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MASS SURRENDER. Some 16 members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army surrender to civil and military authorities in Negros Oriental on Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2022). They burned the flag of the rebel group during their formal turnover to the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in Guihulngan City. (Photo courtesy of the 62IB) DUMAGUETE CITY - Sixteen members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), including ranking leaders, surrendered to authorities in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday. The former rebels (FRs) were members of the CPP-NPA's Central Negros 1, Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS) under the Leonardo Panaligan Command, a media release from the 62nd Infantry Battalion on Wednesday said. They were formally turned over to the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Guihulngan City on Tuesday afternoon. The surrenderers included the commanding offic
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. Four New People's Army (NPA) rebels surrender Wednesday (Sept. 21, 2022) to government authorities in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. Three of the four NPA surrenderers (in photo) took their oath of allegiance before Mayor Gerry Paglinawan of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur, in a ceremony at the town hall on the same day. (Photo courtesy of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four members of the New People's Army (NPA) separately surrendered to government authorities Wednesday in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. Col. Richard Verceles, Area Police Command-Western Mindanao operations chief, said three of the four yielded in Zamboanga del Sur, while one turned himself in Zamboanga Sibugay. Verceles said Juanito Libay, 53; Gina Fernandez, 31; and Loloy Camdan, 32; surrendered around 1 p.m. in Barangay San Pablo, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur. The three were members of the Barrio Revolutionary Co
PEACE ADVOCATES. Residents of Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental burn a CPP-NPA flag during a Local Peace Engagement activity on Sept. 10, 2022. The 62nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army has denounced the rebel group for spreading fake news on social media. (Photo courtesy of the 62IB) DUMAGUETE CITY - The 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) of the Philippine Army in Negros island on Tuesday denounced the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) for spreading fake news on social media, claiming that a police officer and a soldier were killed in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental over the weekend. "This is yet one of the desperate moves of the CPP-NPA apparently to regain the trust of the masses and perhaps develop credibility as they continue with their protracted war against the government," said Lt. Col. William Pesase, 62IB commanding officer, in mixed English and Filipino during an interview with the Philippine News Agency. T
KILLED IN ACTION.Army soldiers mourn the death of two comrades who died sacrificing their lives as "heroes" in a battle against the communist guerrillas in Kabugao, Apayao province on Aug.18, 2022. The fatalities were identified as 2nd Lt. Nasser Dimalanes of Maguindanao province, and Private First Class Jaime Fontanilla Jr. of La Union.(Photo from 5th ID) CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela-Two Army soldiers died on Thursday in a running gunbattle between the soldiers and communist guerrillas in the mountains of Lenneng in Kabugao town, Apayao province, the military reported. Captain Rigor Pamittan, 5th Infantry Division public affairs chief and spokesperson, identified the fatalities as 2nd Lt. Nasser Dimalanes of Maguindanao, and Private First Class Jaime Fontanilla Jr. of La Union. Dimalanes, a 28-year-old native of Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao Province, practices Islam religion and was commissioned on November 16, 2017 as a regular soldier. He was assigned as the P
ENCOUNTER SITE. Three New People's Army rebels are killed in an encounter with 62 Infantry Battalion soldiers in Sitio Natuling, Barangay Budlasan in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday (July 26, 2022). Two of the slain fighters were women and were among a group of more or less 10 armed men who engaged the troops in a 10-minute firefight, military officials said. (Photo courtesy of 62IB, Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - Three fighters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) were killed Tuesday during an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion in the hinterlands of Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City in Negros Oriental. The slain rebels were identified as Cristina Jacolbe alias Chave, 40, finance officer of CN1; Ernie Jacolbe alias Frezy, 42, vice commanding officer of Section Guerilla Unit, CN1; and Everly Kee Jacolbe alias Kaye, 18, a member of CN1. Government soldiers clashed with their group of more or less 1