ARRESTED. Murder suspects Jayson John Gazon, 30, and Kenneth Nabong, 31, were arrested in separate joint military and police operations in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday (April 7, 2022). Both are members of the NPA's Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of Central Negros Front 2, according to the Philippine Army.(Photo courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Two members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) were arrested in separate joint military and police operations in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. In a report on Friday, the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) identified the suspects as Jayson John Gazon, 30, a resident of Purok 2, Barangay San Antonio; and Kenneth Nabong, 31, of Sitio Uwakan, Barangay Buenavista. The two, who served as couriers of the NPA's Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of Central Negros Front 2, have warrants of arrest for murder. Records of the incident, w
WASTED LIVES. Troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion serve as pall bearers during the internment of rebel-couple Elbert and Jessa Quillano at the public cemetery of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday (April 3, 2022). Identified as the platoon and medical officer, respectively, of the NPA's Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of Central Negros Front 2, they died during a clash with soldiers on April 1. (Photo courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) considers the death of rebel-couple Elbert and Jessa Quillano a "huge setback" for the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) operations in central Negros. Identified as the platoon and medical officer, respectively, of the NPA's Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of Central Negros Front 2, the two died during a clash with soldiers in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on April 1.
GUNS, EXPLOSIVES FOUND. Policemen recover firearms, ammunition, and explosives from two suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. One suspected NPA member was arrested while another remains at large when search warrants were served against them on Friday (April 1, 2022).(Photos courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - Police operatives seized guns, ammunition, and explosives and arrested a suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) when they served search warrants for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Friday. Negros Oriental provincial police director, Col. Germano Mallari, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Saturday that the two operations carried out on the same day were in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's Whole-of-Nation-Approach. Mallari identified the suspects and s
RECOVERED. Items seized by troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion after an encounter with Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army rebels in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon (April 1, 2022). The 20-minute firefight resulted in the death of two NPA rebels.(Photo courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army's continuing combat operations against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in central Negros has neutralized two more rebels in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon. The latest casualties were identified as Elbert "Carding" Nicolas Quillano, platoon leader, and Jessa "Clea" Luiso Quillano, medical officer, both of Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of Central Negros Front 2. Their deaths were reporteda week after two of their comrades also died in a clash with the 94th Infan
BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army's 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) has dismissed claims the two brothers killed in a clash with troops of the 94th Infantry Battalion in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on March 26 were not fighters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). The fatalities were identified as Sabanal brothers Arnulfo, 41, and Jayson, 30, both residents of Purok Lunoy in Sitio Cunalom, Barangay Carabalan, and members of the NPA's Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of Central Negros Front 2 (CNF 2), whose cadavers were already claimed by their relatives, the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) confirmed on Tuesday. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303IBde, said the two were not taken away by the soldiers but were among those who engaged the soldiers and were killed in a firefight. "They were also identified by former CNF 2 members as those being utilized by the NPA to act as couriers and to the track movements of