Joy "Ka Amihan" Saguino, former secretary of Guerilla Front 20 under Sub-regional Committee 1 of the NPA's Southern Mindanao Region. (File photo) DAVAO CITY - A former leader of the New People's Army (NPA) described Menandro Villanueva alias "Ka Bok" as a slaughterer of the poor and killer of freedom. In a statement Thursday, Joy "Ka Amihan" Saguino, former secretary of Guerilla Front 20 under Sub-regional Committee 1 of the NPA's Southern Mindanao Region, said the people of Davao Region and Mindanao are witnesses to the reign of terror and violence that Villanueva has planted for five decades. Villanueva, who had several warrants of arrests for multiple murders, double frustrated murders, arson, robbery with intimidation, and rebellion, among others, was killed in an encounter with government troops in Davao de Oro on January 5. Villanueva was the most wanted NPA leader in Mindanao and longest-serving secretary of the NPA's Southern Mindan
COMPOSITE SKETCH. The composite sketch of Eric Jun Casilao alias "Elian" or "Wally" released by the 10th Infantry Division (10ID) released on Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2022). He is among the most wanted New People's Army (NPA) leaders in Mindanao and allegedly being groomed to be the successor of another NPA leader, slain Menandro Villanueva alias "Bok". (Photo courtesy of 10ID) DAVAO CITY - The latest composite sketch of Eric Jun Casilao alias "Elian" or "Wally" which came out from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Forensic Group, Regional Forensic Unit 11 was released by the Army's 10th Infantry Division (10ID) on Wednesday. In a statement, the 10ID said the photo was based on descriptions by former high-value individuals who were once the comrade of Casilao while inside the communist New People's Army (NPA) movement. Casilao, 43, is currently the secretary of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) and the brother of
HUGE BOUNTY. Photo shows Eric Jun, the current secretary of the New People's Army (NPA) Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC), who the military said on Tuesday (Jan. 11, 2022) carries a PHP5.4-million bounty on his head. He is considered as one of the top leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines hiding in the lairs of the NPA, its armed wing. (Photo courtesy of PIA-Davao de Oro) DAVAO CITY - A PHP5.4 million bounty has been placed on the head of another high-ranking leader of the New People's Army (NPA) who is tagged as the successor of slain Menandro Villanueva alias "Bok," a military official said Tuesday. Capt. Mark Anthony Tito, the Army's 10th Infantry Division spokesperson, told the Philippine News Agency in an interview that anybody who can disclose the whereabouts of Eric Jun Casilao alias "Elian" or "Wally" will get the reward money being offered by the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of the Inter
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