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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has accused the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People’s Army of being behind the recent attack on humanitarian and disaster response teams in Visayas and Mindanao that killed three persons and wounded several others. In a statement, PNP Chief, Police General Dionardo B Carlos, condemned the twin attacks in Samar and Surigao del Sur provinces on government personnel and civilians engaged in preemptive evacuation operations ahead of […]
Says it will file disqualification cases against candidates supporting communist rebels (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned all candidates in the 2022 national and local elections not to give money to communist rebels when they start their campaigns for next year’s polls. In a statement, the DILG said that paying “extortion money” to New People’s Army rebels and giving support money to the Communist Party of the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered police to prioritize the campaign against the New People’s Army in Masbate amid the series of attacks against civilians in recent months. Eleazar gave the order to Police Regional Office 5 Director Jonnel Estomo after a barangay captain and his companions survived an attack the police said was perpetrated by the NPA in Placer. The attack took place a few days after three street […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered “all-out” pursuit operations against alleged members of the New People’s Army who ambushed a convoy of health workers and police officers who were about to fetch COVID-19 vaccines for use in Calbayog’s COVID-19 vaccination program. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said he directed the Regional Director of Police Regional Office 8, Police BGen Ronaldo De Jesus to start the legal offensive not only against those […]
(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) — The Philippine National Police has launched the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers as part of its efforts to intensify the campaign against the country’s long-lasting communist insurgency. Participating in the launch, the PNP said, were 11 international and local organizations: Kabataan Kontra Droga At Terorismo (KKDAT), National Coalition of Information Technology Advocates for Change (NCITAC), Joint Industrial Peace Concerns Office/Alliance for Industrial Peace Program (JIPCO/AIPP), KALIGKASAN, […]
Eleazar orders intensified pursuit ops (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered police forces in Caraga region to intensify pursuit operations against members of the New People’s Army he said were responsible for the attack on a construction site in Surigao Del Sur that killed a worker and wounded two others. Eleazar issued the statement after he said around 20 rebels allegedly members of the NPA North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee-Guerrilla […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar urged Communist rebels to cease their attacks if they truly regret the deaths of innocent people they were responsible for. Eleazar made the statement after the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, declared “deep remorse” for the “untimely and unnecessary” deaths of Far Eastern University football player Kieth Absalon and his cousin Nolven Absalon after a landmine an NPA […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, June 19, urged the New People’s Army to surrender the people behind the landmine blast in Masbate that killed a Far Eastern University varsity player and a relative. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said it “now becomes their duty to turn over the terrorists responsible” for the deaths of Kieth Absalon, 21, and his relative Nolven, “so that justice may […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police said authorities foiled a “liquidation” plan by New People’s Army hitmen possibly in Metro Manila, after three of them were killed in an armed encounter with an arresting team in Laguna on Friday morning. The PNP identified the fatalities as Rommel Rizza alias Bernie/ Jomar, commanding officer of the Regional Special Operations Group and Special Partisan Unit of the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee and two other SPARU […]
(Eagle News) — Seventeen members of the Commmunist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army recently surrendered to the government, and turned over their firearms, several improvised explosive devices (EID) and ammunition. In return, they were given P60,000 each in cash and livelihood assistance to start a new life with their families as part of mainstream society. Major Gen. Andres Centino, commanding general of the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division, said that the CPP-NPA had […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Special Action Force clashed with Communist rebels in Samar on Tuesday, March 30, leading to casualties on the part of the rebels and the recovery of firearms and ammo, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said the clash between the 123rd Special Action Company of the 12th Special Action Battalion and the undetermined number of suspected CPP-NPA terrorists engaged in extortion activities took place in the mountainous part […]
