Two unarmed soldiers were waylaid and killed by a group of suspected communist rebels while on their way back to their patrol base in Albay on Saturday afternoon, the Army said.
A militiaman and a New People’s Army rebel were killed in yet another encounter in Mindanao, this time, in the town of San Isidro in Davao del Norte early Sunday.
Communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels released on Saturday noon two village officials in Malungon town in Sarangani Province, a day after they were abducted by the guerrillas.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) dismissed as “mere hearsay and speculations” on Monday, the allegations against ranking police officials implicated in the questionable sale of over P52 million worth of assault rifles to communist rebels.
A New People’s Army commander has been captured during a brief firefight between soldiers and insurgents in Arakan, North Cotabato on Tuesday, the military announced Wednesday.
