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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is looking at the possibility Communist groups were behind the recent explosions in Sultan Kudarat and in Masbate. In a press conference, PNP Spokesperson Senior Supt. Benigno Durana said this was based on evidence they found in the scenes. According to Durana, the orange PVC pipes found were the “preferred materials” of Communist groups in their attacks. Durana said also recovered were “scattered parts of the speedboats.” Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) – Labing tatlong miyembro ng New People’s Army mula sa iba’t-ibang probinsya sa Southern Tagalog region partikular sa Batangas at Quezon ang sumuko sa panig ng pamahalaan. Ang naturang pagkakataon ay isinagawa sa opisina ni Presidential Adviser for Southern Tagalog Sec. Jose Maria Nicomedes Hernandez sa Tanauan City, Batangas na sinaksihan naman nina Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Delfin Lorenzana at Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año. Matataas […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde sacked all the policemen from the Lapinig Town Police Station in Northern Samar after their station was reportedly raided by at least a hundred members of the New People’s Army on Friday, Aug. 10. The sacked officials included Lapinig’s chief of police Inspector Noli Montebon; Senior Supt. Romeo Campomanes, Northern Samar provincial director; and Chief Insp. Juan Byron Leogo, commander of the 2nd Northern Samar Provincial Mobile Force Company. After a deliberation […]
(Eagle News)—-Members of the New People’s Army attempted to lay siege to a municipal hall in Northern Samar on Friday, Aug. 10, the police said. But according to the Philippine National Police, the police put up a stiff resistance and pushed back the group who tried the attack on the Lapinig municipal hall at 2:00 a.m. PNP Regional 8 director, Chief Supt. Mariel Magaway said there were no immediate reports of casualties. “An All Points Bulletin has […]
(Eagle News) — At least two members from the government side were killed in a clash with suspected New People’s Army members in Masbate on Friday, Aug. 3. The military said members of the 22nd Infantry Battalion were on patrol operations when they were ambushed by the suspected NPA rebels in Barangay Mactan past 8 a.m. It was unclear if there were casualties on the side of the rebels. On Wednesday, an explosion allegedly triggered by […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 30, said New People’s Army rebels were only “fighting for a bankrupt mind” in the person of Jose Maria Sison, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair. “Not even an ideology. There is actually none at all. You are fighting for a bankrupt mind. Isang tao lang nag iisip. There is only one person using his goddamn gray matter between his ears. Para kayong robot kung […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy na nadaragdagan ang bilang ng mga sumusukong miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa northern Mindanao partikular sa Bukidnon. Ayon kay Supt. Kurkie Sereñes ng Philippine National Police-Region 10, aabot sa 100 ang bilang ng mga nagsisukong NPA sa hilagang Mindanao. Resulta aniya ito ng mga itinalagang checkpoint at mahigpit na seguridad na ipinatutupad ng militar at pulis kasunod ng pagsasailalim sa martial law ng buong Mindanao at magandang programa ngayon […]
(Eagle News)–Localized peace talks have been rejected by local revolutionary groups, the Communist Party of the Philippines said on Wednesday, July 18. In a statement, the CPP noted what it said was the statement of the NPA-Venerando Villacillo Command in Northern Luzon that said that “only the 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, armed state forces, intelligence units, local elite and foreign imperialist capitalists would benefit from localized peace talks.” It said the NPA-Celso Minguez […]
(Eagle News) — The New People’s Army and government troops will be ordered to “stand down” on June 21 “to stimulate the resumption of formal peace talks.” This is according to Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, who issued a statement on Wednesday, June 13. According to Sison, the preliminary ceasefire agreement, which means that both sides will be required to “stay where (they) are” and to not shoot, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to work for peace with groups considered “enemies of the state” as he gave peace talks with communist rebels a timeframe of 60 says to come up with an agreement. During his speech commemorating the 120th Philippine independence, Duterte said that he is “ready to talk” with exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison if he would come to the country. “Itong mga komunista, I’m ready to talk […]
(Eagle News) — Peace negotiations between the government and the Communist rebels may resume in July. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke before newly elected barangay captains in Central Visayas on Thursday, June 7. A media report quoted Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison as saying, however, that the talks were expected to resume on June 28 in Oslo, Norway. A resumption of peace talks, though, would be a […]
(Eagle News)– The New People’s Army’s top finance officer for Mindanao has been arrested, the military said on Saturday, June 2. The Eastern Mindanao Command said Nerita Calamba de Castro was apprehended during a joint police and military operation in Barangay Ambago in Butuan on Thursday, May 31. The arrest stems from a warrant issued against her for murder. Details of the case were not revealed. According to the military, De Castro was the finance head […]
