Alleged active NPA member surrenders in Dumanjug, Cebu

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An alleged active member of the New People’s Army (NPA) based in Negros Occidental surrendered to the police in Barangay Bulac in Dumanjug, Cebu on Monday, June 20, 2022. Police Lieutenant Colonel Rolando…

Police say alleged rebel killed in Cebu is a high-ranking NPA official in Southern Mindanao

Rosalie Abatayo 10/12/2020

CEBU CITY — Years of running against the law ended on Sunday evening (October 11, 2020) for alleged New People’s Army (NPA) commander Denis Paradero Rodinas. Rodinas was killed in a joint operation of the Philippine National…

Tanod from Barangay Tabunan clarifies, ‘I am not a rebel’

DORIS BONGCAC 10/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The chief tanod of the mountain barangay of Tabunan in Cebu City has clarified media reports tagging him as a “rebel” following his turnover of a M2 Carbine automatic rifle to the police. Alejo…

Abrugena tells Cebuanos to immediately report sighting of armed men in their areas

Gerard Vincent Francisco 04/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police Colonel Manuel Abrugena, director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), is asking Cebuanos to immediately report to the nearest police station the sighting of armed men in their barangays. Abrugena said…

Duterte says some soldiers conniving with Liberal Party, Reds to oust him

Inquirer.net 09/25/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has accused some soldiers of conniving with the Liberal Party and the communist rebels to oust him. “Ang [ma]sakit ko dito, kayong mga Liberal pati yung ibang sa military nakipag-ugnayan sa mga rebelde tapos…

‘MYLES IS NOT A REBEL’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/08/2018

Climbing the mountains and immersion in hard-to-reach communities were nothing new to 21-year-old Myles Albasin. But the mass communication graduate of the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu was never in any rebel activities, contrary to what…

6 alleged NPA rebels arrested after military encounter in Negros Oriental

Benjie B. Talisic, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, King Anthony Perez 03/03/2018

MABINAY, NEGROS ORIENTAL- Military forces captured six alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members after a firefight ensued between the military and the rebels in Barangay Luyang, Mabinay town, Negros Oriental, at 2 a.m., Saturday. Recovered from the…

‘Lumad’ teacher tagged as NPA rebel freed from jail

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inquirer.net 12/15/2017

A SCHOOL teacher in a lumad (indigenous peoples) community in southern Mindanao was recently released from jail after a trial court in Compostela Valley province dismissed the double murder and frustrated murder filed against her. Amelia Pond,…

Mao ba?

Editorial 11/02/2017

DIGONG’S PROMISE Many netizens reacted strongly on President Duterte’s announcement that he will offer houses and jobs to communist rebels who surrender to the government. Daryl Alonzo wrote, “If that’s the case, then let’s all become part…

Joma: ‘Duterte is No. 1 drug addict’

Inquirer.net 07/30/2017

  President Rodrigo Duterte, as the country’s “No. 1 drug addict,” should be the “most fitting target” of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in its violent crackdown on illegal drugs, Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist…

Water crisis hits Syrian capital as gov’t troops attack valley

01/05/2017

BEIRUT — Residents of Damascus are scrambling for clean water after the government attacked rebels holding the city’s main source in a nearby valley, leading to an accidental outage that has stretched on for nearly two weeks.…

Abu Sayyaf earned $7.3 M from kidnappings — report

10/28/2016

Abu Sayyaf pocketed at least P353 million ($7.3 million) from ransom kidnappings in the first six months of the year and have turned to abductions of foreign tugboat crewmen as military offensives restricted the militants’ mobility, a…

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