Raymund Paner alias Panen (Photo courtesy of Sibalom MPS) ILOILO CITY - Authorities nabbed a member of the New People's Army (NPA) wanted for murder early morning Sunday in Barangay Tig-amaga, Miagao, Iloilo. Maj. Renato Monreal II, chief of police of the Sibalom Municipal Police Station, identified the suspect as Raymund Paner, 33, alias Panen, of Barangay Tula-tula, Sibalom, Antique. "We have been trying to locate him since 2017 but from time to time he transferred locations probably because he knew that he had a warrant of arrest," he said. Police said Paner reportedly killed on Dec. 11, 2013, Leonardo Donganon, the father of Barangay Tula-tula councilor Michael Donganon who attempted to pacify the two who were engaged in a heated argument. Paner was not yet a member of the NPA at the time of the crime but sought refuge with the Squad 1, SDG Suyak Platoon, Southern Front Committee-Komiteng Rehiyon Panay when the warrant of arrest was released in 2017. "We received
Operatives of the Western Visayas regional Police arrested a wanted member of the New People's Army (NPA) during a raid on his safehouse in Miag-ao town in Iloilo. Nabbed was Raymund Paner, alias Panen, who is reportedly under the Squad 1 of Suyak Platoon of the Southern Front Committee-Komiteng Re
The Regional Trial Court Branch 266 in Taguig City on June 21, 2022 meted out CPP-NPA leader Concha Araneta life imprisonment for the murder ofMetudio Inesa in Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan on September 17, 1975. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Justice is not elusive after all for a family who lost a loved one, slain before their eyes by New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas in Aklan 47 years ago. Metudio Inesa was killed by a group of NPA rebels under Concha Araneta in Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan on the evening of September 17, 1975, after the victim was seen by NPA spies to have welcomed Philippine Constabulary personnel at his house and provided temporary resting place and drinking water. The Regional Trial Court Branch 266 in Taguig City found Araneta alias Maria Concepcion Araneta, Chacon, Jojo, Etang, who remains scot-free, guilty of murder and meted out life imprisonment or reclusion perpetua. In the court decision signed by Presiding Judge Marivic C. Titor on June 2
CONVICTED. Concha Araneta, deputy secretary of Komiteng Rehiyon Panay of the Communist Party of the Philippines of the Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army National Democratic Front, was found guilty of murder committed in 1975. Capt. Kim Apitong, officer-in-charge of the 3rd Division Public Affairs Office of the 3rd Infantry Division, said on Thursday (June 30, 2022) that anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts may inform authorities for her to be placed behind bars.(PNA contributed photo) ILOILO CITY - The conviction of a high-ranking Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) official for murder shows the "true color" of its leaders, the military said on Thursday. A Taguig City Court sentenced Concha Araneta alias Maria Concepcion Araneta/Chacon/Jojo/Etang to reclusion perpetua for the death of Metodio Inisa on the night of September 18, 1975 in Sitio Agbanuod, Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan. T
TWO NPA rebels surrender in Dingle, Iloilo. (82IB)
ILOILO CITY Over a period of more than three weeks, four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels decided to surrender in Panay and Negros Islands. “More rebels are now convinced to surrender due to the increasing awareness of the government's programs,” sa