ENCOUNTER CASUALTY. A body of a New People's Army combatant lies on the ground along with the seized items from a group of rebels following an encounter in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on April 18, 2022. The Army's 4th Infantry Division, which released the photo Friday (April 22, 2022), says its units also managed to retrieve several firearms from the NPA in Bukidnon province and the Caraga Region. (Photo courtesy of 4ID) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - An encounter between government soldiers and New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon resulted in the death of a guerrilla, the military said Friday. In a statement, the Army's 4th Infantry Division (ID) said troopers from the 1st Special Forces Battalion (1SFBn) clashed with about seven rebels in Barangay Imbayao, Malaybalay City on April 18. The encounter resulted in the death of a certain Darren Jane Tilucan and the seizure of two M16 rifles. Maj. Gen. Wilbur C. Mamawag, the 4ID commander, said the NPA fighters
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
Published December 19, 2020, 9:23 AM
BUTUAN CITY – More than 2,000 were displaced by tropical depression Vicky, which exited Caraga region late Friday, December 18.
Shown in photo are the disaster rescue personnel of 3rd Special Forces Battalion securing flash flood victims to safer grounds in Surigao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of 3rd SFBn CMO Officer 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan via Mike U. Crismundo/Manila Bulletin)
Absorbing the brunt of the tropical depression were areas in the southern and northern parts of Surigao del Sur where more than 1,600 families were affected by the flash floods.
“We are still collecting data from our different municipal and city disaster councils, but as of this time more than 1,600 families were already affected by the flash floods,” said Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Managements Council (PDRRMC) Head Abel De Guzman, in phone interview with The Manila Bulletin on Saturday.