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(PNA file photo) MANILA - The Communist Party of the Philippines-New-People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) has again shown its true color by announcing that it is open for a peace talk with the new administration but launched another landmine attack against government forces. This, as National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson for Legal Affairs Flosemer Chris Gonzales condemned the most recent atrocity by the CPP-NPA-NDF using anti-personnel mine that injured seven soldiers in Mapanas, Northern Samar on Tuesday. "Clearly, these CPP-NPA-NDF terrorists have shown their treachery and duplicity by talking about peace and at the same time disrupting the peace by attacking soldiers using banned anti-personnel mines," Gonzales said in a statement on Wednesday. "The CPP-NPA-NDF is definitely not to be trusted". The seven soldiers of the 20th Infantry Battalion were part of the community support program team conduct
REBELS' FIREARMS.Some of the firearms recovered by military and police troops after their encounter with CPP-NPA rebels in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday (July 6, 2022). The four slain rebels were behind the ambush of personnel of the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station in February, the Philippine Army said on Thursday (July 7, 2022).(Photos courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY -The four Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels killed during an encounter with joint military and police forces in southern Negros Occidental on Wednesday were behind the ambush of personnel of the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station in February. This was confirmed by the Philippine Army's 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) on Thursday after identifying the fatalities, who all belonged to the NPA's Central Negros 2 - Komiteng Rehiyon Negros. They were Roel "Berio" Sagon, 30, leader of Squad 3, a resi
EVACUATION. A Black Hawk helicopter was sent to Mapanas, Northern Samar to evacuate seven soldiers injured by anti-personnel mine explosion planted by the New People's Army (NPA) on July 5, 2022. The Philippine Army on Wednesday (July 6) urged the Commission on Human Rights to investigate the use of banned explosives by the NPA.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army has urged the Commission on Human Rights to investigate the use of anti-personnel mines by the New People's Army (NPA) in Northern Samar that injured seven soldiers. In a statement released on Wednesday, Col. Perfecto Penaredondo, commander of the Army's 803rd Infantry Brigade, condemned the communist terrorist group for its blatant violation of the use of banned explosives. "I urged the community and the local governments to condemn this dastardly act of the NPA terrorists and I also called the attention of the Commission of Human Rights to investigate these continuous viol
Captain Mark Anthony Tito, the Army's 10th Infantry Division spokesperson. (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - Only one New People's Army (NPA) rebel unit remains before Davao Region can be declared "insurgency-free", the Philippine Army's 10th Infantry Division (ID) said Wednesday. "Even when President Rodrigo Duterte ended his term, the 10ID continues its efforts to push for the declaration of our areas of responsibility as free from insurgency. In Davao Region, there is just one left, the weakened NPA Guerrilla Front (GF) 18 that operates in Davao Oriental province," Capt. Mark Anthony Tito, the 10ID spokesperson, said. Tito said the military has cleared the barangays that were formerly influenced by the NPA GF-18, enabling it to be declared a "weakened unit." He also noted that Davao Oriental was the first to establish best practices that served as a benchmark for the military in its NPA clearing operations. Other provinces and cities in the Dava
DND officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. (Screengrab from DND Facebook live video) MANILA - Department of National Defense (DND) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. on Wednesday strongly deplored the New People's Army's (NPA) landmine attack on Tuesday that injured government troops conducting operations in Northern Samar. "The DND strongly condemns the landmine blast perpetrated by the communist terrorist group (CTG) against our troops conducting immersion and clearing operations in Mapanas, Northern Samar, yesterday, July 5. The blast resulted in the injuries of seven of our men from the 20th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army," he added. While calling the incident an isolated one, Faustino said the NPA landmine blast is a clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law. "More specifically, an incontrovertible violation of the Ottawa Convention, which bans and condemns the use of landmines," the DND official added.