DWINDLING COMMUNIST GROUP. Capt. Mark Anthony Tito, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division (10ID), says in a web interview over SMNI's Laban Kasama ang Bayan Program on Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022) the New People's Army's Southern Mindanao Regional Command (SMRC) is on the brink of collapse. The statement came after Menandro Villanueva alias Bok, the longest-serving secretary of the SMRC was neutralized by government forces in a village in Davao de Oro on Wednesday night. (Screengrab of Capt. Mark Anthony Tito) DAVAO CITY - After the series of neutralization of leaders of the New People's Army's (NPA) Southern Mindanao Regional Command (SMRC), an official from the 10th Infantry Division (10ID) said the communist organization is on the "brink of collapse." Capt. Mark Anthony Tito, the spokesperson of the 10ID, said in an interview over SMNI's Laban Kasama ang Bayan Program on Thursday, the SMRC is one of the strongest units of the NPA but if fully disman
MOST WANTED. The most wanted commander of the New People's Army (NPA), Menandro Villanueva, alias Bok, is killed by government troops in an encounter at Barangay Libudon in Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening (Jan. 5, 2022). Villanueva was one of the founding members of the NPA in Mindanao during the 1970s together with Edgar Jopson and was considered one of the recognized high leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines hiding in the strongholds of its armed wing, NPA. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) DAVAO CITY - The most wanted commander of the New People's Army (NPA) in Mindanao was killed by government troops in an encounter at Barangay Libudon, Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening (January 5), the 10th Infantry Division (10ID) said in a statement. Menandro Villanueva alias "Bok," the longest-serving secretary of the NPA's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) and currently the secretary of Komisyong Mindanao (KOMMID), commanding officer of the
MOST WANTED. The most wanted commander of the New People's Army (NPA), Menandro Villanueva, alias Bok, is killed by government troops in an encounter at Barangay Libudon in Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening (Jan. 5, 2022). Villanueva was one of the founding members of the NPA in Mindanao during the 1970s together with Edgar Jopson and was considered one of the recognized high leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines hiding in the strongholds of its armed wing, NPA. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) DAVAO CITY - The most wanted commander of the New People's Army (NPA) in Mindanao was killed by government troops in an encounter at Barangay Libudon, Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening (January 5), the 10th Infantry Division (10ID) said in a statement. Menandro Villanueva alias "Bok," the longest-serving secretary of the NPA's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) and currently the secretary of Komisyong Mindanao (KOMMID), commanding officer of the
Soldiers killed the longest-serving high-ranking officer of the communist rebels operating in the southern part of Mindanao in an encounter in Mabini town of Davao de Oro on Wednesday night, Jan. 5. He was identified as Menandro Villanueva, alias Bok, who was the secretary of the Southern Mindanao