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EVACUATION. A Black Hawk helicopter was sent to Mapanas, Northern Samar to evacuate seven soldiers injured by anti-personnel mine explosion planted by the New People's Army (NPA) on July 5, 2022. The Philippine Army on Wednesday (July 6) urged the Commission on Human Rights to investigate the use of banned explosives by the NPA.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army has urged the Commission on Human Rights to investigate the use of anti-personnel mines by the New People's Army (NPA) in Northern Samar that injured seven soldiers. In a statement released on Wednesday, Col. Perfecto Penaredondo, commander of the Army's 803rd Infantry Brigade, condemned the communist terrorist group for its blatant violation of the use of banned explosives. "I urged the community and the local governments to condemn this dastardly act of the NPA terrorists and I also called the attention of the Commission of Human Rights to investigate these continuous viol
NPA-INFLUENCED. The center of Magsaysay village in Mapanas, Northern Samar in this June 21, 2022 photo. At least seven soldiers were injured when members of the New People's Army detonated anti-personnel mines in the village on Tuesday (July 5, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Mary Rebato) TACLOBAN CITY - At least seven soldiers were injured when members of the New People's Army (NPA) detonated anti-personnel mines in the upland village of Magsaysay in Mapanas, Northern Samar on Tuesday morning. Soldiers with the community support program (CSP) team were patrolling the area when rebels detonated the mines around 6:15 a.m., said Lt. Col. Joemar Buban, commander of the Philippine Army's 20th Infantry Battalion. CSP is a flagship program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines used to clear communities of NPA infestation while neutralizing the politics-military structure the rebels established in the villages. "Of the seven wounded, two of them are in critical condition. All the b
ROAD FOR PEACE. The ongoing construction of access road to the remote village of San Miguel in Las Navas, Northern Samar. This is one of the projects under the Barangay Development Program designed to end insurgency. (Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial engineering office) TACLOBAN CITY - The New People's Army (NPA) in Northern Samar has lost its source of food and funds with the initial implementation of Barangay Development Program (BDP) in six remote communities, a top official of the Philippine Army said. In the past five months, the communist terrorists have stopped receiving financial support and food supplies from communities with the rollout of development initiatives, Maj. Gen. Edgardo de Leon, commander of the Philippine Army's 8th Infantry Division said in an interview Wednesday. "The much-improved accessibility to these villages due to ongoing farm-to-market road projects has driven the NPA away from communities. The people have stopped giving support t
ROAD FOR PEACE. The ongoing farm-to-market road project in Las Navas, Northern Samar in this May 26, 2022 photo. The province of Northern Samar has just spent PHP14.44 million of the PHP120 million budget intended for the implementation of Barangay Development Program (BDP) in six villages previously threatened by the New People's Army. (Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial engineering office) TACLOBAN CITY - The province of Northern Samar spent only PHP14.44 million of the PHP120 million budget intended for the implementation of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) in six villages previously threatened by the New People's Army (NPA). In an update presented Monday night by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office here, only 12.04 percent of the total allocation has been liquidated as of June 8 with just six months left before the expiration of the budget's validity. At least PHP94.53 million have been obligated to the local governm