Suspected New People’s Army rebels burned two dump trucks working for a nickel mining company operating in the town of Sofronio Española, southern Palawan Sunday night, police said Monday morning.
Police authorities in nearby Matalam, North Cotabato, blamed the New People’s Army rebels for the burning on Tuesday of a 10-wheeler truck near a sand quarry there.
Sixteen people — including four rescue workers — were wounded in two ambushes allegedly perpetrated by communist rebels in Bansalan, Davao del Sur on Sunday.
The military on Saturday accused the New People’s Army of committing “unconscionable and dastardly act” when rebels allegedly burned the cadaver of an Army soldier they killed in an ambush on Friday.
A soldier was wounded in a clash with communist rebels in Monkayo and Laak towns in Compostela Valley on Tuesday.
Almost three years after she was wounded, captured and placed under hospital arrest, former New People’s Army (NPA) fighter Vanessa delos Reyes still wishes to be free but doubts the government could grant it through humanitarian reasons alone.
An alleged high-ranking official of the New People’s Army was arrested by the government troops at about 5 a.m, Tuesday, in Barangay (village) Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
The New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao region vowed to strictly comply with the directive of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to cease and desist from carrying out offensive operations against elements of the military, police and paramilitary forces as part of the holiday ceasefire.
About a hundred New People’s Army rebels raided on Sunday morning the municipal police station here and took away assorted firearms.
At least 50 families (about 250 persons) fled their homes in two villages of Makilala, North Cotabato following Wednesday’s clash between soldiers and communist rebels that also injured one trooper, officials confirmed Thursday.
A ranking New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash between Army troopers and seven guerrillas on Thursday in Barangay Sinuknipan, a remote village in Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur, a Philippine Army officer said.
Even if they were held in captivity by communist rebels, three village council candidates still won in the barangay (village) elections last October 28.
A town police chief and two of his men were killed in an ambush allegedly perpetrated by communist rebels in Arteche town, Samar on Saturday night.
