BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Rebel remnants in south Negros Oriental surrender guns to PLt. Donicko Bagtas Angeles, commander of the RMFB 705th Mobile Company in
An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) communist rebel died in an armed encounter in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, July 1.
(Courtesy of 3rd Infantry Division) Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID), identified the slain rebel as Cristanto Estrabela Lagra
DIALOGUE. A soldier explains to villagers in a remote, hinterland barangay in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, the benefits of E-CLIP for members of the New People's Army who will surrender. The 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army held a forum, followed by a peace concert, on Sunday (June 19, 2022) in Sitio Kanggabok in Barangay Nagbinlod. (Photo courtesy of the 11IB, PA) DUMAGUETE CITY - Despite a hard life due to the lack of basic services in their community, residents of a remote hinterland barangay in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental have vowed to help the government in ending the insurgency with the hopes of a better future for their children. Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina residents on Sunday night joined the peace concert initiated by the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army at Kanggabok Elementary School in the sitio (sub-village) of Kanggabok. Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, 11IB commander, said the event was another non-combat approach to convincing people
SURRENDER. Two brothers who confessed to being members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army surrendered to joint military and police authorities on Wednesday (June 15, 2022) in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. The brothers said extreme hunger, exhaustion, and other difficulties in the underground movement pushed them to give up their armed struggle. (Photo courtesy of 11IB, Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - Two brothers who claimed to be regular members of a local guerrilla unit of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) on Wednesday surrendered to military and police authorities in Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina town in Negros Oriental. They were identified only as Ka Daniel and Ka Aguilos, who joined the rebel organization in 2015 and in 2021, respectively, according to 1Lt. Pearl Lanuza, Civil-Military Operations Officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion (11IB) of the Philippine Army based in Siaton, Negros Oriental. Lanuza sa