BUTUAN CITY – Troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) discovered bomb-making materials and powerful Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) including live ammunitions at the hinterlands of Barangay Cuyago, Santiago town, Agusan del Norte province, the military reported on Tuesday, Oct. 4.
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RETRIEVAL SITE. Troops of the 29th Infantry Battalion discover the remains of New People's Army leader Rolando Rubilla "Edroy" Leyson Jr. in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday (Sept. 21, 2022). He is believed to have been killed during an encounter on September 14. (Courtesy of 4ID/4th Infantry Diamond Division) BUTUAN CITY - The body of a top leader of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in Surigao del Norte was retrieved by the 29th Infantry Battalion (29IB) of the 901st Infantry Brigade (901Bde) in Agusan del Norte. In a press statement on Friday night, the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) identified the slain NPA leader as Rolando Rubilla "Edroy" Leyson Jr., 40, secretary of Guerrilla Front 16, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC). "Troopers from the 29IB were conducting combat operations on Wednesday when they found the cadaver of Leyson (in Barangay Cuyago, Jabonga town)," the 4ID statement read. Leyson was believed to have been
BUTUAN CITY - The recent arrest of New People's Army (NPA) rebel, Atheliana "Ka Atel" Hijos, was a legitimate law enforcement operation, the police reported on Monday. The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) issued the statement amid claims made by the group, Karapatan Caraga, on Sept. 3 saying that charges against Hijos were false. PRO-13 said Hijos is the fourth most-wanted NPA rebel in the Caraga, who has standing arrest warrants issued by local courts. It said it is duty-bound to serve lawful court orders to anyone, including Hijos, who is wanted by the law for murder and serious illegal detention charges. Hijos was arrested by the intelligence operatives of PRO-13 on Aug. 30 in Barangay Kinabjangan in Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte province. "Based on police investigations, Hijos was involved in an encounter with the Philippine Army on Nov. 20, 2019 in Purok 2, Sitio Kalipayan, Barangay Cuyago, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte that resulted in the kill
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested the fourth most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the Caraga region.
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Police Major Jennifer Ometer, chief of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 (Caraga) public information office, identified the arrested NPA leader as Atheliana Hijo
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