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RECOVERED. The war materiel and subversive documents recovered by government troops after a clash with remnants of the New People's Army front group in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Thursday (April 14, 2022). A rebel was found dead after the firefight. (Photo courtesy of the 11IB, Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - A suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) was killed on Thursday during an encounter with soldiers of the Philippine Army's 11th Infantry Battalion (11IB) in Barangay Enrique Villanueva, Sibulan, Negros Oriental. The troops clashed with some 12 remnants of the South East Front (SEF) of the NPA at around 8 a.m. at Sitio Tulong and later recovered a cache of firearms and explosives, Lt. Col. Roderick R. Salayo, 11IB commanding officer, told the Philippine News Agency in an interview. The firefight lasted for 15 minutes after which the suspected rebels fled in different directions. Salayo said the group of seven remnants p
Defense Undersecretary Cesar Yano (screengrabbed from RTVM) MANILA - The creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is "the best thing" that happened for the Philippines, Defense Undersecretary Cesar Yano said Wednesday. Yano, who also heads the NTF-ELCAC's peace, law enforcement and development support cluster, said fighting the communist terrorist groups (CTGs) and their impact was best done through the government's whole-of-nation approach wherein all government agencies are working hand-in-hand to provide sustainable interventions to conflict-cleared areas and former combatants. "We were in Caraga yesterday. The governors themselves have said: For the first in history, this NTF-ELCAC is the best thing that happen to our country," Yano said. Yano, a retired military general, said the biggest defense of the CTGs are their firearms as well as their capability to harass people to follow their steps and sowing fears
(File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday appealed to members of the New People's Army (NPA) to empathize with local candidates seeking to campaign in rebel-held territories, noting that not all of them could afford to pay them. In a speech during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) campaign rally in Agusan del Norte, Duterte asked members of the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) armed wing to give candidates access to rebel strongholds despite being unable to pay. "To the NPAs, don't go too far, don't disallow them to campaign if they can't give you money. It's fine if you ask money from those who have plenty, but the problem is when they are just struggling to make both ends meet. So don't go too far, have a little empathy," he said. Last year, Duterte warned communist rebels to stay out of the May 9 elections, noting that he would not think twice about using the police and military to ensure or
DUMAGUETE CITY - The 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army based in Siaton, Negros Oriental is deploying quick reaction teams in strategic locations to avert possible attacks by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) during the Holy Week. Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, 11IB commanding officer, said on Wednesday these teams are on standby in the battalion's patrol bases in the towns of Valencia, Mabinay, Siaton, and Sta. Catalina for rapid deployment. The Philippine National Police (PNP) is the lead agency on security concerns during the Holy Week, with emphasis on tourist destinations but the Army is providing augmentation forces, he said. "But in the remote areas, our counter-insurgency operations continue without let-up to prevent the NPA from taking advantage of the Holy Week activities," he added. The Philippine Army is also providing augmentation to the PNP for a joint security to ensure clean, honest, peaceful, and orderly electio
NTF ELCAC Spokesperson for Sectoral Concerns Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy (File photo) MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) expressed its "profound" gratitude to Meta for its recent decision to take down over 400 Facebook pages of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP NPA NDF). "The effects of this takedown are far-reaching and will help slow down the free fall of our children into the deceptive recruitment of the CPP-NPA-NDF that have offered them as living sacrifices on the altar of the terrorist, Joma Sison, to wage a senseless war that's been going on for the past 53 years now and where the cost in terms of Filipino lives and the progress of our country can no longer be measured," NTF ELCAC Spokesperson for Sectoral Concerns Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy said in a statement on Sunday. Badoy said the terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF is a we