CASH AID. The Army's 97th Infantry Battalion helps the Department of Social Welfare Development to distribute cash assistance to 51 former New People's Army rebels Monday (Sept. 12, 2022) in Zamboanga del Norte. The cash aid is in line with the government's commitment to Executive Order No. 70 or the Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of the 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Fifty-one former New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Zamboanga del Norte are beneficiaries of additional cash assistance from the government aimed at uplifting their lives, a military official said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos Jr., the Army's 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) commander, said they have assisted the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Zamboanga Peninsula in the aid distribution Monday at their headquarters in Barangay Del Pilar, Pinan town.The ex-rebels received PHP3,000 each, he said. The cash assistance given by the DSWD intends to
CASH AID. The Army's 97th Infantry Battalion helps the Department of Social Welfare Development to distribute cash assistance to 51 former New People's Army rebels Monday (Sept. 12, 2022) in Zamboanga del Norte. The cash aid is in line with the government's commitment to Executive Order No. 70 or the Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of the 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Fifty-one former New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Zamboanga del Norte are beneficiaries of additional cash assistance from the government aimed at uplifting their lives, a military official said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos Jr., the Army's 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) commander, said they have assisted the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Zamboanga Peninsula in the aid distribution Monday at their headquarters in Barangay Del Pilar, Pinan town.The ex-rebels received PHP3,000 each, he said. The cash assistance given by the DSWD intends to
ILIGAN CITY A couple belonging to the communist terrorist group (CTG) surrendered to the Military's 97th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Piñan, Zamboanga Del Norte on Tuesday, July 5.
Photo courtesy of WesMinCom Col. Nolasco Coderos, Jr., Commanding Officer of the 97IB, identified t
SLAIN NPA. Villagers assist the military and police in fetching the remains of communist rebel Daisy Jane Cimafranca, 27, who was killed in a series of clashes on December 1 and 3 in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Norte. The 97th Infantry Battalion brought the remains of Cimafranca to her family on Sunday night (Dec. 5, 2021) in Purok Kalingayan, Barangay Caluma, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur. (Photo courtesy of 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Army's 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) has turned over the remains of a female communist rebel, who was seriously wounded in a clash and abandoned to die by her comrades in the hinterlands of Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte. "We brought the remains of the New People's Army (NPA) rebel fatality to the family last night (Sunday night) in Purok Kalingayan, Barangay Caluma, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur," Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos Jr., the 97IB commander, said Monday in a phone interview. Army troopers, together with the police and village offi
TROOPS RECOVERY. Government troops recover war materials and other belongings that New People's Army (NPA) rebels abandoned following a 25-minute clash Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021) in the hinterlands of Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte. The troops were on security patrol when they chanced upon some 15 NPA rebels extorting from the residents. (Photo courtesy of the 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Government security forces have seized war materials and belongings following a clash against a group of communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the hinterlands of Zamboanga del Norte, a field military commander said Thursday. Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos Jr., the Army's 97th Infantry Battalion (IB) commander, said the clash transpired Wednesday afternoon in the hinterland boundary of Barangays Melad and Linabo in Polanco municipality of the province. Coderos said 97IB troopers were on security patrol when they clashed against some 15 members of the NPA's Guerilla Front Big Beautiful Country, th