DAVAO CITY—Communist rebels took six people hostage, seized firearms, set off a bomb that wounded six soldiers and forcibly took several vehicles in at least three attacks in a span of 24 hours in the provinces of North Cotabato and Davao del Norte starting on Monday, the military said yesterday. The New People’s Army [...]
Close to 3,000 individuals from three adjoining villages here have fled their homes as rival Moro rebel groups continue war posturing despite localized truce.
Communist rebels took six people hostage and confiscated firearms, set off two explosives including one that wounded six soldiers and forcibly took away several vehicles in at least four attacks in a span of 24 hours in the provinces of North Cotabato and Davao del Norte, the military said Tuesday.
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.”
Three government troopers were slain while another was wounded when they were hit by shrapnel from a landmine blast set by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay (village) Maninila, an upland village in Camalig, Albay, Monday morning, an Army official said.
Police and Army personnel are now standing in between warring Moro rebel groups in a remote village here while top level efforts to address misunderstanding are underway.
The wife of a Marine officer was abducted in Jolo, Sulu on Saturday morning, the military said Sunday.
A leader of communist rebels operating in Central Luzon has admitted responsibility for the murder of a mayoral candidate in San Jose town in Tarlac last week.
The elections in Bicol and Southern Tagalog have been free of harassment by New People’s Army guerrillas because the rebels themselves participated in the elections, a regional spokesman of the military claimed.
Marines securing the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines clashed with New People’s Army rebels in Barangay (village) Samay in Gingoog City on Thursday morning.
Two Army soldiers, who were part of a unit guarding voting machines, were wounded after their group clashed with an undetermined number of suspected communist rebels in Ragay, Camarines Sur early Thursday, an Army spokesman said.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the charges filed against Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Genaro Alvarez Jr., his son Ilog Mayor John Paul Alvarez and Cauayan Vice Mayor Jerry Tabujara for the murder of Kabankalan Judge Henry Arles for “insufficiency of evidence.”
The lack of a ceasefire agreement between the government and communist rebels was the main stumbling block to the peace negotiations, said Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, who chairs the government panel in the talks with Moro rebels.
