SEIZED THE MONEY. Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, commander of 1001st Infantry Brigade, discloses on Saturday (May 21, 2022) that Eric Jun Casilao alias "Elian" or "Wally," the secretary of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC), has abandoned his comrades and fled with the party's money worth PHP6 million. He said Casilao is no longer thinking about the welfare of the armed group and prioritizes extortion activities.(PNA photo by Che Palicte) MACO, Davao de Oro - An official from the 1001st Infantry Brigade (IB) confirmed Saturday that the top leader of the New People's Army (NPA) has abandoned his comrades and fled with the party's money worth PHP6 million. Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, commander of 1001IB, said in an interview that Eric Jun Casilao alias "Elian" or "Wally," secretary of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) left the municipality of Maragusan in this province, where he was last detected in April. &q
DISMANTLING GUERILLA FRONTS. National Security Adviser and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) vice chair Secretary Hermogenes Esperon answers media queries at the sidelight of the NTF-RTF ELCAC joint meeting at the JPark Island Resort in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Thursday (March 31, 2022). Esperon said in his speech the NTF ELCAC is confident to dismantle the three remaining guerilla fronts in Central Visayas through sustained ground engagements and the Barangay Development Programs. (PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) is confident that the remaining three guerilla fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Central Visayas will be dismantled and villages cleared of communist terrorist group (CTG) infiltration. Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr., the National Security Adviser and NTF ELCAC vice