NO TO NPA. Residents in Northern Samar join a peace rally in Catubig town denouncing the New People's Army (NPA) in this Feb. 25, 2022 event. Residents of Roxas village in Catubig town, whose officials declared the communist terrorist group as persona non grata, joined the rally.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army 20th Infantry Battalion) TACLOBAN CITY - An upland village in Catubig, Northern Samar affected by the New People's Army's (NPA) five decades of armed struggle has declared the communist terrorist group persona non grata. The remote Roxas village issued the declaration three weeks after two minors died and two others were wounded when the NPA ambushed patrolling soldiers in their area. The children identified as Andre Mercado, 12, and Leandro Alivio, 13, were in the area to gather coconuts and were talking to government troops before the NPA's indiscriminately fired on them. The Philippine Army's 20th Infantry Battalion (20th IB) on Tuesday said the village