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Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 03:37:19 +0000

Año to rebels: Lay down arms, gov’t will not abandon you

MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año again called on members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms, saying government will not abandon them unlike the NPA. “The government will never abandon you as they [communists] did,” Año said in a statement on Friday. “That is the harsh truth. Walang […]

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2 Cafgu members die in clash with NPA in Abra

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:50:36 +0000

PNP: Attack on N. Samar police station part of NPA anniversary 'activities'

BAGUIO CITY – Two members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) were killed after suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a Cafgu detachment in Abra province on Thursday morning. The communist rebels allegedly assaulted at dawn, prompting Cafgu members to exchange gunfire in Sitio Mong-ol, Maguyepyep village of Sallapadan town in Abra. […]

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Return of Anti-Subversion Act defended, assailed

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:20:23 +0000

DILG: Calls to emergency hotline 911 now free for select telcos

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año wants to revive the antisubversion law, saying it would effectively end the 50-year communist insurgency by cutting off the funds that come from legal organizations allegedly being used as fronts by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP). “It can’t be […]

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PH Army: 5 rebels wounded in Camarines Sur clash

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 02:56:04 +0000

LEGAZPI CITY –– Five suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were wounded in an encounter with Army soldiers at a remote village in Caramoan town in Camarines Sur on Tuesday. Major Ricky Aguilar, public affairs chief of the 9th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, said the soldiers were on patrol when they had a […]

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Año cites EO to support police presence in schools

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:22:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año in a statement on Sunday cited an executive order that he said could be invoked to increase police visibility in schools “infiltrated” by communist rebels.

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Army, NPA clash even in casualty figures

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 07:00:55 +0000

CAGAYAN DE ORO—Communist guerrillas and government soldiers clashed anew in the boundaries of Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon provinces early on Sunday (Aug 11). The military said two rebels were killed. But New People’s Army said it suffered no casualty and successfully repelled soldiers who had tried to penetrate rebel territory. The rebels had safely […]

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Gov’t seeks talks with state university execs vs NPA recruitment

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:15:33 +0000

Gov't seeks talks with state university execs vs NPA recruitment

The government wants to initiate talks with state universities to avert the recruitment strategies of the NPA.

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Daughter refutes mom: I am not missing, brainwashed; I left home willingly

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:58:55 +0000

Daughter refutes mom: I am not missing, brainwashed; I left home willingly

The daughter of a woman, who testified before a Senate inquiry on the alleged recruitment of students by leftist groups, has clarified that she never was missing nor kidnapped, or even brainwashed by Anakbayan.

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Lorenzana hits ‘deceptive’ recruitment of minors to leftist groups

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:59:42 +0000

Lorenzana hits ‘deceptive’ recruitment of minors to leftist groups

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday scored the reported recruitment of students and minors by left-leaning organizations. 

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