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MOTHER'S LOVE. Nora Mansumuy-ut (right) hugs his son alias "Ram" tightly at the Camp Panacan Hospital in Davao City on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021) after not seeing him for seven years. Ram left his family to join the New People's Army when he was 15 but got wounded in a recent firefight with government troops. (PNA photo by Che Palicte) DAVAO CITY - A wounded rebel of the New People's Army (NPA) confined at the Camp Panacan Hospital here on Friday was reunited with his mother wh...

MOTHER'S LOVE. Nora Mansumuy-ut (right) hugs his son alias "Ram" tightly at the Camp Panacan Hospital in Davao City on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021) after not seeing him for seven years. Ram left his family to join the New People's Army when he was 15 but got wounded in a recent firefight with government troops. (PNA photo by Che Palicte) DAVAO CITY - A wounded member of the New People's Army (NPA) confined at the Camp Panacan Hospital here on Friday was reunited with his mother w...

DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano (Presidential photo) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said people from all walks of life now feel safer due to constant police presence and support programs provided by the government to communities, which resulted in a decline in the country's crime rate in the last five years. "Dahil din sa mga hakbanging ito ay bumaba ang dami ng krimen sa ating bansa ng 34 percent, at mga index crime ng 70 percent noong ...

RIGHT DECISION. Some of the 29 former NPA rebels who surrendered to the local government of Libungan, North Cotabato, are presented to the military during surrender rites Sunday (Oct. 24, 2021) at the town gymnasium. The surrenderers (inset) also set ablaze the New People's Army flag and other symbols during their surrender. (Photos from Libungan LGU) COTABATO CITY - A town mayor in North Cotabato on Monday has called on other communist guerrillas still in the mountains and fighting a lost c...

FORMER CHILD WARRIOR. Former NPA child combatant alias "Jacking" studies under the Department of Education's Alternative Learning System in this undated photo so he could finish junior high school. Now 16, the boy, who was recruited when he was 11, and his father surrendered to the troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental in October last year.(Images courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - A forme...

NEW LIFE. An NPA couple, identified only through their aliases "Amad/Saijie", 34 (left), and "Nam/Xian", 33, of the New People's Army's North Central Mindanao Regional Committee, have finally abandoned their communist ideology and yielded to the Agusan del Sur Police on Wednesday (Oct. 20, 2021). The couple decided to renew their lives after seeing the government's sincerity in providing opportunities to former rebels. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13) BUTUAN CITY - Afte...

NEW LIFE. An NPA couple, identified only through their aliases "Amad/Saijie", 34 (left), and "Nam/Xian", 33, of the New People's Army's North Central Mindanao Regional Committee, have finally abandoned their communist ideology and yielded to the Agusan del Sur Police on Wednesday (Oct. 20, 2021). The couple decided to renew their lives after seeing the government's sincerity in providing opportunities to former rebels. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13) BUTUAN CITY - Afte...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A total of 73 former New People's Army (NPA) rebels in South Cotabato have received various assistance from the government this year through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan, civil-military operations officer of the Army's 5th Special Forces Battalion, said Wednesday the recipients were among the rebels who have surrendered since last year in parts of the province. He said the surrenderers included eigh...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Seventy-three former New People's Army (NPA) rebels in South Cotabato have received various assistance from the government this year through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan, civil-military operations officer of the Army's 5th Special Forces Battalion, said Wednesday the recipients were among the rebels who have surrendered since last year in parts of the province. He said the surrenderers included eigh...

FALSE PROMISES. A suspected high-ranking leader of the New People's Army (NPA) and his two sons voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine Army and the police in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Sunday (Oct. 17, 2021). The three said the lack of support from their leaders and false promises by the NPA prompted them to return to the fold of law. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - A ranking leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) i...