ILOILO CITY The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army has been awarded for outstanding combat operations that neutralized 16 communist rebels last year in Iloilo province.
The flag of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) during the awarding ceremony at Camp Bonifacio
ARMS CACHE. The 61st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army recovers various ammunitions in the temporary hideout of the Southern Front of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army- National Democratic Front in Barangay Onop, Miagao, Iloilo Sunday (Feb. 13, 2022). The hideout has been cleared and will be subjected to the constant monitoring of the Philippine Army.(Photo courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office) ILOILO CITY - Information from a former rebel resulted in the discovery of a temporary hideout and stash of various ammunitions owned by the Southern Front of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Barangay Onop, Miagao, Iloilo on Sunday. One of the six rebels who surrendered after the encounter with government troops on Dec. 1, 2021 revealed the location, said Lt. Col. Harold Garcia, commander of the Philippine Army's 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB) with jurisdiction over th
INSIGNIFICANT. The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) on Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2022) called the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) no longer significant in Panay after two of its top leaders were neutralized in 2021. A total of 142 CPP-NPA-NDF, including 12 top leaders, were also neutralized in Western and Central Visayas in 2021.(PNA photo courtesy of 3ID, PA) ILOILO CITY - The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is no longer significant in Panay with two of its top leaders being among the 12 ranking officials in Western and Central Visayas neutralized by government troops in 2021. "When neutralized it could be killed, it could be surrendered, it could be apprehended or captured. They could no longer go back to their movement," said Capt. Kim L. Apitong, officer-in-charge of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) Public Affairs Office, in an interview Wednesday. Among th
FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD. The unpaved four-kilometer road of Barangay Bulan-bulan in San Remigio, Antique is set for concreting under the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. The groundbreaking will be held Wednesday (Dec. 15, 2021) for the first phase of the project that is eyed for completion within six months. (Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The PHP20-million farm-to-market road (FMR) leading to Barangay Bulan-bulan in San Remigio, Antique, funded by the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), is set for groundbreaking on Wednesday. Once completed, the FMR will ease the transport of agricultural goods from the upland village to the town market, according to Provincial Engineer Inocencio Dajao. "Although we will be implementing the project phase by phase but once it is finished, it could already make Barangay Bulan-bu
ILOILO CITY Despite the commemoration of Human Rights Day, an army general and members of the left-leaning Bayan Panay are still engaged in a word war over the attack that killed at least nine New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Miag-ao town, Iloilo province. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commanding