CASUALTIES. The bodies of suspected New People's Army fighters found in Maguilling, Piat town after an armed encounter between rebels and government soldiers in the boundary of Piat and Sto. Nino, Cagayan on Maundy Thursday (April 15, 2022). Soldiers and police processed the clash site and recovered items left by the fleeing rebels.(Photo from Philippine National Police-Cagayan) TUGUEGARAO CITY - Three suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an armed encounter with government soldiers in the boundary of Piat and Sto. Nino, Cagayan on Maundy Thursday. Cagayan Police spokesperson, Capt. Isabelita Gano, said Friday the gun battle erupted at about 10:30 p.m. in Virginia, Sto. Nino town but the remains of the rebels were found in Maguilling, Piat town. The slain suspected rebels were identified as Saturnino Lao Agunoy alias Peping, head of the Regional Organizing Department; Mark Canta alias Uno, of the Giyang Pampulitika/Kilusang Larangang Gerilya (GPKLG) West, Komp
PIAT, Cagayan Three high-value members of Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) who were leaders of the Komiteng Probinsya (KOMPROB) Cagayan and Komiteng Rehiyon-Cagayan Valley (KR-CV) were killed during a brief firefight with troops belonging to 17th Infantry Battalion on a Maundy Thursday in Barangay
File photo CEBU CITY - A drug suspect who was a subject of a "validation operation" by the Cebu City Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) was killed and some PHP3.4 million worth of illegal drugs were found in his possession in Barangay Tisa here Wednesday night. Maj. Jonathan Bethoven Taneo, Cebu City police's DEU head, said authorities are now validating the true identity of the suspect who was only known by his nickname "Ralph", aged between 25 to 30, and resident of Sitio Huya (sub-village) of the said barangay. Taneo told reporters they received a report from a concerned citizen about a man allegedly selling drugs at Sitio Sidlakan. They responded to the area at past 10 p.m. to validate the alleged illegal activities in the area. The suspect, who was alone when the police arrived, allegedly pulled out his gun prompting the operatives to fire at him. The suspect died on the spot. The police recovered from the suspect's possession more than half a kilo of white su
A man died after jumping from a footbridge in Barangay Tunasan, Muntinlupa on Monday, Jan. 31. The Muntinlupa police identified the fatality through his vaccination card as Edward Nuque whose last known address was in Agsao, Magdiwang in Romblon. According to the police, the incident happened at