LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested three delivery riders while having a pot session in Sitio Bayabas, Barangay Pico, here on Sunday night, Jan. 29.
Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and La Trinidad Municipal Police Station received a repo
NEW LIFE. The two former NPA rebels, alias Kim (left) and alias Roy (right) operating in the borders of North Cotabato and Bukidnon have turned themselves in before the Army's 72IB on Jan. 1, 2022, to once again live normally in mainstream society. The two yielded to military troopers in Arakan, North Cotabato saying that the weakening NPA leadership and diminishing mass-based support forced them to lay down their arms. (Photo courtesy of 72IB) MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - Two full-time members of the communist New People's Army (NPA), including a female combatant, have decided to take the path of peace after voluntarily yielding to Army troopers in Arakan town of this province, a military official here reported Monday. In a statement, Lt. Colonel Jose C Regonay Jr, commander of the Army's 72nd Infantry Battalion (IB), said the two NPA rebels under Guerilla Front 57 of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee voluntarily gave up on January 1, expressing new year hopes for a n
SURRENDER. Four more NPA rebels surrendered to Eastmincom troops on separate occasions in November, Eastmincom commander, Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, said on Saturday (Dec. 4, 2021). The rebels turned over an M16 rifle with a magazine and 18 rounds of ammunition while an M14 rifle with 50 rounds of ammunition was recovered by the troops.(Photo courtesy of Eastmincom) DAVAO CITY - The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) reported on Saturday the surrender of four more New People's Army (NPA) rebels in November. In a statement, Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, commander of the Eastmincom, identified the surrenderers as Nester Tausan alias "Bong", supply officer of Squad Primera; alias "Andoy" of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC); Wena Teklonay alias "Sirena", supply officer of Platoon Basil of SMRC; Arnel Guabong Empit alias "Ronel", a former courier of Guerrilla Front (GF) 53, SMRC; and alias "Uyo", a member of GF Musa, Far South Min