ARRESTED. A former rebel, who is wanted for several crimes, was arrested in Barangay Pinagbakahan, Malolos City, Bulacan on Saturday (Sept. 17, 2022). The suspect, who is a resident of Gregorio Del Pilar, Ilocos Sur, is a former member of Komiteng Larangang Gerilya South Ilocos Sur (KLG-SIS) of the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC). (Photo courtesy of PRO-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - A former member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), who is wanted for a number of crimes, was arrested during a manhunt operation in Bulacan on Saturday. Brig. Gen. Cesar R. Pasiwen, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3), said on Sunday that Oscar Agsi, 52, alias Ka Amy, of Gregorio del Pilar town is Ilocos Sur, was nabbed in Barangay Pinagbakahan, Malolos City, Bulacan by virtue of the warrant of arrest issued by Presiding Judge Richard T. Domingo of Regional Trial Court Branch 23 in Candon City, Ilocos Sur. Pasiwen sa
CONNER, Apayao – Two suspected recruiters of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested in a police checkpoint on Conner-Tuguegarao City Road here last Sunday, June 12. They were identified as alias “Ka Cris,” 36, of San Mateo, Isabela and Quezon City, and alias “Ka Zin,” 30, of Malabon City. Polic
OFF TO SAFETY. An injured deputy leader of the New People's Army is being carried to a hospital in Nueva Vizcaya on Thursday (May 26, 2022). The rebel was injured in a clash with government troops and was left behind by his comrades as they fled. (Photo courtesy of 54IB, Philippine Army) CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela - Government soldiers on Thursday rescued an injured deputy leader of a Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA) band while scouring the mountains of the Cordillera and Ilocos regions, the military said Friday. Capt. Karol Jay Mendoza Jr., civil-military operations officer of the Army's 54th Infantry Battalion, said Avelino Cruz, alias Junel/Alcaras, was the vice commander of a group that fought government troops and was left behind by his comrades after being injured as they withdrew from the scene of the encounter. Cruz belongs to the CPP-NPA's Guerrilla Front Abra - Mountain Province - Ilocos Sur (GF-AMPIS) under the Iloco
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DISMANTLING GUERILLA FRONTS. National Security Adviser and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) vice chair Secretary Hermogenes Esperon answers media queries at the sidelight of the NTF-RTF ELCAC joint meeting at the JPark Island Resort in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Thursday (March 31, 2022). Esperon said in his speech the NTF ELCAC is confident to dismantle the three remaining guerilla fronts in Central Visayas through sustained ground engagements and the Barangay Development Programs. (PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) is confident that the remaining three guerilla fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Central Visayas will be dismantled and villages cleared of communist terrorist group (CTG) infiltration. Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr., the National Security Adviser and NTF ELCAC vice