The mother of 23-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) leader Virgilio “Kumander Bedam” Tamban, who was killed in a clash with government troops in Isabela,
REBEL'S DEATH. A photo of 23-year-old New People's Army leader Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban is displayed on a funeral car that transported his remains to a public cemetery in Guihulngan City, Negros Occidental on March 14, 2022. He died in a clash with government troops in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9.(Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The mother of 23-year-old New People's Army (NPA) leader Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban, who was killed in a clash with government troops in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9, is mourning the death of her son, whom she dreamed to finish school and lead a better life. "His father and I had always hoped he will come home," the grieving parent said in Cebuano in a video released on Tuesday by the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB). Tamban was the commanding officer of Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon Lenovo of the NPA's Leonardo P
MERIT MEDAL. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, bestows the Military Merit Medal on a soldier of the 62nd Infantry Battalion, who was among those who engaged CPP-NPA rebels in central Negros on March 9, during the awarding rites held at battalion headquarters in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 11, 2022. The clash led to the deaths of notorious hitman Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban and comrade Ben Jack "Ka Yuhan" Rueles. (Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Some 24 troops of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) were awarded medals for their bravery and heroism during an encounter that led to the death of two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9. They received the Military Merit Medal from Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of 3rd Infantry Division, in rites at the battalion headquar
REBEL'S REMAINS. Troops of the Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion and personnel of the Isabela Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental turn over the remains of CPP-NPA leader and notorious hitman Virgilio "Kumander Bedam" Tamban to his family at the Leo Memorial Chapels on March 10, 2022. Tamban and his comrade Ben Jack "Ka Yuhan" Rueles were killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Amin, Isabela town early morning of March 9.(Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The bodies of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels, killed during a clash with soldiers in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9, were already claimed by their respective families, the Philippine Army said on Saturday. In a report, the 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) said their troops, together with personnel of Isabela Municipal Police Station, turned over the remains at the Leo Memorial Chapels on March 10. The fa