BUTUAN CITY – A total of 44 former communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebels pledged to go back to normal lives and vowed to help the government’s peace and development program.
Shown in photo are the former communist-New people’s Army rebels with the government officials and military officers aft
INSIGNIFICANT. The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) on Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2022) called the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) no longer significant in Panay after two of its top leaders were neutralized in 2021. A total of 142 CPP-NPA-NDF, including 12 top leaders, were also neutralized in Western and Central Visayas in 2021.(PNA photo courtesy of 3ID, PA) ILOILO CITY - The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is no longer significant in Panay with two of its top leaders being among the 12 ranking officials in Western and Central Visayas neutralized by government troops in 2021. "When neutralized it could be killed, it could be surrendered, it could be apprehended or captured. They could no longer go back to their movement," said Capt. Kim L. Apitong, officer-in-charge of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) Public Affairs Office, in an interview Wednesday. Among th
The 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army on Wednesday reported that it has neutralized 142 suspected members of the New People’s Army including 12 top leaders in 2021.
The recent encounter between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Miag-ao, Iloilo caused quite a stir online because of one of the nine alleged communist guerillas who died in the incident – a man who had been reportedly killed two years ago. A news release from the Army’s 3rd In