CONDEMNED. The site of the roadside encounter where suspected CPP-NPA members engaged policemen and detonated an anti-personal mine in Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Feb. 13, 2022). The Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict condemned the "senseless violence" calling it a "treacherous attack" for detonating anti-personnel mine aimed at the policemen. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) ILOILO CITY - The people of Negros Island should stand up and cooperate with the government to put an end to the local communist insurgency. The Western Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) made the call on Monday following a roadside encounter with suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station (BMPS) in Barangay Bi-ao on Sunday that injured two policemen and one minor
BACOLOD CITY The Mount Cansermon Command-New People's Army (MCC-NPA) admitted staging the attack on personnel of Binalbagan Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental on Feb. 13. Ka Dionesio Magbuelas, MCC-NPA spokesperson, in a statement, said they carried out the ambush against the policemen
BACOLOD CITY – Two policemen and a civilian were wounded after a brief encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels at Sitio Candida, Barangay Biao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental Sunday, Feb. 13. Wounded cops were identified as Police Lt. Charles Richard Casalan, deputy police chief of B
ROADSIDE BOMB. The encounter site, where suspected CPP-NPA members engaged policemen and detonated an anti-personal mine, in Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Feb. 13, 2022). Two personnel of Binalbagan Municipal Police Station were injured during the explosion while a 15-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY - Two policemen and a minor in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental were wounded during a roadside encounter with suspected members of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Barangay Bi-ao on Sunday morning. Police report said Lt. Charles Richard Casalan, the station's deputy chief of police, and Cpl. Julius Tranquillero, sustained minor injuries during an explosion and were treated in the town infirmary, along with a 15-year-old boy, who was hit by a stray bullet. Maj. Ellendie Rebusquillo, chief of Binalbagan Municipal Police Station, said 10 of his me