A hauler truck used for carrying sugarcanes was blocked and burned by alleged members of the New People Army (NPA) in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Thursday afternoon. According to Samuel Barnayha, 37, he was transporting the…
Cagayan de Oro City—The last time I visited the City of Golden Friendship martial law was in effect but somehow, with the exception of the presence of mobile checkpoints, one could hardly feel any tension caused by…
President Rodrigo Duterte made a fresh call to the communist rebels to surrender as he vowed to “continuously” talk to them even though the fifth round of talks collapsed. Duterte issued the statement at a press briefing…
THE Spartans earned their second win in four games while the Cavaliers finally barged into the win column in last Saturday’s resumption of the 2017 IBP basketball league at the Capitol Parish gym. Power rookie Oliver Moeller…
ASIDE from its role in the region’s war against drugs and criminality, police officers under the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) are also ordered to focus on insurgency issues particularly in Negros Oriental. Chief Supt.…
OVER the last two and a half years, while it seemed like skirmishes involving state forces and the New People’s Army in the Visayas had died down, there were actually nearly a dozen such incidents. None, however,…
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday explained that the possible extension of martial law in Mindanao was to quell rebellion from terrorist groups and not to target communist rebels. “Nalulungkot po tayo na ang…
Government troopers clashed with around 30 fully armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army in Barangay Sandayao, Guihulngan City, Negros Island Region at around 4:10 Friday afternoon. Col. Medel Aguilar, assistant chief of…
‘Apolitical’ donation Calling its charity organization “apolitical,” the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday announced that it is sending out P5 million worth of medicines and bottled water to victims and evacuees from Marawi City, and…
BANSALAN, Davao del Sur — President Duterte has ruled out peace talks with the communist rebels and declared that the police and the military can now pursue them. He lamented on Thursday that the NPA targeted non-combatants…
It was just as well that President Rodrigo Duterte canceled for now the peace talks with the communists since they wanted to dictate not only the pace but the actual terms of the negotiations to the point…
Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak is asking the public to be more vigilant amid reports that the police had monitored the presence of the bandit group Abu Sayaff after police reports on presence of members of Abu…
