COLLABORATION. Department of the Interior and Local Government-Negros Oriental provincial director Farah Gentuya (left) exchanges pleasantries with provincial engineer Maelene Jimenez and Lt. Col. Van Donald Almonte, commanding officer of the 94th IB, during a recent meeting on the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program. The Army commander said they are continuing operations in at least four towns in Negros Oriental province that are still affected by communist insurgency. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) of the Philippine Army is keeping a close watch on at least four towns in Negros Oriental that are still affected by communist insurgency with relentless operations underway, a military official said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Van Donald Almonte, commanding officer of the 94IB, told the Philippine News Agency that the four municipalities are Tayasan, Ayungon, Bindoy and Manjuyod. "Bindoy and Manjuyod have the strongest support
BACOLOD CITY – Police have identified the three casualties believed to be New People’s Army (NPA) in a clash in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend.
Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of Negros Occidental police, said the first casualty that was identified was Jomarie Calumba, 4
AERIAL SURVEY. Col. Orlando Edralin (right), commander of the Philippine Army's 303rd Infantry Brigade, and Lt. Col. Van Donald Almonte, commanding officer of 94th Infantry Battalion, lead an aerial reconnaissance of the encounter sites in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental province onboard the Philippine Air Force Blackhawk aircraft on Tuesday (Feb. 7, 2023). A series of clashes took place in Barangay Oringao on Feb. 5 and 6 that resulted in the death of three New People's Army fighters.(Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The three Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) fighters slain during a clash in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental province on Feb. 5 were deceived to join the armed struggle which they eventually abandoned in their deaths, a Philippine Army official said on Wednesday. "They were deceptively recruited for the ideology they did not even understand. It paints the true color of the CPP-NPA
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Benjie Miranda (3rd from left) with Col. Orlando Edralin, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, and Lt. Col. Van Donald Almonte,
NAT'L ID. Provincial head of the Philippine Statistics Authority in Negros Oriental, Ariel Fortuito, has called on 20 percent of the province's population to sign up for the national identification system. Records show that as of Jan. 30, 2023, a total of 80.47 percent of the province's population of 1,432,990 have already registered.(PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY -The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported that 80 percent of Negros Oriental's population has registered for the national ID. In an interview on Tuesday, Chief Statistical Analyst and head of PSA-Negros Oriental, Ariel Fortuito, spoke of the challenge of reaching out to the remaining 20 percent so they would sign up. "We are doing everything we can, such as setting up satellite registration outlets and house-to-house visits, to locate and sign up the remainder of the population in Negros Oriental to the national identification system, as the campaign has slowed down a bit," Fortuito sa