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GAME OVER. Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), declares Tuesday (March 29, 2022) in Davao City that the reign of terror of the New People's Army (NPA) is over. During a gathering of former NPA fighters, Badoy said former rebels are given the opportunity to work for peace, away from NPA threats. (PNA photo by Che Palicte) DAVAO CITY-The 53-year armed struggle of the New People's Army (NPA) has come to an end, an official from the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said here Tuesday. Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, the NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for sectoral concerns, also said this year's anniversary of the NPA signified "loud and clear" that the communist armed group is "finished and beaten." Badoy, who graced the "Celebration of Peace and Freedom for Former Rebels (FR)," said she was elated as she
Map of Masbate province (Google image) LEGAZPI CITY - A total of 12 New People's Army (NPA) rebels voluntarily surrendered on Tuesday and were welcomed by police and military authorities in Mandaon town in Masbate province, a police report said. Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo, Police Regional Office-Bicol (PRO-5) regional director, said two of the surrenders were allegedly NPA commanders operating in Masbate. "The surrenderers were identified only as alias 'Rembo', a platoon commander of the communist movement Sentro De Grabidad while 10 of his companions were members of the Larangan Central, KP4-Masbate, Bicol Regional Party Committee led by Ka Luding Tolingin alias Ka Dady, and the other surrenderer, alias Ka Victor (is) member of Larangan 1 Guerrilla Front under Eddie Rosero's 'Ka Star' command," Estomo said. A ceremony to receive the surrenderers was held in Barangay San Juan on Tuesday morning, coinciding with the 53rd founding anniversary of the NPA. D
FATALITIES.The cadavers of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army rebels killed during a clash with troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on March 26, 2022. As of Monday (March 28), their bodies were already brought to a funeral parlor. (Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY -The identities of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels killed during a clash with troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend have been confirmed by the police. According to the progress report of Himamaylan City Police Station, Barangay Carabalan councilman Rochie Sabanal identified the fatalities as Arnulfo Sabanal, 41, and Jayson Sabanal, 30, both residents of Purok Lunoy in Sitio Cunalom. As of Monday, the remains of the two, who are believed to be siblings, were still in
REBEL WEAPONS RECOVERED. A soldier of the Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion checks the firearms of communist rebels unearthed Saturday (March 26, 2022) in the forest of Barangay Ocapan, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur. The location of the weapons was revealed to the military by a New People's Army rebel leader who surrendered last week. (Photo courtesy of the 53IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Government troops have unearthed an arms cache of the New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Sur, the military said Monday. Brig. Gen. Leonel Nicolas, the Army's 102nd Infantry Brigade commander, said the arms cache that contained five AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition was discovered Saturday by the 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB) troopers in the forested area of Barangay Ocapan in San Miguel municipality. Nicolas said the location of the firearms was revealed to them during the custodial debriefing of Ka Andoy, an executive committee member of the NPA's Western Mind
Sentrong Alyansa ng Mamamayan Para sa Bayan (Sambayanan) chairman Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz. (PNA file photo) CEBU CITY - A former cadre of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) on Monday urged the remaining female members of the communist terrorist group to take the unfortunate fate of their comrades who were either caught, jailed, or killed in armed encounters as a lesson and a reason for them to leave the movement. In a statement, Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz, chairman of Sentrong Alyansa ng Mamamayan Para sa Bayan (Sambayanan), underscored the National Women's Month celebration as a time for the female cadres to reflect on the deceptions of the CPP-NPA that forfeit their future as women. "And in this National Women's Month, what happened to numbers of female NPA members who have been caught, jailed, and worst, killed may serve as a wake-up call for the remaining victims of communist deception to now come to grip with realit