Palace blasts CPP-NPA’s 50 years as a ‘failed rebellion’

Inquirer.net 12/26/2018

Manila, Philippines — The five decades-long insurgency of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) is a “failed rebellion,” Malacañang declared, as the nation’s Maoist movement celebrates its 50th anniversary on Wednesday. “The 50 years…

No ceasefire; Duterte orders troops: Destroy NPA

Inquirer.net 12/22/2018

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered the military to “destroy” the New People’s Army (NPA) as he refused to reciprocate the holiday ceasefire declaration of the rebels. “We do not subscribe to their ceasefire.…

Task Group formed to solve cop murder

Nestle L. Semilla 12/22/2018

DESPITE the denial of the New People’s Army (NPA) investigators are still looking into the possibility that they were responsible for the murder of Senior Insp. Porferio Gabuya Jr., deputy chief for operations of the Guihulngan City…

Satur denies recruiting minors, confirms NPAs in lumad areas

Inquirer.net 12/03/2018

Former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo on Monday denied recruiting minors to join communist rebels, adding that it was against the rule of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). “There is…

PNP chief: NPA’s Sparrow Unit is nonexistent for three years now

Inquirer.net 12/01/2018

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde on Saturday said there are no more activities coming from the Sparrow Unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) and claimed that the hit squad’s last monitored existence was…

Makabayan bloc hits Duterte’s plan to form own ‘death squad’

Inquirer.net 11/28/2018

Lawmakers from the House Makabayan bloc assailed on Wednesday the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to create his own death squad to counter the Sparrow Units employed by the New People’s Army (NPA) during the Marcos era.…

Duterte wants to create ‘death squad’ to counter NPA’s ‘sparrow unit’

Inquirer.net 11/27/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced that he will create his own “sparrow unit” to match the communist rebels’ hit squad. The “sparrow units” of the New People’s Army (NPA) are known as the rebel group’s hit…

Suspected NPA rebels attack patrol base in Negros Occidental; soldier hurt

Inquirer.net 11/27/2018

A soldier was hurt when suspected communist rebels fired at a patrol base in Negros Occidental on Tuesday. An undetermined number of armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army attacked Sitio Bugtong Kahoy…

AFP: Sagay killings part of NPA plot to oust Duterte

Inquirer.net 10/24/2018

THE killings of nine farm workers in Sagay, Negros Occidental, over the weekend were part of a plot of the New People’s Army to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, the military said Wednesday. In a press briefing, Armed…

Alleged NPA leader arrested in Cebu City

Benjie B. Talisic 07/06/2018

  Operatives from Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) arrested a former commander of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City on Friday morning (July 6). Eduardo Sacamay, 63, was arrested for two pending cases…

NPA slammed for strafing Guihulngan brgy chief’s house

Benjie B. Talisic 06/17/2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command (AFP Centcom) has criticized the New People’s Army for strafing the house of a barangay captain of Barangay Humay Humay, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental last June 12, which led to…

One of NPA suspects hails from Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 03/07/2018

ONE of the Negros 6 arrested in Mabinay, Negros Oriental was confirmed to be from Sitio Lapyahan, Barangay Labogon, Mandaue City. Carlo Villamor Ybañez, 20, was born in Barangay Labogon and is the youngest of four siblings.…

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