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CASUALTY. Soldiers carry the body of a female rebel transported by a helicopter from the clash site in the mountains of Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar in this Sept. 20, 2022 photo. The female fighter died in a gun battle that happened in Senonogan de Tubang village, one of the communities that the rebels have been trying to recover in Silvino Lobos town.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - A female New People's Army (NPA) fighter died in a clash with government forces in the upland village of Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, the Philippine Army said on Thursday. The unidentified rebel was killed during the 20-minute clash on September 20 in the remote Senonogan de Tubang village, one of the communities that the rebels have been trying to recover in Silvino Lobos town. No one was hurt from the government side during the clash. Lt. Col. Fernando Engcot, Philippine Army's 19th Infantry Battalion commander, said soldiers also recovered an M16 rifle, explosives, subversi
INSURGENCY-FREE. The Davao Oriental Provincial Peace and Order Council members unanimously approve a resolution declaring the province of Davao Oriental as insurgency-free and development-ready on Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2022) during a meeting in Mati City. The declaration came after the series of successful peace and order interventions that dismantled the remaining forces of the communist New People's Army in the area. (Photo courtesy of Davao Oriental PIO) DAVAO CITY - Davao Oriental has been declared "insurgency-free' following the series of successful peace and order initiatives that dismantled the remnants of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in the province. Brig. Gen. Oliver Maquiling, the Philippine Army's 701st Infantry Brigade (IB) commander, described Wednesday the weakened NPA Guerrilla Front 18 (GF 18) as "dysfunctional and insignificant, with only two remaining insurgents left." Tuesday's unanimous resolution by the members of the Provin
MASS SURRENDER. Some 16 members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army surrender to civil and military authorities in Negros Oriental on Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2022). They burned the flag of the rebel group during their formal turnover to the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in Guihulngan City. (Photo courtesy of the 62IB) DUMAGUETE CITY - Sixteen members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), including ranking leaders, surrendered to authorities in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday. The former rebels (FRs) were members of the CPP-NPA's Central Negros 1, Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS) under the Leonardo Panaligan Command, a media release from the 62nd Infantry Battalion on Wednesday said. They were formally turned over to the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Guihulngan City on Tuesday afternoon. The surrenderers included the commanding offic
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. Four New People's Army (NPA) rebels surrender Wednesday (Sept. 21, 2022) to government authorities in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. Three of the four NPA surrenderers (in photo) took their oath of allegiance before Mayor Gerry Paglinawan of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur, in a ceremony at the town hall on the same day. (Photo courtesy of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four members of the New People's Army (NPA) separately surrendered to government authorities Wednesday in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. Col. Richard Verceles, Area Police Command-Western Mindanao operations chief, said three of the four yielded in Zamboanga del Sur, while one turned himself in Zamboanga Sibugay. Verceles said Juanito Libay, 53; Gina Fernandez, 31; and Loloy Camdan, 32; surrendered around 1 p.m. in Barangay San Pablo, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur. The three were members of the Barrio Revolutionary Co
LIVELIHOOD AID.Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda (second from left) talks with a former rebel who received livelihood assistance under the Sustainable Livelihood Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Pineda, together with other local officials, personally distributed PHP20,000 checks each to 12 former rebels who are all from Arayat town in Pampanga province on Monday (Sept. 19, 2022).(Photo courtesy of the provincial government of Pampanga) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - At least 12 former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) on Monday received livelihood assistance that could help them start new lives with their respective families. The aid is under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which will enable the former rebels to engage in livelihood enterprises. Governor Dennis Pineda, together with Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Eliza