Kato rebels agree to stop offensives
Ameril Umra Kato’s group on Friday made a complete turnaround from its earlier vow of all-out war against the military as it announced a respite from attacks carried out by its forces in Maguindanao.
Ameril Umra Kato’s group on Friday made a complete turnaround from its earlier vow of all-out war against the military as it announced a respite from attacks carried out by its forces in Maguindanao.
Two communist rebels were arrested by government troops in Sorsogon Tuesday, the military said.
The jail transfer of a detained communist rebel and the continuous detentions of their other members could have negative consequences on the planned resumption of formal peace negotiations between the Aquino administration and the insurgents, the top representative of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) warned on Thursday.
The military in Western Visayas on Thursday admitted that extortion remains a rampant practice by communist rebels in the region, raking in P27 million last year.
A large trove of documents retrieved from the felled New People’s Army (NPA) encampment in Capiz last Monday are set to undergo analysis by the military for any valuable information that could “save more lives in the future.”
A soldier of the Army’s 47th Infantry Battalion was killed by suspected New People’s Army rebels Tuesday morning in Negros Oriental, the military said.
Four suspected New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with Army soldiers in Lopez, Quezon, on Friday, said Col. Eduardo Año, head of the Army’s 201st Infantry Brigade.
A couple, initially arrested for attacking a taxi driver in Cabuyao, Laguna, were found to be members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Bicol, the military said Friday.
With the New People’s Army anniversary in two days, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Tuesday it will not raise its alert to full status but will maintain vigilance and intensify its intelligence monitoring efforts in strategic parts of the country.
Soldiers on Thursday arrested the wife of a rebel leader in southern Negros, who is allegedly also a leader of the New People’s Army in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
Government troops clashed with about 20 New People’s Army rebels in Surigao del Sur Tuesday, a military spokesman said.
A communist rebel was killed while another was arrested after a clash with soldiers in Catanduanes Friday, a military spokesman said.
Two militiamen were wounded in separate encounters with government troops in Davao City Thursday, a military spokesman said Friday.
