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DAVAO CITY - The Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Youth Organization (MIPYO) said the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) program of the Duterte administration gave tribal communities the hope to survive and attain peace. Jessa Mae Crisostomo, the spokesperson of MIPYO, said they are hoping for the continuation of the NTF-ELCAC that served as the needed catalyst for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in rural areas to be informed, gain access to basic services, and be free from the insurgency. "NTF-ELCAC is working with other government agencies to help us exercise our rights to self-determination and attain peace and development in our communities and this will help bring justice to the victims of the communist movement's atrocities," she said in a statement on Saturday. Foremost among the NTF-ELCAC projects is the Barangay Development Program (BDP), which brings development to former conflict-prone communities and is part of the whole-of-nation approa
SEIZED. Government troops seize a sub-machine gun and rounds of live ammunition after an encounter with suspected New People's Army rebels in Barangay Talalak, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday (July 1, 2022). A rebel killed in the clash was identified as a resident of Sitio Halway, Barangay Nagbinlod of the same town. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army-11IB) DUMAGUETE CITY - A suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday. Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, commanding officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army, on Saturday identified the suspect as Cristanto Estrabela Lagradilla, also known as Ka Locsin. Lagradilla was an alleged member of the dismantled Southeast Front (SEF) of the Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor. A former rebel said Lagradilla hails from Sitio Halway in Barangay Nagbinlod of the same t
NEW LIVES. The Department of the Interior and Local Government and the provincial government of Agusan del Norte facilitate the release of PHP10.7 million in livelihood assistance to 114 former NPA rebels in Butuan City on Friday (July 1, 2022). The livelihood assistance is part of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) of the government for the former rebels. (Photo courtesy of 29IB) BUTUAN CITY - A total of 114 former New People's Army (NPA) rebels who surrendered on different occasions this year in Agusan del Norte were provided with livelihood assistance and remuneration for surrendered firearms. The assistance, amounting to PHP10.7 million, was part of the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) for the former rebels (FRs). The amount was released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the provincial government of Agusan del Norte on Friday. The release of the assistance was spearheaded by Agusa
'NPA REBEL' KILLED. A suspected New People's Army rebel was killed during an encounter with government troops in the hinterland village of Talalak in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday (July 1, 2022). The operating troops also recovered firearms and ammunition following the clash. (Google Map) DUMAGUETE CITY - A suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) was killed in a clash with government forces in the remote hinterland of Barangay Talalak in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday. Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, commanding officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army based in Siaton, Negros Oriental, told the Philippine News Agency that the body of the rebel was recovered following the encounter at Sitio Tamusi, Barangay Talalak. He remains unidentified but is believed to be from Barangay Nagbinlod at the southern Negros Oriental town. An initial report from the 11IB said the firefight lasted for eight m
ARRESTED 'AGAIN'. A suspected member of the CPP-NPA was "arrested" the second time around for a murder case in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental. The suspect was first arrested early this year and is incarcerated at the Guihulngan City District Jail when another warrant of arrest against him was served on Wednesday (June 29, 2022). (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - A suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebel detained in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental was placed under arrest for the second time for yet another murder case. A report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Thursday said suspect Rustom Fat, a resident of Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City was served another warrant of arrest on Wednesday afternoon in relation to the deaths of the son and husband of a barangay captain in the adjacent town of Vallehermoso. Lt. Col. Ruben Verbo Jr., head of the Police