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CAPTURED. The firearms, military uniforms, improvised hand grenades, and personal belongings were seized from three New People's Army (NPA) members captured in Calbayog City, Samar province on Feb. 6, 2023. The three were apprehended days after government troops overran a rebel's lair and recovered high-powered firearms. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army has captured three members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Calbayog City, Samar province days after government troops overran a rebel's hideout and recovered high-powered firearms. The three were identified as Ramil Mapa, Jesmar Morata and Jayson Morata. They were reportedly members of the Front Committee 2, sub-regional guerrilla unit, and sub-regional committee emporium of the NPA Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee. They yielded firearms, military uniforms, improvised hand grenades, and personal belongings. "The three were caught on Monday with the use of K9 tracking
FIGHTING NPA. Soldiers of the Army's 43rd Infantry Battalion based in Lope de Vega, Northern Samar. Troopers from this unit clashed with rebels in Calbayog City on Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023) and recovered high-powered firearms and explosive components. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army has recovered high-powered firearms and explosives after a clash with suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) in an upland village in Calbayog City, Samar on Wednesday. Acting spokesperson of the Philippine Army's 43rd Infantry Battalion (IB), Lt. Roxane Valenciano, said troopers attacked a band of 20 rebels at the boundary of Cangomaod and Cagmanipis villages, Tinambacan District in Calbayog City, Samar at past 1 p.m. on Wednesday. "The rebels were caught unprepared, and they scampered in different directions during the encounter. We are sure some of them were injured since there are many blood stains in the clash site," she said in
MOTHER'S LOVE. Nora Mansumuy-ut (right) hugs his son alias "Ram" tightly at the Camp Panacan Hospital in Davao City on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021) after not seeing him for seven years. Ram left his family to join the New People's Army when he was 15 but got wounded in a recent firefight with government troops. (PNA photo by Che Palicte) DAVAO CITY - A wounded rebel of the New People's Army (NPA) confined at the Camp Panacan Hospital here on Friday was reunited with his mother whom he has not seen for seven years. In an emotional encounter, Nora Mansumuy-ut said it was her first time seeing his son, alias "Ram" in seven years and was glad that he was still alive. "There was a sigh of relief on my part. When he was still in the armed struggle, I cannot focus on my work. I miss him so much," she said in the vernacular. Nora narrated that Ram joined the armed struggle at the age of 15. She added that for seven years, she feared for the life of Ram and o
MOTHER'S LOVE. Nora Mansumuy-ut (right) hugs his son alias "Ram" tightly at the Camp Panacan Hospital in Davao City on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021) after not seeing him for seven years. Ram left his family to join the New People's Army when he was 15 but got wounded in a recent firefight with government troops. (PNA photo by Che Palicte) DAVAO CITY - A wounded member of the New People's Army (NPA) confined at the Camp Panacan Hospital here on Friday was reunited with his mother whom he has not seen for seven years. In an emotional encounter, Nora Mansumuy-ut said it was her first time seeing his son, alias "Ram", in seven years and was glad that he was still alive. "There was a sigh of relief on my part. When he was still in the armed struggle, I cannot focus on my work. I miss him so much," she said in the vernacular. Nora narrated that Ram joined the armed struggle at the age of 15. She added that for seven years, she feared for the life of Ram and