MOST WANTED. The most wanted commander of the New People's Army (NPA), Menandro Villanueva, alias Bok, is killed by government troops in an encounter at Barangay Libudon in Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening (Jan. 5, 2022). Villanueva was one of the founding members of the NPA in Mindanao during the 1970s together with Edgar Jopson and was considered one of the recognized high leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines hiding in the strongholds of its armed wing, NPA. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) DAVAO CITY - The most wanted commander of the New People's Army (NPA) in Mindanao was killed by government troops in an encounter at Barangay Libudon, Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening (January 5), the 10th Infantry Division (10ID) said in a statement. Menandro Villanueva alias "Bok," the longest-serving secretary of the NPA's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) and currently the secretary of Komisyong Mindanao (KOMMID), commanding officer of the
GUNNED DOWN. A police investigator documents the shooting of Mario Landisa, a resident of Sitio Mantuhod, Barangay Cabacungan in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Dec. 20, 2021. The victim died after he was shot by four men, who introduced themselves as CPP-NPA rebels, after refusing to give food and cash as their family was then reeling from the devastation of Typhoon Odette. (Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army's 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) has vowed to bring to justice the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels responsible for killing a resident of La Castellana, Negros Occidental on December 20. According to the military report, victim Mario Landisa, 53, a resident of Sitio Mantuhod in Barangay Cabacungan, was gunned down by four armed men after he refused to give them food and cash. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303IBde, commended the courage of the people of La Cast
NPA TO BLAME. "Lydia" (left) and "Paning", relatives of Juveniel Sandig alias "Francis", one of the nine Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army members killed in a recent military operation in Miagao, Iloilo, are shown after claiming his body on Saturday (Dec. 4, 2021). Paning blamed the communist terrorist group for the death of her brother, whom they had not seen for three years. (Contributed photo) ILOILO CITY - Two Ilonggo families blamed the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) for the death of their relatives following a military operation in Barangay Alimodias, Miagao, Iloilo on Dec. 1. "May those who recruited my brother die so they could no longer harm more children," "Paning" (not her real name), elder sister of Juveniel Sandig alias "Francis", said in the local dialect on Sunday. She accompanied her mother "Lydia" of Barangay Barangay Langka, San Joaquin, in
NPA TO BLAME. "Lydia" (left) and "Paning", relatives of Juveniel Sandig alias "Francis", one of the nine Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army members killed in a recent military operation in Miagao, Iloilo, are shown after claiming his body on Saturday (Dec. 4, 2021). Paning blamed the communist terrorist group for the death of her brother, whom they had not seen for three years. (Contributed photo) ILOILO CITY - Two Ilonggo families have blamed the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) for the death of their folks following a military operation in Barangay Alimodias, Miagao, Iloilo last Dec. 1. "May those who recruited my brother die so they could no longer harm more children," "Paning" (not her real name), elder sister of Juveniel Sandig alias "Francis", said in the local dialect in an interview on Sunday. She accompanied her mother "Lydia" of Barangay Barangay Langk
Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales, Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict spokesperson (PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - The Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) has reminded the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to be impartial when making pronouncements and not undermine the judicial processes and law enforcement agencies. The task force, though its spokesperson Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales, issued the statement Sunday night in response to the pronouncement of CHR Commissioner Karen Dumpit that the National Capital Region office is conducting a probe on the service of warrant of arrest for the crime of rebellion to Ma. Salome Crisostomo Ujano in Malolos City, Bulacan on November 14. "We are interested if CHR is also investigating the service of arrest warrants to other fugitives in the different parts of the country and if they are also closely monito