100 families displaced in Army-NPA fighting in Iligan

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 07:47:06 +0000

More than 100 families from Sitio Duwa-duwa of Barangay Kalilangan here have refused to go back to their homes, one week after fleeing from fighting between Army troops and suspected New People’s Army (NPA) forces.

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NPA combatants in Southern Luzon are mostly young – AFP

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:07:08 +0000

NPA combatants in Southern Luzon are mostly young – AFP

New People’s Army (NPA) combatants in Southern Luzon are young, most of them in their early 20s, with some coming from universities, according to Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay, commander of the Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

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Badoy: EU, Belgium almost done cutting CPP-linked fronts’ funding

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 07:50:52 +0000

Badoy: EU, Belgium successfully cut funding for CPP-linked fronts

PCOO Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy said international funding to leftist groups allegedly tagged as “fronts” of CPP-NPA has been almost completely shut off.

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Duterte raises bounty for cops’ killers to P3M, tells police to ‘bring SOB’s head’

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:59:20 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday raised the bounty for the killers of four policemen in Negros Oriental province to P3 million, saying the reward could go up to as much as P20 million.

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NUPL: Lawyer’s death shows hazard of being ‘baselessly’ linked to NPA

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:44:40 +0000

NUPL: Lawyer's death shows hazard of being 'baselessly' linked to NPA

The NUPL strongly condemns the killing of a lawyer who was being linked “baselessly and maliciously” with the New People’s Army (NPA).

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Soldier hurt in clash with NPA

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:21:38 +0000

A soldier was wounded in an encounter with a group of armed men, believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA), on Thursday, July 25, in Barangay Rogongon here.

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CHR: Crimes vs law enforcers emboldened by ‘growing culture of violence’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 08:27:01 +0000

The Commission on Human Rights on Saturday said heinous crimes committed against law enforcers have been “emboldened by the country

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Killing of transport leader, arrest of 9 others on Negros Island slammed

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 06:26:13 +0000

Killing of transport leader, arrest of 9 others on Negros Island slammed

Church leaders and human rights groups have decried the killing of a transport leader and the arrest of a pastor and nine other members

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NPA owns killing of Isabela environment checkpoint exec

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 03:49:28 +0000

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela — The New People’s Army attacked and killed a member of Task Force: Kalikasan who was manning an anti-illegal logging checkpoint on Friday (July 5) at Sitio (subvillage) Laguis in Barangay Sindon Bayabo here.

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