REWARD OFFER. Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines (right photo), commanding officer of the Army's 79th Infantry Battalion, condoles with the wife of the late barangay chairperson Benjamin Javoc at their residence in Lalong village in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Aug. 26, 2022. A PHP100,000 bounty has been raised for the arrest of the main suspect communist-terrorist Arnel Tapang (left photo).(Images courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) has offered a bounty of PHP100,000 to anyone who can provide vital information that would lead to the arrest of the primary suspect in the murder of barangay chairperson Benjamin Javoc of the remote Lalong village in Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, commanding officer of the 79IB, said on Tuesday they believe that the 54-year-old village chief was killed by communist-terrorist Arnel Tapang, who carries out special operations for the remnants of the disma
WAR MATERIEL. Some of the firearms, bomb-making components, ammunition, (left) and personal belongings (right) of three slain New People's Army (NPA) rebels seized by the military in Barangay Baluan, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat province on Saturday (July 30, 2022). One of those killed was NPA leader Ian Dela Rama, head of the regional operations command of the Far South Mindanao Region. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) COTABATO CITY - The military here has intensified operations against New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Sultan Kudarat province following a clash that killed an NPA leader and two of his aides over the weekend. In a statement Monday, Maj. Gen. Roberto Capulong, the Army's 6th Infantry Division commander, identified the slain NPA leader as Ian Dela Rama, head of the regional operations command of the rebels' Far South Mindanao Region. Dela Rama was also a former secretary of the NPA Front 4A, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee, from May 2018 to May 2019. He als
Google map of Basilan province. ZAMBOANGA CITY - Troops recovered bomb components following a clash that resulted in the death of an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member in Basilan province, a top police official said Monday. Brig. Gen. Franco Simoborio, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, said the slain ASG fighter, 34-year-old Adzhar Alih Anding, was killed in an encounter with the Army's Special Forces around 3:10 a.m. Saturday in Barangay Baluno, Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province. Simborio said the troops recovered from the slain ASG member bomb components consisting of a kilogram of C4 explosive, six blasting caps, four nine-volt batteries, one digital timer, iron fillings, and electric wires. Government troops also recovered a motorcycle, two cellular phones, a .45 caliber pistol with seven rounds of ammunition, PHP5,000 cash, empty .45 caliber shells, 9mm pistol and 5.56mm caliber ammunition. Meanwhile, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan troops recovered an M-16 Arma