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Major Gen. Nolasco Mempin, commander of the Army's 10th Infantry Division. (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - The Army's 10th Infantry Division (10ID) has declared the province of Davao Del Norte as "insurgency-free." In a statement on Monday evening, 10ID said the declaration came after the "successful dismantling" of all communist New People's Army (NPA) guerrilla fronts (GFs) in Davao del Norte through the government's multipronged counter-insurgency campaign. At least five NPA guerrilla units operated in the province in 2016-all under the NPA's Southern M...

ARMS CACHE. Troops from the 72nd Infantry Battalion discover an arms cache owned by the New People's Army in Barangay Sinaysayan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on May 20, 2022. Various high-powered firearms were unearthed based on the tip of a former rebel. (Photo courtesy of 72IB) DAVAO CITY - The 10th Infantry Division (10ID) reported Sunday that its troops unearthed an arms cache containing high-powered firearms and war materiel in Barangay Sinaysayan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on May 20. In a statement, the 10ID said two M16 A1rifles, two M4 carbines, one M653 rifle, one M14 rifle, four M16 magazines, a...

ARMS CACHE. Troops from the 72nd Infantry Battalion discover an arms cache owned by the New People's Army in Barangay Sinaysayan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on May 20, 2022. Various high-powered firearms were unearthed based on the tip of a former rebel. (Photo courtesy of 72IB) DAVAO CITY - The Army's 10th Infantry Division (10ID) reported Sunday that its troops unearthed an arms cache containing high-powered firearms and war materiel in Barangay Sinaysayan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on May 20. In a statement, the 10ID said two M16 A1rifles, two M4 carbines, one M653 rifle, one M14 rifle, four M16 m...

SQUAD LEADER. Cayetano Santos Jr., alias Juning, a squad leader of the New People's Army, and the firearms that he yielded to troops of the 10th Infantry Division (10ID) and police officers. He was captured in Barangay Simulao, Boston, Davao Oriental on May 12, 2022.(Photo courtesy of 701st Infantry Brigade) DAVAO CITY - The Army's 10th Infantry Division (10ID) reported on Saturday the capture of a New People's Army (NPA) squad leader who also yielded six firearms in Barangay Simulao, Boston, Davao Oriental. Troops of the 10ID and police officers conducting a joint intelligence ope...

KILLED, BURIED. A former communist rebel reveals to the military that Eric Jun Casilao, a New People's Army leader (facial composite on the left), killed and buried late last month a comrade Crispin Rollon because the latter was slowing down their escape from government forces. Rollon's cadaver was exhumed Wednesday (May 11, 2022) in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) DAVAO CITY - An exhausted communist New People's Army (NPA) rebel was choked to death and ordered buried by his leader as he was a burden to their fleeing group, the military said Thurs...