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Map of Masbate province (Google image) LEGAZPI CITY - A total of 12 New People's Army (NPA) rebels voluntarily surrendered on Tuesday and were welcomed by police and military authorities in Mandaon town in Masbate province, a police report said. Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo, Police Regional Office-Bicol (PRO-5) regional director, said two of the surrenders were allegedly NPA commanders operating in Masbate. "The surrenderers were identified only as alias 'Rembo', a platoon commander of the communist movement Sentro De Grabidad while 10 of his companions were members of the Laranga...

RECOVERED. Troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) recover firearms, explosives, mobile phones, rice supply and suspected shabu, among others from a Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army hideout after an encounter in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday (March 25, 2022). In another clash over the weekend, two still unidentified rebels died, the 94IB said in a report on Sunday (March 27). (Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (C...

BACOLOD CITY -- The Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) prevented an alleged extortion attempt of the New People’s Army (NPA) members after they were engaged in two clashes at Sitio Malikolik, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Friday. Some residents of Barangay Mahalang

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers recovered war materials and food supplies following twin encounters with New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Malikolik,

ANTI-INSURGENCY STRATEGY. This undated photo shows village folks in Bohol province during one of the "Dagyawan sa Barangay" activities of the Regional Task Forces to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC). The DILG-7 on Thursday (March 24, 2022) said the National Peace and Order Council has recognized the successes of the "Dagyawan sa Barangay", which led to adoption and nationwide holding of similar townhall meetings to bring the government closer to the people in insurgency-affected villages. (Photo courtesy of DILG-7) CEBU CITY - The "Dagyawan sa Barangay&qu...