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INSIGNIFICANT. The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) on Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2022) called the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) no longer significant in Panay after two of its top leaders were neutralized in 2021. A total of 142 CPP-NPA-NDF, including 12 top leaders, were also neutralized in Western and Central Visayas in 2021.(PNA photo courtesy of 3ID, PA) ILOILO CITY - The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is no longer significant in Panay with two of its top leaders being among the 12 ranking officials in Western and Central Visayas neutralized by government troops in 2021. "When neutralized it could be killed, it could be surrendered, it could be apprehended or captured. They could no longer go back to their movement," said Capt. Kim L. Apitong, officer-in-charge of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) Public Affairs Office, in an interview Wednesday. Among th
PARTNERSHIP. Lt. Gen Ernesto Torres Jr., commander of the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom), discusses with National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Regional Director Ma. Luisa de Guzman ways to strengthen their collaborative efforts to pursue peace and development campaigns. De Guzman, together with personnel from NICA-Central Luzon, was welcomed by Torres and the command staff of Nolcom at its headquarters in Camp Aquino in San Miguel, Tarlac on Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2022). (Photo courtesy of Nolcom) CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac - The Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) have vowed to strengthen collaborative efforts to pursue peace and development campaigns. A social media post by Nolcom said NICA Regional Director Ma. Luisa De Guzman visited this camp on Wednesday, during which she extended her full support to the campaign of the Nolcom against terrorism. As part of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict's (NT
(Infographic from PRO5's Facebook page) LEGAZPI CITY - The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5) has condemned the New People's Army (NPA) for attacking government troops who were to serve a warrant of arrest in Sitio Tucao, Barangay JMA, San Miguel town in Catanduanes that killed a police officer. Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo, PRO5 regional director, said the manhunt operation against two No. 1 Provincial Most Wanted Persons conducted by operatives from the San Miguel Municipal Police Station and First Provincial Mobile Force Company of Catanduanes Police Office on Tuesday ended in the NPA's brutal killing of SMS John Teston. "Mariin naming kinukondena ang pananambang sa ating mga kasamahan sa San Miguel, Catanduanes kaninang umaga. Ito ay isang kasuklam-suklam na pangyayari at nagpapakita lamang ng karuwagan at kawalang pag galang sa awtoridad. Ang ating mga pulis ay naroon lamang upang gampanan ang kanilang mga tungkulin na ipatupad ang batas. (We are condeming the amb
MORE TROOPS. Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Battalion (3IB) stand in attention in an undisclosed place in this undated photo. The Visayas Command on Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2022) said the 3IB will be deployed in Samar province to end the communist terrorism in the area before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte ends. (Photo courtesy of Viscom PIO) CEBU CITY - The Visayas Command (Viscom) on Tuesday said an additional Army battalion will be deployed to Samar as part of the move of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to end local communist terrorism in the province. In a statement, Viscom said the move was in accordance with the directive of AFP chief of staff, Gen. Andres Centino, to end armed conflict with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte ends. Viscom commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Dauz, said he welcomed the addition of the new battalion, saying it will play a significant role to further boost the internal
RETURNEES. Forty-one members of the Kasigudan Aywanan Takderan Binangon di Kabunyan Organization of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front pledge their allegiance to the government at Bunga National School in Tadian, Mountain Province on Sunday (Jan. 30, 2022). The Philippine Army credits localized peace engagement involving government troops and local government units for the surrender. (Photo courtesy of Kalinaw News) MANILA - The government has not terminated its peace negotiation process with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Instead, it shifted to the more effective local peace engagement. Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Undersecretary Wilben Mayor said the push for a localized peace engagement (LPE), through a whole-of-nation approach, has been efficient in resolving the long-standing armed revolution pushed by communist