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BUTUAN CITY - A squad leader of the communist New People's Army (NPA) has surrendered to the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office (ADSPPO), a regional police official said Thursday. Brigadier Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., Director of the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13), identified the surrenderer only as "Tero," a squad leader under the NPA's Sub-Regional Committee 3, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee. "He surrendered due to exhaustion and exploitation while with the NPA in the mountains. He also longed to return to his family and community," Caramat said in a statement Thursday. Tero, whose NPA unit operates in the hinterlands of Agusan del Sur, yielded to ADSPPO Wednesday. Caramat said a number of Tero's colleagues in the same rebel unit had already surrendered earlier. Based on his revelations, Tero said he was recruited to the NPA in 2016 and was promoted as a squad leader the following year. "To the remaining NPA rebels in the Ca
DENOUNCED. Residents of remote villages in Calatrava, Negros Occidental burn the flags of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army and the National Democratic Front during a peace rally held at the town's Bantayanon Evacuation Center on July 10, 2022. The Army said the villagers denounced the atrocities of the communist-terrorist group after attending a two-day awareness seminar organized by the Philippine Army over the weekend.(Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Residents of remote villages in Calatrava, Negros Occidental have denounced the atrocities of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) during a peace rally held at the town's Bantayanon Evacuation Center. In a report on Tuesday, the Philippine Army said the rally on July 10 capped the participation of the villagers in the two-day awareness seminar on the recruitment strategies and other unlawful activities of the communist-terrori
MERIT MEDAL. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Philippine Army's 3rd Infantry Division, pins the military merit medal on a soldier of the 79th Infantry Battalion at the battalion headquarters in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Friday (July 8, 2022). He was part of the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion that captured an officer of a dismantled New People's Army faction in Calatrava town on July 6. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army 3ID) BACOLOD CITY - Twenty soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) have received merit medals for carrying out a successful operation against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on July 6. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, pinned the medals on an officer and 19 enlisted personnel in rites held at the battalion headquarters in Sagay City on Friday. "I want to ensure that my troops will alw
(File photo) MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it will file charges against the New People's Army (NPA) for its landmine attack that wounded seven soldiers in Mapanas, Northern Samar last July 5. "As stated by our commander there, Maj. Gen. (Edgardo) De Leon (of the 8th Infantry Division) that we will be filing cases against the perpetrators for violation of Republic Act 9851 (An Act Defining And Penalizing Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide And Other Crimes Against Humanity, Organizing, Jurisdiction, Designating Special Courts, and For Related Purposes), and other cases probably frustrated murder because what they did is a criminal act and it is in violation of the International Law," AFP acting spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar said when asked for updates about the incident in a hybrid press conference Thursday. Earlier, Department of National Defense officer-in-charge, Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. said the NPA landmin
RECOVERED. The weapons, mobile phones, assorted supplies, and personal items recovered by troops of the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion following a clash with CPP-NPA rebels in the hinterlands of Calatrava town, Negros Occidental on Wednesday afternoon (July 6, 2022). Captured was Isabelle Necesario, 41, deputy secretary of the NPA's Northern Negros Front, who is now in police custody.(Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY -A gunbattle between government troops and rebels has led to the capture of a ranking Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) leader in the hinterlands of Calatrava town, Negros Occidental on Wednesday afternoon. Arrested was Isabelle Necesario, 41, who goes by aliases "Maoline", "Nad", "Diane" and "Idel", the deputy secretary of the NPA's Northern Negros Front (NNF). Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, commanding officer of the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB)