personnel who were involved in typhoon "Odette" response missions in Surigao...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced on Wednesday, Dec. 15, the ambush of civilians and soldiers doing voluntary pre-emptive evacuation work in Carmen, Surigao del Sur amid the threat of tropical storm Odette. Calling the incident as a “deplorable act against...
The recent encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao, Iloilo caused quite a stir online because of one of the nine alleged communist guerillas who died in the incident – a man who had been reportedly killed two years ago. A news release from the Army’s...
The death toll in an armed encounter between the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao, Iloilo has risen to nine, the military reported on Saturday, Dec. 4. Joven Ceralvo (Photo: 3rd Infantry Division) The latest casualty was identified as...
