BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed while a soldier was injured in separate clashes in Negros island on Maundy Thursday, April 14. In Negros Occidental, the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB), conducting combat operations after receiving reports on alleged exto
RECOVERED. The war materiel and subversive documents recovered by government troops after a clash with remnants of the New People's Army front group in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Thursday (April 14, 2022). A rebel was found dead after the firefight. (Photo courtesy of the 11IB, Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - A suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) was killed on Thursday during an encounter with soldiers of the Philippine Army's 11th Infantry Battalion (11IB) in Barangay Enrique Villanueva, Sibulan, Negros Oriental. The troops clashed with some 12 remnants of the South East Front (SEF) of the NPA at around 8 a.m. at Sitio Tulong and later recovered a cache of firearms and explosives, Lt. Col. Roderick R. Salayo, 11IB commanding officer, told the Philippine News Agency in an interview. The firefight lasted for 15 minutes after which the suspected rebels fled in different directions. Salayo said the group of seven remnants p