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DISPLACED. The City of Himamaylan in Negros Occidental province, together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, assists some 81 displaced families from four sitios (sub-village) in Barangay Carabalan, following a clash between New People's Army rebels and Philippine Army troops on Wednesday (March 1, 2023). The affected residents have been evacuated to the village covered court.(Photo courtesy of Himamaylan City Social Welfare and Development Office) BACOLOD CITY - A renewed...

BUTUAN CITY – The regional command of the Northeastern Mindanao Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) on Tuesday claimed it is winning the war against the insurgency as 40 followers of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) abandoned their weakening movement in Mindanao. PRO 13 Regional Director P/Brig. G

QUEZON – Two more towns here have been declared insurgency-free as a result of a concerted effort of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Local Government Units (LGU) and its stakeholders. Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) reported that the

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner yesterday challenged Brig. Gen. Marion Sison, newly-installed commander of the Army’s Infantry

SUPPORT TO FORMER REBELS. At least 52 former communist rebels and 200 mass-based supporters availed of benefits from the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program in Agusan del Sur province on Thursday (Feb. 23, 2023). The event, facilitated by the Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region, is graced by Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Secretary Gilberto DC Cruz together with several Philippine National Police officials. (Photo courtesy of Agusan del Sur PPO) BUTUAN CI...

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Nineteen former rebels received assistance and support, from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the city

NEW LIFE. The 22 former rebels in Eastern Samar who received financial assistance from the government during a ceremony on Wednesday (Feb. 22 , 2023) in Borongan City. The former rebels received financial assistance from the national government under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program for them to start a new life after years of armed struggle. (Photo by DILG Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - A total of 22 former members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Eastern Samar province have ...

ASSISTANCE. Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson (right) of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental turns over financial aid amounting to PHP10,000 to a former New People's Army rebel granted under the DSWD Assistance to Individual in Crisis Situation in rites held at the City Hall on Tuesday (Feb. 14, 2023). The activity was witnessed by troops of the Philippine Army led by Col. Orlando Edralin (left), commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade.(Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) B...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Two former members of the communist terrorist group (CTG) in Central Luzon have surrendered to authorities and pledged allegiance to the government, a police official reported on Monday. Brig. Gen. Cesar Pasiwen, director of Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3), identified the two as alias "Ka Tito" and "Ka Tibbey," who voluntarily submitted themselves to joint military and police troops in Aurora province and Olongapo City, respective...

BACOLOD CITY -- Twenty-five former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received P250,000 cash assistance from the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 14. According to the Army, the former rebels received P10,000 each