REBEL'S DEATH. A photo of 23-year-old New People's Army leader Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban is displayed on a funeral car that transported his remains to a public cemetery in Guihulngan City, Negros Occidental on March 14, 2022. He died in a clash with government troops in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9.(Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The mother of 23-year-old New People's Army (NPA) leader Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban, who was killed in a clash with government troops in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9, is mourning the death of her son, whom she dreamed to finish school and lead a better life. "His father and I had always hoped he will come home," the grieving parent said in Cebuano in a video released on Tuesday by the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB). Tamban was the commanding officer of Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon Lenovo of the NPA's Leonardo P
REBEL'S REMAINS. Troops of the Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion and personnel of the Isabela Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental turn over the remains of CPP-NPA leader and notorious hitman Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban to his family at the Leo Memorial Chapels on March 10, 2022. Tamban and his comrade Ben Jack "Ka Yuhan" Rueles were killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Amin, Isabela town early morning of March 9.(Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The bodies of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels, killed during a clash with soldiers in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9, were already claimed by their respective families, the Philippine Army said on Saturday. In a report, the 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) said their troops, together with personnel of Isabela Municipal Police Station, turned over the remains at the Leo Memorial Chapels on March 10. The fa
BACOLOD CITY The Philippine Army lost two soldiers and suffered four more casualties following an encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels at Sitio Tiyos, Barangay Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 3. The Army, however, did not reveal the name
POST-CLASH RECOVERY. Some of the items recovered by soldiers after a clash with New People's Army terrorists in Barangay Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2021). On Friday (Nov. 5), the 62nd Infantry Battalion ensured the safety of the village residents from the extortion activities of the CPP-NPA.(Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) has ensured the safety of residents in the far-flung Barangay Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental after government troops clashed with communist rebels in the area on Wednesday afternoon. More than 800 residents from about four sitios (hamlets) were evacuated to various areas while the soldiers were conducting clearing operations until the day after. 2nd Lt. Mary Liza Joy De Guzman, civil-military operations officer of 62IB based in neighboring Isabela town, told the Philippine News Agency that the displaced
COLLARED. Army and police personnel arrested a suspected member of the New People's Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Oct. 13, 2021. The suspect, shown in photo, is linked to the killing of a soldier in 2019 and four civilians in May this year. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - The arrest of a wanted member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental early this week is attributed to the support and participation of the community in the government's anti-insurgency efforts. A media release from the 62nd Infantry "Unifier" Battalion (62IB) of the Philippine Army on Friday afternoon identified the arrested rebel as Reagan Taub, alias "Apyot", 35, married, a member of the NPA's Central Negros 1. Army troops and Guihulngan Police Station personnel arrested Taub on Wednesday in Sitio Binitibotan, Barangay Calupa-an by virtue of a warrant of arrest for murder, dat