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RELIEF AID. Residents of Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental receive food packs at a gymnasium where they stayed following clashes between government forces and the New People's Army on Sunday (Feb. 5, 2023). An Army official on Tuesday said they target to end the communist insurgency in Negros Oriental by the first quarter of this year. (Courtesy of the Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Philippine Army targets to end the communist insurgency in Negros Oriental as early as the first quarter of this year with sustained operations. Brig. Gen. Leonardo Pena, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade based in Tanjay City, told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that continuous combat and non-combat operations in the province and in Negros Occidental will reduce the fighting capabilities of the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. "Actually, our objective at the brigade is to completely flush out the ranks of t ....
Provincial Director Farah Diba Gentuya of the Department of the Interior and Local Government of Negros Oriental. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Ten former rebels (FRs) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) who surrendered to authorities in Negros Oriental province will soon receive financial assistance of PHP65,000 each under the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). Provincial director Farah Diba Gentuya, of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Oriental, said the FRs have complied with all the requirements and the monetary aid for them is now ready for downloading. "Of the total amount, PHP15,000 is for immediate cash assistance while PHP50,000 is for livelihood assistance", Gentuya told the Philippine News Agency on Monday. "The immediate cash assistance could not be released right away following the surrender of a former rebel as that person still has to go th ....
Provincial Director Farah Diba Gentuya of the Department of the Interior and Local Government of Negros Oriental. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Ten former rebels (FRs) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) who surrendered to authorities in Negros Oriental province will soon receive financial assistance of PHP65,000 each under the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). Provincial director Farah Diba Gentuya, of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Oriental, said the FRs have complied with all the requirements and the monetary aid for them is now ready for downloading. "Of the total amount, PHP15,000 is for immediate cash assistance while PHP50,000 is for livelihood assistance", Gentuya told the Philippine News Agency on Monday. "The immediate cash assistance could not be released right away following the surrender of a former rebel as that person still has to go th ....
Photo STATE VIGIL. The wake of the late National Scientist Dr. Angel Alcala is held at the Silliman University Church in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental province. A state funeral will be accorded to the deceased National Scientist, who passed away at age 94 on Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Dr. Angel Alcala Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - Arrangements are now being readied for a state funeral for National Scientist, Dr. Angel C. Alcala, who passed on Wednesday at a hospital in this capital of Negros Oriental province. Silliman University president Dr. Betty McCann has written the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to facilitate the state funeral for Alcala. A state funeral is given to Filipinos who were conferred with National Artist or National Scientist recognition, and the expenses shall be shouldered by the government as mandated by Executive Order No. 131. The late former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III recogni ....
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army Col. Michael Samson, outgoing 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, has been designated by Army Chief Lt. Gen. Felix Brawner Jr. as ....