Googlemap of San Jose, Tarlac. CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac - Government troops recovered an arms cache of the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Burgos, San Jose, Tarlac on Monday. Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr., head of the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom), said on Tuesday security personnel of the 3rd Mechanized Battalion under the operational control of Joint Task Force Kaugnay received information from a concerned citizen regarding the location of the arms cache allegedly owned by the NPA's Komiteng Larangan Guerilla Tarlac-Zambales (KLG TARZAM). Torres said the recovered items included a Galil rifle, two M16 rifles, an M203 grenade launcher, a shotgun, a long magazine for Galil, four short magazines for M16, 71 pieces of 5.56mm ammunition, and 18 pieces of 40x46mm grenade launcher ammunition. "The continuous discovery of CTG's (communist terrorist group) arms cache is a way to deplete them of their resources which prevents them from performing hostile attacks in the north an
Google map of Pigcawayan municipality, North Cotabato. COTABATO CITY - Two big-time drug peddlers were killed, two others arrested, and P204,000 worth of shabu seized in a law enforcement operation Thursday dawn in North Cotabato. One of the fatalities, Ebrahim Samama, was named a high-value target by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Soccsksargen Region (PDEA-12). PDEA-12 Director Naravy Duquiatan said Samama was also one of the more than 60 detainees who bolted the North Cotabato provincial jail in Kidapawan City in 2017. "Samama's group resisted and opened fire upon seeing the approaching lawmen in Barangay Balacayon, Pigcawayan," she said in a report. PDEA-12 agents, backed by troopers from the Army's 34th Infantry Battalion, neutralized Samama and his cohort, identified only as a certain Mamako. Two other followers of Samama, identified as Guiahed Akmad and Ali Kamsa, surrendered to the raiding team. Duquiatan said the raiding team also found more tha
WEARY COMBATANTS. Moro extremists who yield to the Army pose with government security forces in Maguindanao after turning over high-powered firearms during surrender rites in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Wednesday (March 30, 2022). The surrenderers, all members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters- Karialan faction, say they are all tired of the relentless military operations against them. (Photo courtesy of 40IB) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - A dozen Moro extremists have decided to surrender and hand over their high-powered firearms to authorities following the series of military campaigns in Maguindanao. In a statement Thursday, Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, the Army's 6th Infantry Division commander, said the 12 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, including two sub-leaders, surrendered to the Army's 40th Infantry Battalion (40IB) in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao. The rebels, who surrendered Wednesday afternoon, were led by Anwar Pegas, a sub-leader of the BIFF-
NEW LIFE. Ten of the 23 surrendering batch of combatants from the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Dawlah Islamiya groups operating in Central Mindanao pledge their allegiance to the government during a ceremony held at the Army's 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Friday (Jan. 21, 2022). The Army's 6th Infantry Division said a total of 53 former violent extremists have yielded to their various field units this month alone.(Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Twenty-three members of the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and affiliate Dawlah Islamiya (DI) Group have surrendered due to their desire to return to the mainstream society, the Army here announced Saturday. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, the Army's 6th Infantry Division (6ID) chief and commander of Joint Task Force Central (JTFC), said the BIFF and DI surrenderers, who were operating in the peripheries of Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces,
(Google map of Placer, Masbate province) LEGAZPI CITY - Four New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an armed encounter with government troops in the boundaries of the towns of Esperanza and Placer in Masbate province on Friday morning. Major John Paul Belleza, 9th Infantry Division spokesperson, said in a statement that concerned citizens reported the presence of NPA guerillas in their area prompting soldiers of 2nd Infantry Battalion (2IB) under the 903rd Infantry Brigade and supported by Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct security operation. The government troops encountered at least 20 NPA members at the boundary of Barangay Baras, Esperanza, and Barangay Manlut-od, Placer. "The intense firefight between the two forces lasted for an hour resulting in the killing of the still-unidentified NPA members and capture of one R4 rifle, two M16 rifles, two M653 rifles, one Garand rifle, two rifle grenades, one hand grenade, anti-personnel mines, and terroristic propa