BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Personnel of the Tago, Surigao del Sur Municipal Police Station (TMPS) survived an ambush by the New People’s Army (NPA), the Surigao del Sur Provincial Police Office said Wednesday, Aug. 31.
In a report, the SDSPPO said the ambush took place Tuesday, Aug. 30, as local pol
(Google map of Cortes, Surigao del Sur) BUTUAN CITY - Criminal charges have been filed against communist rebels involved in the road blocking and ransacking of houses in the town of Cortes on February 10, the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) disclosed Thursday. In an interview, SDSPPO Director Col. Joseph Boquiren said at least 24 New People's Army (NPA) insurgents were included in the criminal charges. "Charges of robbery in band and violation to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9851, otherwise known as Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes against Humanity were filed last February 14 at the provincial prosecutor's office in Surigao del Sur," Boquiren said. The rebels accused in the criminal complaint included Joel Mahinay, alias "Nico" of the Guerrilla Front 30, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee of the NPA, he added. The group of NPA guerrillas blockaded a portion of the national highway in Sit