FORCES REPOSITIONED. Brig. Gen. Leonel Nicolas (right), 102nd Infantry Brigade commander, sends off the troops to be deployed against New People's Army rebels in Misamis Occidental on Saturday (May 28, 2022). The brigade targets to defeat the Guerrilla Front Sendong, the last remaining organized front of the NPA's Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee, by June. (Photo courtesy of 102nd Infantry Brigade) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Philippine Army's 102nd Infantry Brigade (102nd IBde) has repositioned its forces to defeat the remaining New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Misamis Occidental. Dubbed the final push, the 102nd IBde aims to bring down by June the Guerrilla Front Sendong, the last remaining organized front of the NPA's Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC). The active NPA members are scattered in different areas in Misamis Occidental. "The additional forces will support the 10th Infantry Battalion in all of its operational activities in Misamis
SLAIN NPA. Villagers assist the military and police in fetching the remains of communist rebel Daisy Jane Cimafranca, 27, who was killed in a series of clashes on December 1 and 3 in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Norte. The 97th Infantry Battalion brought the remains of Cimafranca to her family on Sunday night (Dec. 5, 2021) in Purok Kalingayan, Barangay Caluma, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur. (Photo courtesy of 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Army's 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) has turned over the remains of a female communist rebel, who was seriously wounded in a clash and abandoned to die by her comrades in the hinterlands of Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte. "We brought the remains of the New People's Army (NPA) rebel fatality to the family last night (Sunday night) in Purok Kalingayan, Barangay Caluma, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur," Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos Jr., the 97IB commander, said Monday in a phone interview. Army troopers, together with the police and village offi