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BACOLOD CITY - A Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebel was killed during an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army's 15th Infantry Battalion (15IB) in the hinterlands of Cauayan town in southern Negros Occidental on Tuesday. Capt. Kim Apitong, public affairs officer-in-charge of the 3rd Infantry Division, said the troops engaged some 10 NPA fighters in Sitio Bajay, Barangay Caliling around 6:20 a.m. After the encounter, the soldiers found the body of the still-unidentified rebel and recovered a high-powered firearm. The encounter in Cauayan came after a series of recent clashes in the remote villages of the nearby Himamaylan City, which also resulted in the deaths of several cadres under the NPA's Central Negros Front 2. Among the latest casualties were couple Elbert and Jessa Quillano, who died in a clash with soldiers in the Barangay Buenavista last April 1. Elbert was the leader of Sentro de Grabidad Platoon, and deputy secretary of C
LEGAZPI CITY - A New People's Army (NPA) rebel tagged as one of the suspects in a roadside explosion last year that killed two persons, including a Far Eastern University (FEU) varsity football player, was arrested by police and military operatives in Masbate on Monday. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) spokesperson, on Tuesday identified the suspect as Rolly Hermina of Masbate City. She said Hermina is a member of Larangan 1, Komite ng Probinsya 4 under the command of Eddie Rosero alias "Ka Star" operating in the second district of Masbate. Hermina was nabbed in a manhunt operation on April 18 on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by a regional trial court in Masbate City on Aug. 6, 2021, Calubaquib said. FEU athlete Keith Absalon, 21, was cycling with a group that included his 40-year-old relative, Nolven, when an anti-personnel mine exploded by the roadside in Masbate City on June 6, 2021. Meanwhile, Hermina is also wanted for the kill
INTERMENT. Troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion provide assistance during the burial of CPP-NPA fighter "Johnny" in the public cemetery of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday (April 17, 2022). None of the rebel's kin came to claim his body after he was killed in an encounter with soldiers on April 14. (Photos courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Without any family member witnessing his funeral, a Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebel, who was killed during an encounter with soldiers in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on April 14, was laid to rest on Sunday. Troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) assisted the city's Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in facilitating the interment of alias Johnny, leader of Squad 1, Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of the NPA's Central Negros Front 2, at the Himamaylan City Public Cemet
National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said an election period does not suspend the operation of a legitimate arm of government, especially in maintaining peace and order. This, as the 12 cluster heads of the body on Wednesday signed and filed their counter affidavits on the various Omnibus Election Code complaints filed against them by the Makabayan Bloc and its allies last March 25. "Ladies and gentlemen, the 1987 Constitution entrusts the state the maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty and property, and the promotion of the general welfare, an election period neither suspends the operation of a legitimate arm of government like the National Task Force-ELCAC, nor the government function in carrying out the whole-of-nation-approach and whole-of-government approach in
RECOVERED. The items seized by troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion after engaging the New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Pandan, Barangay Caradio-an in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning (April 14, 2022). The encounter also resulted in the death of alias Johnny, leader of Squad 1, Sentro de Grabidad Platoon of the NPA's Central Negros Front 2.(Photo courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Another fighter of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) was killed during a clash with troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning. At 5:20 a.m, soldiers engaged about 10 communist rebels in Sitio Pandan after their presence was reported by the locals as they came asking for food to the point of harassing the residents, the 94IB report said. The fatality was initially identified only a