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'DON'T RUIN OUR KIDS'. Members of the League of Parents of the Philippines and the Yakap ng Magulang reiterate their call for the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army -National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to stop the recruitment of minors in a lightning rally in Morayta, Manila on Wednesday (Dec. 22, 2021). They also called for an end to the communist insurgency that has been plaguing the country for more than 50 years. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - Groups of parents and other anti-communist organizations condemned the acquittal of about 15 leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) from their alleged involvement in the "Inopacan Massacre" in Leyte 31 years ago. Members of League of Parents of the Philippines (LPP) or the Liga ng mga Magulang Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), Sulong Maralita, Hands Off Our Children (HOOC), and Yakap ng Magulang, staged a marching rally along Mor
FOOD CACHE. The site where military troops recovered a food cache believed to be owned by remnants of a dismantled group of the New People's Army, in Barangay Ditumabo, San Luis, Aurora. Government troops on Wednesday (Dec. 22, 2021) found two containers of rice weighing about 60 kg. (Photo courtesy of the Army's 91IB) BALER, Aurora - Government troops discovered on Wednesday a food cache owned by the New People's Army (NPA) in the outskirts of Sitio Katupnan, Barangay Ditumabo, San Luis, this province. Lt. Col. Julito B. Recto, Jr., officer-in-charge of the Philippine Army's 91st Infantry "Sinagtala" Battalion, said in an interview the food cache was believed to be owned by remnants of the dismantled Komiteng Larangang Guerrilla - Sierra Madre (KLG-SM) of the NPA. Recto said the troops recovered two containers of rice weighing about 60 kg. after receiving information from residents in the area. The recovered items would be brought to the headquarters of the C
(Google map of Placer, Masbate province) LEGAZPI CITY - Four New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an armed encounter with government troops in the boundaries of the towns of Esperanza and Placer in Masbate province on Friday morning. Major John Paul Belleza, 9th Infantry Division spokesperson, said in a statement that concerned citizens reported the presence of NPA guerillas in their area prompting soldiers of 2nd Infantry Battalion (2IB) under the 903rd Infantry Brigade and supported by Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct security operation. The government troops encountered at least 20 NPA members at the boundary of Barangay Baras, Esperanza, and Barangay Manlut-od, Placer. "The intense firefight between the two forces lasted for an hour resulting in the killing of the still-unidentified NPA members and capture of one R4 rifle, two M16 rifles, two M653 rifles, one Garand rifle, two rifle grenades, one hand grenade, anti-personnel mines, and terroristic propa
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.(PNA file photo) SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - Authorities have affirmed that Ilocos Region can now be declared as insurgency-free following a year of zero violent incidents involving the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). Brig. Gen. Krishnamurti Mortela, commander of the 702nd Infantry Brigade, in a phone interview on Thursday, said the region is qualified to move to the "last stage" in the classification of an area as insurgency-free based on the joint implementing rules and regulations. Mortela said the first is insurgency stage wherein there are influence and presence of armed groups while the second is an area declared as conflict manageable and ready for further development, which has been done in the region as early as 10 years ago when the force of the communist-terrorist group was substantially reduced. He said the third stage is the insurgency-free wherein the government is in full cont
RIGHT PATH. Ten New People's Army rebels operating in the tri-boundaries of Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and South Cotabato provinces pledge allegiance to the government after surrendering to the Army in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday (Dec. 15, 2021). The surrenderers also turned in nine assorted firearms during their surrender. (Photo courtesy of 37IB)) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Ten demoralized communist New People's Army guerrillas have surrendered to the military in Palimbang town of Sultan Kudarat province, an Army official here said Thursday. "The surrenderers wanted to start life anew by living peacefully," said Major Gen. Juvymax Uy, Army's 6th Infantry Division commander and concurrent chief of the Joint Task Force Central (JTFC). The NPA batch yielded on Wednesday afternoon to security forces in Palimbang town. The rebels also turned in nine assorted firearms and ammunition during their surrender to the Army's 37th Infantry Battalion (37IB) in