TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A New People’s Army arms cache was unearthed in Alcala, Cagayan on April 19. A COMMUNIST weapons cache was found in Alcala, Cagayan. A former communist rebel revealed the location of the weapons stash to authorities. The police and military were deployed to Sitio...
LUCBAN, Quezon – A New People’s Army (NPA) arms cache was recovered in Barangay Piis here on Friday afternoon, April 19. MAP of Quezon with the town of Lucban highlighted. Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Lucban police chief, said a rebel returnee reported to them that an arms cache was buried...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A member of the New People's Army (NPA) was killed and his two comrades were arrested during an encounter in remote Barangay Magogon, Camalig, Albay on Thursday, April 18. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5 (PRO-5), said a...
President Marcos is named as one of TIME’s list of “100 Most Influential People of 2024,” citing his role in the post-pandemic recovery of the country’s economy and his stance against Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Photo...
ILOILO CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered in Tubungan, Iloilo province over the weekend. The Army 3rd Infantry Division identified them as alias Honda, Ateng, and Pielte. MAP of Iloilo with the town of Tubungan highligted. They belonged to the Southern Front Committee...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Two New People's Army rebels surrendered to the police in this province on April 12. Cordillera police chief Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. said the surrenderers were aged 54 and 56 and members of the NPA in the Barrio under the Kilusang Larangang Gerilya...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received a total of P70,000 financial assistance in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, April 11. MAYOR Filomeno Reyes (standing) meets seven rebel returnees who were provided a total of P70,000 financial assistance in...
TACLOBAN CITY -- The second-in-command of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC) was arrested in a joint inter-agency operation by the 8th Infantry Division and the Philippine National Police on Tuesday, April 8, in Consolacion,...
Vice President Sara Duterte has chosen silence over China’s aggressive moves in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the highly disputed West Philippine Sea. Joint naval drills of the Philippines, United States, Japan, and Australia in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, April 7,...
China conducted its own “combat patrols” in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, April 7, the same day joint naval drills were conducted by the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and Australia. A statement published on state-owned Global Times said that the “Southern Theater...
ILOILO CITY – The Ati Indigenous Peoples (IPs) tribe is pleading after they were recently displaced from a disputed land at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. ATI children play on the white-sand beach of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. (Tara Yap) "This land is ours....
National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC co-vice chairperson Eduardo Año (File photo) President Marcos has committed to allot additional fund for the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP), a socio-economic intervention project for communities freed from the influence of communist...
