Lt. Col. J Jay Javines, 79IB commander, talks to family members of Lalong barangay chairman Benjamen Javoc, who allegedly was murdered by NPA rebels in northern Negros. PA photo
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
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The “terror campaign” of the New People’s Army continues in northern Negros, after the killing of a barangay captain yesterday in
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another victim of NPA terror campaign, as reported by the Philippine Army, was identified as Renato Estrebello in Sitio Huebesan,