PEACE MISSION. Some of the 232 policemen during their send-off ceremony in Catarman, Northern Samar on July 11, 2022. The government is strengthening its fight against the New People's Army in five conflict-stricken villages of Palapag, Northern Samar with the deployment of policemen part of the Retooled Community Support Program team.(Photo courtesy of Northern Samar police provincial office) TACLOBAN CITY - The government is strengthening its fight against the New People's Army (NPA) in five conflict-stricken villages of Palapag, Northern Samar with the deployment of 232 policemen, part of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) team. The 232 police officers replaced the 162 personnel deployed in Palapag, Northern Samar for months to participate in the government's whole-of-nation approach to end the decades-old insurgency. "We held a send-off ceremony in Northern Samar last July 11 for these 232 personnel to help suppress insurgency in Northern Samar and promo
FAREWELL TO COMMUNISM. The four students in Jipapad, Eastern Samar who surrendered to policemen after joining the New People's Army's Underground Mass Organization. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has welcomed the decision of the students.(Photo courtesy of PNP Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has welcomed the decision of four New People's Army (NPA) youth sector leaders in Eastern Samar to abandon the communist ideology after listening to retooled community support program (RCSP) lectures. PNP Eastern Visayas Regional Director Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said on Tuesday this is the result of the PNP's campaign of regaining the trust, confidence, and support of those indoctrinated by the communist terrorist groups in the far-flung villages. The police identified the four youth leaders only with their aliases as Heeyon, 15; RG, 17; and Jenny, 17, all in Grade 10; and Lemei, 15, a Grade 7 learner. These students, who belonged to the NPA'
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