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SunStar + December 23, 2020 GOVERNMENT troops have uncovered a hastily abandoned lair of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the province of Sultan Kudarat, officials announced Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command, said the lair was uncovered in the afternoon of Tuesday, December 22, in Lumotong Mountain Range in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat. Vinluan said the troops of the 63rd Division Reconnaissance Company under the 6th Infantry Division (ID) were conducting combat operation when they disco...

Published December 22, 2020, 3:20 PM ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two lawless elements and a government guide were killed while another government guide was critically wounded during an encounter with police and military authorities in Polomolok, South Cotabato, the Armed Force of the Philippines- Western Mindanao Command(AFP-WestMinCom)  reported on Tuesday.  AFP-WestMinCom Commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr. said  soldiers  of the 5th Special Forces Battalion and Polomolok Municipal Police Station were  about to serve a warrant of arrest on Sunday afternoon to Toh Catucan of Purok 1, Baran...

Published December 18, 2020, 12:07 PM ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five members of the Third Scout Ranger Battalion (3 rd SRB) were wounded, while the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) may have also suffered numerous casualties, in an encounter in Patikul, Sulu, on Thursday, December 17. Armed Force of the Philippines- Western Mindanao Command (AFP-WestMinCom) Commander Lt Gen Corleto Vinluan, Jr. disclosed on Friday, December 18, that soldiers were  conducting blocking operations in Patikul, when troops of the 3 rd SRB chanced upon a group of fleeing ASG terrorists. The bandits were believed to have figured...

in kidnapping and illegal drug trade in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NavForWem) Commander Commodore Toribio D. Adaci Jr,  said on Wednesday the three were arrested at their temporary hideout in Barangay Tigabon, Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay Province, around 5 a.m. on Tuesday,  by virtue of a warrant of arrest number IM-20-278. Adaci identified  the arrested members of the group as Usman Ismael Balimbingan, Toto Lawadin Balimbingan, and Mujahid Sensi Balimbingan.  He said the group was involved in piracy, extortion, gun running, kidnapping, and illegal drug trad...

Published December 16, 2020, 1:46 PM ILIGAN CITY — A New People’s Army squad leader surrendered to the troops of the 41st Mechanized Company at Purok Poblacion, Barangay Rogongon here on Monday. Western Mindanao Command commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., identified the NPA leader as Ilan Talha Binongkasan, a.k.a. King, the squad leader of Squad Uno, Platoon Dos, Ace Company, Sub-Regional Committee 5, North Central Mindanao Regional Command. Talha handed over one 5.56mm M16 Elisco rifle with three magazines and 78 rounds of ammunition. On Monday afternoon, Taha was presented to 2nd M...