Police continue to verify identity of ‘lawyer’ killed in Bohol encounter

Emmariel Ares 02/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police are validating the identity of a woman who was one of the fatalities of an encounter that happened in Bilar town in Bohol province on Friday morning. In a phone interview on…

Bohol clash: Lady lawyer among NPA rebels killed in encounter

Leo Udtohan 02/24/2024

BILAR, BOHOL—Five suspected communist rebels, among them a lawyer, and a policeman, were killed in an encounter in the village of Campagao here on Friday morning, police and military reports said. Among those killed was Domingo Compoc, known…

‘Top NPA leader,’ 4 others killed in shootout with law enforcers in Bohol

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 02/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A top leader of the New People’s Army’s Bohol Party Committee (BPC) and 4 other NPA rebel fighters were killed during an armed encounter with law enforcement in the municipality of Bilar in…

‘Nahigugma si hepe or lust ra gyud ni’ng iya?’

Lloyd Suarez 03/07/2020

Kung  nahigugma  gyud si Police Major  Ildefonso Miranda, hepe sa Argao Police  Station, ngadto sa usa ka detainee nga si Jean Villanueva taga Barangay Casay sa lungsod sa Dalaguete, iyang ipatigbabaw ang ilang relasyon taliwa sa mga…

Cops ready to deal with insurgency threats

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The regional director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) assures Boholanos and Cebuanos that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are prepared to…

Bohol encounter: Soldier, NPA rebel killed

Froilan Gallardo 03/01/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — A soldier and a communist rebel were killed during an encounter between Army troops and the New People’s Army rebels in Bilar town, Bohol Province last Saturday, February 29, 2020. Captain Eduardo…

Netizen’s bus ride with woman suffering from ‘genetic illness’ touches hearts online

Immae Lachica 05/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A netizen’s story of a woman he met during a bus ride in Bohol touched a lot of people’s hearts online. A netizen, named French, who is originally from Surigao City but works in Cebu,…

CAFGU member ambushed in Bilar, Bohol

Benjie Talisic 03/29/2018

An active member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was ambushed by three unidentified men on board a motorcycle in Sitio Matin-ao, Barangay Campagao in Bilar town, Bohol on Wednesday afternoon. The victim was identified…

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