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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Army's 4th Infantry Division (4ID) on Tuesday confirmed that six New People's Army (NPA) fighters were killed during two separate clashes in Bukidnon and Agusan del Norte. Reports said the 1st Special Forces Battalion (1SFBn) under the operational control of 403rd Infantry Brigade of the 4ID engaged the NPA in its hideout at the mountainous area of Sitio Cogon Cogon, Brgy. Manalog in Malaybalay, Bukidnon around 6:45 a.m. on Sept. 20. The soldiers encountered around 15 combined fighters under the Headquarters Forces Neo (HQF-NEO), Regional Sentro De Gravidad Compaq (RSDG COMPAQ), and Guerilla Front 89 (GF-89) of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC). The encounter happened after the 1SFBn and the 8th Infantry Battalion (8IB) launched a focused military operation against these three groups, as well as the National Operations Command (NOC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA, Kommid, and Regional Operations Command (ROC). A
UP campus in Diliman, Quezon City (Photo courtesy of UP Diliman Facebook page) MANILA - A bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP) - Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter hurdled third reading approval at the House of Representatives. During Tuesday's plenary session, the chamber overwhelmingly approved with 179 affirmative votes House Bill 10171, which seeks to amend Section 11 of Republic Act 9500 or the University of the Philippines Charter of 2008. The bill seeks to prevent state security forces, such as the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), from entering and enforcing its operations in all UP campuses without prior notice to "the President or the Chancellor of the constituent university or the dean of the regional unit concerned" except "in cases of hot pursuit and similar occasions or emergencies." It mandates university officials, whenever requested by law enfor
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Google map of Tago, Surigao del Sur BUTUAN CITY - A New People's Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with military forces in Tago, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday. In a report on Wednesday, the Army's 75th Infantry Battalion said military forces engaged five rebels in a five-minute firefight in Km. 22, Barangay Caras-an at about noon. One of the rebels, whose identity has yet to be identified, was killed in the encounter, but the other four fled, leaving their slain comrade behind. No casualties were reported in the military who recovered several high-powered firearms, anti-personnel mine, and ammunition. READ: 6 NPA rebels slain in Bukidnon, Agusan Norte clashes The rebels belonged to the NPA's Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon of Guerrilla Front 19, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee, the report said. The military forces were dispatched to the area after receiving reports about the presence of fully-armed insurgents. The Communist Party of the Philippines