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DREAM REUNION. Philippine Army trainee Gelejurain l Alce Nguho sheds tears upon hearing the news that his beloved twin brother Gelejurain lI who joined the communist New People's Army was killed in an encounter with government forces in Davao de Oro on Feb. 24, 2022. He said in the John Paul Seniel Reports aired online on Tuesday (March 1) that their dream reunion was no longer possible because of his brother's death. (Screengrab photo from John Paul Seniel Reports) DAVAO CITY - "The pain of losing someone close to your heart is unbearable." This was what Gelejurain l Alce Ng...

The number of environmental defenders experiencing human rights violations has increased tremendously after the start of the campaign season in February, the Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment said. Leon Dulce, national coordinator of Kalikasan-PNE also raised the concern that election-related violence may have been deliberate aimed at environment defenders. The…

Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) reiterated on Monday its call to other communist New People's Army (NPA) members to surrender to avoid bloodshed. Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, the Eastmincom commander, made the call following the death of five members of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in an encounter on February 24. In a statement, Almerol condoled with the families of the slain NPA members, whom he said were victims of deception and wrong ideology. The slain NPA members identified as Chad Booc...

NPA RECRUITER. The body of Chad Booc when it was recovered after an encounter with troops of the 1001st Infantry Brigade in New Bataan, Davao de Oro on Feb. 24, 2022. Booc's former student Rurelyn Bay-ao said Booc was not just a teacher, but a New People's Army leader and recruiter. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) MANILA - Chad Booc is a New People's Army (NPA) leader and recruiter who is responsible for luring children to become warriors, his former student told the media on Monday. During Monday's edition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) v...

DAVAO CITY- The Youth for Peace Movement (YFPM) - New Bataan condemned on Sunday the conflicting statement of Save Our Schools (SOS) Network claiming that the recent death of members of the communist New People's Army (NPA), including an alleged indigenous peoples (IP) recruiter, in New Bataan, Davao de Oro was a massacre. On February 24, five NPA members - Chad Booc, Jojarain Alce Nguho ll (alias Rain), a certain alias Daday, and two still unidentified men - were killed in a clash with government forces in Purok-8, Barangay Andap, New Bataan. Booc was one of those arrested at the Universi...