CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered at Sitio Natampod, Barangay Namnam, San Fernando town in Bukidnon, the Philippine Army confirmed on Sunday, June 26.
Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrender to the 88th Infantry Battalion and National Int
RETURN TO GOVERNMENT. Zeth Melloria, 23, an information bureau staff of the Sub-Regional Command 16 of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee of the New People's Army yields to the 30th Infantry Battalion in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte on Friday (June 10, 2022). He follows the May 26 arrest of a fellow rebel under the same command. (Photo courtesy of 30IB) BUTUAN CITY - A staff of the information bureau of the New People's Army (NPA) Sub-Regional Command 16 (SRC-16) of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee surrendered to the 30th Infantry Battalion (30IB) of the Philippine Army on Friday. Zeth Melloria (alias Jessie), 23, a resident of Sitio Look, Barangay Dugsangon, Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, brought volumes of subversive documents and articles when he presented himself to Lt. Col. Ryan Charles Callanta, 30IB commander, at the unit's headquarters in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte. "He (Melloria) initially revealed that they were doing massive recovery effo
Three alleged ranking officials of the New People’s Army have been killed in a series of encounters that forced residents to flee from their homes in the hinterlands of Misamis Oriental, authorities said on Saturday.
THREE suspected members of the New People’s Army were killed during a clash between rebels and government troops in Misamis Oriental over the weekend, a belated report reaching Camp Aguinaldo said. The report said that elements of the Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion were on combat operation when they clashed with…
Google map of Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. BUTUAN CITY - Troopers from the Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) on Wednesday afternoon overran a New People's Army (NPA) hideout after an encounter in Sitio Taub, Barangay Rizal, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Lt. Col. Julius Cesar Paulo, the 23IB commander, told the Philippine News Agency Thursday that their troops were conducting focused military operations in the area in response to the reports of civilians on the presence of the NPA insurgents when the clash broke out. "After the 10-minute armed encounter, the rebels abandoned their position as they scampered to different directions," Paulo said. He said the rebels were led by a certain Rogelio Gerondio alias Napnap of the Sub-Regional Sentro De Grabidad Sagay of the NPA North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC). Paulo said the NPAs had been using the hideout for the past several days as they conducted their terrorist activities in Barangay Rizal. "Our tr