BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division reported to have neutralized 76 members of the New People’s Army in Negros and Panay Islands, who
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers have seized a temporary encampment of the New People’s Army, following an encounter with its occupants on July 14 in
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the 47th IB overran a hideout of the New People’s Army (NPA) following an encounter in Sitio Hanot, Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental Thursday, July 14.
TROOPS recovered a firearm, grenade, subversive documents, and other person
CONFISCATED. Weapons and other items seized by Philippine Army troops from the hideout of the CPP-NPA in Barangay Inayawan, Cauayan town in southern Negros Occidental on July 14, 2022. Lt. Col. Michael Cuarteros, commanding officer of the 15th Infantry Battalion, said the rebels abandoned their lair after a 10-minute firefight.(Photo courtesy of 15th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Combined troops of the Philippine Army have recovered weapons during a raid on the Communist Party of Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) hideout in the southern town of Cauayan in Negros Occidental on Thursday afternoon. During the combat operation in Sitio Hanot, Barangay Inayawan, soldiers from the 15th and 47th Infantry Battalions (IB) engaged some 20 communist rebels led by alias "Kumpol" of the NPA's South West Front. As of Saturday, clearing operations were already completed after the troops recovered a .45-caliber pistol with magazine and ammunition, a hand c