BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested the fourth most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the Caraga region.
HIJOS (left).
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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(Google map of Cortes, Surigao del Sur) BUTUAN CITY - Criminal charges have been filed against communist rebels involved in the road blocking and ransacking of houses in the town of Cortes on February 10, the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) disclosed Thursday. In an interview, SDSPPO Director Col. Joseph Boquiren said at least 24 New People's Army (NPA) insurgents were included in the criminal charges. "Charges of robbery in band and violation to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9851, otherwise known as Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes against Humanity were filed last February 14 at the provincial prosecutor's office in Surigao del Sur," Boquiren said. The rebels accused in the criminal complaint included Joel Mahinay, alias "Nico" of the Guerrilla Front 30, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee of the NPA, he added. The group of NPA guerrillas blockaded a portion of the national highway in Sit
EXTORTION PLOY. Datu Rico Maca, the Indigenous People Mandatory Representative of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, believes that the New People's Army's "show of force" staged on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 in Cortes town was a reminder to politicians to pay their "permit to campaign and permit to win" to the rebels. Maca urged politicians, political parties, and businesses in Surigao del Sur not to give in to the extortion demands of the rebels. (Photo grabbed from Rico Hayahay Maca FB Page) BUTUAN CITY - The New People's Army's (NPA) blocking off a section of the highway in Cortes, Surigao del Sur was an extortion ploy to remind candidates running in the upcoming polls of their presence in the area, an indigenous community leader said Friday. Datu Rico Maca, the Indigenous People Mandatory Representative of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, said Thursday's "show of force" staged by the NPA in Cortes town was aimed to prompt local politicians to pa