ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) couple surrendered to the police in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. A New People’s Army (NPA) couple surrenders to the police in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. (Tubungan PNP) The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) identified the couple...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has neutralized 14 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western and Central Visayas in the fourth quarter of this year. In a report presented during the Joint Intelligence Army-Police Intelligence Committee, the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said five NPA rebels were...
BACOLOD CITY – The 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company (Nocpmfc) turned over a newly constructed house to a former member of the New People's Army (NPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, November 13. POLICE Lt. Col. Edison Garcia (second from right), commander of...
BUTUAN CITY – Forty-five former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels finished a six-day deradicalization program at the TESDA Provincial Training Center in Barangay Bad-as, Placer, Surigao del Norte on November 11. FORTY-FIVE former NPA rebels participate in a six-day deradicalization program in...
ILOILO CITY – The 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army seized ammunition from an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. Troops recovered four live ammunition and 19 empty cartridges of 5.56mm following an encounter in Sitio Bacan, Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) following a gun battle in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 8. The Army withheld the names of the two rebel returnees for security reasons....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its own investigation on the alleged abduction of three activists involved in espousing the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs) in Oriental Mindoro. Based on report of Karapatan, a group of human rights advocates, CHR said that Alia Encela, 19; Job...
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – A soldier was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay San Fernando, Laur, Nueva Ecija on Sunday, October 8. Major Gen. Andrew D. Costelo, Army 7th Infantry Division commander, identified the fatality as Private First Class Sher Nelson B....
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 7. The Army has yet to release the names of the fatalities as of posting time. POLICE...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) did not let up in its anti-insurgency campaign last month despite the enormous task of securing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. THE Visayas Command reported that several members of the New People’s Army surrendered and...
INFANTA, Quezon – Two cousins were reportedly abducted by the New People’s Army in Sitio Pinapinan, Barangay Magsaysay, this town, last month. Police identified the kidnap victims as Jojo Adoba and Noel Velasco. Velasco’s wife told the Infanta Municipal Police Station on Wednesday,...
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez believes that “not in a million years” would the Philippines’ relationship with the United States sour because of China’s attempt to drive a “wedge” between them. (From left) Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and...