SURIGAO CITY The elder brother of slain top rebel leader Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos expressed his dismay over the positive result of COVID-19 and the eventual cremation of his body. In an interview with local journalists, retired engineer Vicente Madlos criticized the military for their failure to in
ABLAZE. A drone shot shows a part of the forested area in Barangay Dumalaguing, Impasugong, Bukidnon blazing on Tuesday (Nov. 2) night. The Facebook page of the Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security-Region 10 posted a statement that it was an airstrike attack from the 5th Strike Wing of the Philippine Air Force-against communist rebels in the area. (Photo courtesy of Ram Gania Abejero) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Government forces have launched airstrikes in the hinterlands of Barangay Dumalaguing in Impasugong, Bukidnon to flush out remaining combatants of the New People's Army (NPA), the military confirmed Wednesday. In a radio interview, Maj. Francisco P. Garello Jr., the Army's 4th Infantry Division public affairs office chief, said the airstrikes were necessary to protect Army troops on the ground as they attempted to penetrate the NPA lairs in the area. "They (NPA) have their tactics in place - they put landmines around against approaching soldiers to defe
ABLAZE. A drone shot shows a part of the forested area in Barangay Dumalaguing, Impasugong, Bukidnon blazing on Tuesday (Nov. 2) night. The Facebook page of the Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security-Region 10 posted a statement that it was an airstrike attack from the 5th Strike Wing of the Philippine Air Force-against communist rebels in the area. (Photo courtesy of Ram Gania Abejero) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Government forces have launched airstrikes in the hinterlands of Barangay Dumalaguing in Impasugong, Bukidnon to flush out remaining combatants of the New People's Army (NPA), the military confirmed Wednesday. In a radio interview, Maj. Francisco P. Garello Jr., the Army's 4th Infantry Division public affairs office chief, said the airstrikes were necessary to protect Army troops on the ground as they attempted to penetrate the NPA lairs in the area. "They (NPA) have their tactics in place - they put landmines around against approaching soldiers to defe
SURRENDER CALL. File photo shows Noel Legaspi alias "Ka Efren" (center), former spokesperson of the New People's Army-Far South Mindanao Regional Revolutionary Committee, urging comrades to surrender during a press conference in General Santos City in 2020. Legaspi made the same call on Tuesday (Nov. 2, 2021) in response to the killing last Saturday of ranking NPA leader Jorge Madlos alias "Ka Oris" and another companion in an encounter in Barangay Dumalaguing, Impasugong town in Bukidnon. (Screengrab of press conference) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -A former leader of the New People's Army (NPA) in South-Central Mindanao reiterated his call to remaining combatants in the area to surrender to avoid suffering the same fate of their slain comrades. Noel Legaspi alias "Ka Efren," who had served as deputy secretary and long-time spokesperson and of the NPA's Far South Mindanao Regional Revolutionary Committee, said on Tuesday they should grab the chance to
Department of National Defense Undersecretary Reynaldo B. Mapagu (File photo) MANILA - Following the deaths of ranking leaders of terror groups last week, Task Force Balik Loob chair Reynaldo B. Mapagu on Tuesday called on the remaining members of these groups to immediately surrender and avail of the government's reintegration assistance. The appeal came after the deaths of Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos of the New People's Army (NPA) and Salahuddin Hassan of Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in separate military operations in Mindanao last week. "The deaths of NPA leader Jorge 'Ka Oris' Madlos and the so-called 'emir' of DI, Salahuddin Hassan, point to the diminishing capability of these terror groups, especially in Mindanao. As these groups lose their key officers, we fully expect their terror operations to fall apart," said Mapagu, who is also Department of National Defense (DND) undersecretary. He added that the remaining active members of the terrorist gro