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(Eagle News) — Two alleged members of the New People’s Army were arrested in Quezon City early Friday, July 16. The Philippine National Police said Julieta Tawide Gomez, 39, and Niezel Duaso Velasco, 39, were nabbed by virtue of a standing warrant of arrest for murder and two warrants for attempted murder. The warrants had been issued by Judge Edwin Malazarte of the Regional Trial Court, 11th Judicial Region, Branch 27 of Tandag City, Surigao […]
(Eagle News) — Seven alleged members of the terrorist group New People’s Army were killed in a clash encounter with policemen in Antique. According to San Jose Municipal Police Station, the encounter happened Wednesday dawn, August 15, in Purok 7, Barangay Atabay, San Jose, Antique province. Authorities said they were about to serve a warrant arrest against two persons, Jason Talibo and Joven Ceralvo, who were facing murder charges when a group of eight people […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported that a total number of 326 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the government last month. Despite the large number of rebels who surrendered, AFP Spokesperson General Edgar Arevalo admitted that it is still too early to say that the AFP can defeat the rebel group. He said that the unprecedented number of surrenderrees could be attributed to […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that the government will shoulder the medical expenses of sick and wounded members of the New Peoples’ Army if they will surrender to the government and return to society. “Look, I am addressing myself to all the soldiers of the New People’s Army. Mag-surrender na lang kayo ngayon at ibaba ninyo ang inyong baril o i-surrender ninyo,” he said. “At sabi ko, may trabaho kayo […]
