CAPTURED. The firearms, military uniforms, improvised hand grenades, and personal belongings were seized from three New People's Army (NPA) members captured in Calbayog City, Samar province on Feb. 6, 2023. The three were apprehended days after government troops overran a rebel's lair and recovered high-powered firearms. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army has captured three members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Calbayog City, Samar province days after government troops overran a rebel's hideout and recovered high-powered firearms. The three were identified as Ramil Mapa, Jesmar Morata and Jayson Morata. They were reportedly members of the Front Committee 2, sub-regional guerrilla unit, and sub-regional committee emporium of the NPA Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee. They yielded firearms, military uniforms, improvised hand grenades, and personal belongings. "The three were caught on Monday with the use of K9 tracking
FIGHTING NPA. Soldiers of the Army's 43rd Infantry Battalion based in Lope de Vega, Northern Samar. Troopers from this unit clashed with rebels in Calbayog City on Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023) and recovered high-powered firearms and explosive components. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Army has recovered high-powered firearms and explosives after a clash with suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) in an upland village in Calbayog City, Samar on Wednesday. Acting spokesperson of the Philippine Army's 43rd Infantry Battalion (IB), Lt. Roxane Valenciano, said troopers attacked a band of 20 rebels at the boundary of Cangomaod and Cagmanipis villages, Tinambacan District in Calbayog City, Samar at past 1 p.m. on Wednesday. "The rebels were caught unprepared, and they scampered in different directions during the encounter. We are sure some of them were injured since there are many blood stains in the clash site," she said in
TACLOBAN CITY – Calbayog City in Samar was placed under a state of calamity due to the effects of severe tropical storm ‘’Paeng’’ on Saturday, Oct. 29.
AERIAL view of Calbayog City.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved the order declaring a state of calamity in a special session. The declaratio
TACLOBAN CITY – A 32-year-old soldier was stabbed to death by his drinking buddy in Calbayog City, Samar, Friday, August 12.
Police identified the victim as Private First Class Mark Dian Fuentes, assigned to the Army 19th Infantry Battalion based in Barangay Maduruto, Matuguinao, Samar.
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KILLINGS. Police investigators check the bodies of three ambush victims in San Jose village in Calbayog City. At least three persons were killed while three others managed to escape during an ambush on Monday (April 25, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Samar police provincial office) TACLOBAN CITY - At least three persons were killed while three others managed to escape an ambush in Calbayog City, Samar on Monday, just three days after a candidate was fatally shot in the same city. One of those who died on the spot was Mart Vicentino, 34, village secretary of San Antonio village in Calbayog, but a resident of Palale village in Sta. Margarita, Samar, police said. The two other fatalities were Germa Wahingon, 22 and Nilda de Pedro, 48, both residents of Camperito village in Sta. Margarita, Samar. Initial reports sent to reporters early Tuesday disclosed the victims were onboard a "habal-habal" (improvised two-wheeled single motorcycle) driven by Vicentino and traversing a narrow road i