3 ex-NPA captives winners in Agusan Sur village polls
By Chris V. Panganiban
Even if they were held in captivity by communist rebels, three village council candidates still won in the barangay (village) elections last October 28.
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.
The New People’s Army is attempting to retake Sitio (sub-village) Lantad, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, as can be seen in its Sunday’s attack on a military detachment there, according to the Philippine Army.
A Marine was wounded in an ambush staged by suspected New People’s Army rebels in Taytay, northern Palawan Monday morning.
More than 500 residents from four villages in Loreto town in Agusan del Sur walked for at least three hours carrying with them some of their belongings as they left their homes after military troops arrived in their communities.
Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels burned two heavy equipment in San Miguel, Catanduanes, on Wednesday afternoon, the spokesperson of the Bicol police said.
Three suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested by elements of the Western Command and the Philippine National Police on Sunday morning in San Vicente, Palawan.
New People’s Army rebels disarmed a town councilor a former Scout Ranger and a village chair here on Saturday.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has said he will go to the extent of meeting New People’s Army (NPA) leader Leoncio Pitao alias Parago to secure the release of soldiers captured by the guerrillas in June.
Communist rebels on Thursday owned up to the deaths of five civilians, whom they abducted during a rebel raid in a wood firm in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur early this week.
A command of the New People’s Army on Sunday claimed responsibility for the killing of three persons in northern Negros Occidental whom it tagged as “counter-revolutionary.”
The difficulty of holding talks with officials of The Netherlands-based National Democratic Front (NDF) has had a lot to do with the rebels’ use of outdated jargon, Malacañang said on Monday.
Communist rebels admitted they have in their custody a policeman and a soldier, who went missing in North Cotabato and Compostela Valley last week.
