NTF-ELCAC: Removal of 'mass bases' greatly weakened NPA

THE NATIONAL Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is confident the government security forces will soon dismantle the 11 weakened New People's Army guerilla fronts within the year.

AFP: Death of ranking leader highlights Reds' leadership vacuum

THE ARMED Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday said the death of ranking New People's Army (NPA) official Martin Colima during a clash with government troops in Borongan City, Samar will further highlight the growing leadership crisis in the insurgency movement.

Ex-rebels receive govt. cash aid

PAGADIAN CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has released over P3 million in financial aid to 27 communist fighters who peacefully surrendered in Western Mindanao region.

DILG backs NSC decision to block websites affiliated with commies

THE DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) defended the decision of the National Security Council (NSC) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to restrict the websites of groups and organizations promoting or affiliated with communist rebel group and its political front. 

Cebu lauds NTF-ELCAC

CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama lauded the efforts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying it helped greatly in bringing government services right to the doorstep of the people and at the same time kept insurgency at bay.

Senior communist leader slain in South

DAVAO CITY – Government troops killed a senior communist rebel leader in a firefight ending his reign of terror and violent campaign in the southern Philippines, officials announced on Thursday.

Senior NPA leader, wife killed in Agusan clash (WARNING: Contains graphic images)

DAVAO CITY – A senior communist rebel leader and his wife were killed in a firefight with government troops in Agusan del Sur province in southern Philippines, officials announced Tuesday.

Duterte appeals to rebels

PRESIDENT DUTERTE appealed to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) not to hamper the deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines, particularly in the far-flung areas where rebels are battling security forces, as the country gears towards mass vaccination campaign against the deadly disease.

NPA, pinasusuko ng militar

NANAWAGAN ANG militar sa mga rebeldeng New People's Army na sumuko na mapayapa at magbagong buhay ngayon Bagong Taon.

Duterte goes ballistic, calls lawmaker ‘dog poop’

DAVAO CITY – Filipino leader Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a pro-communist lawmaker and lawyer Carlos Zarate and called him “dog shit” during a public broadcast, and accused his group and other partylist organizations as fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) and the political National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

Troops kill lawmaker’s daughter in clash with rebels

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Special Forces killed a Filipino leftist lawmaker’s daughter in fierce clashes in the town of Marihatag in Surigao del Sur province on Mindanao region, officials announced Sunday.

Troops kill NPA, 2 others captured in Zambo town

PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces killed a communist insurgent and captured 2 others in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Tuesday.

Rebels told to abandon violent campaign, embrace peace offer

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Security officials urged communist rebels to abandon their long-running violent secessionist campaign and take advantage of the government’s amnesty program and live peacefully with their family.

Female NPA fighter killed in clash in South

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Government troops killed a female communist rebel in a fierce battle with the New People’s Army in the southern Philippines, officials said Tuesday.

Duterte names communist rebels top national security threat

COMMUNIST REBELS pose the “number one threat” to the national security, President Rodrigo Duterte said at a recent Covid-19 task force meeting.

Troops capture 2 young NPA fighters in South

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Troops captured two young communist rebels, one of them wounded in clashes in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday.

Troops kill 10 commies in ferocious battle in South

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Army troops killed at least 10 communist rebels in fierce clashes on a remote village in Gingoog City in southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

Commies kill soldier in Duterte’s turf

DAVAO CITY – Communist insurgents attacked a group of soldiers and killing one of them in President Rodrigo Duterte’s own turf in Davao City in southern Philippines.

2 cops killed in ambush in South Cotabato

KORONADAL CITY – Two motorcycle policemen were killed in an ambush Wednesday afternoon amid the coronavirus pandemic in the southern Philippines, officials said.

NPA attacks Zambo troops in Covid drive anew

PAGADIAN CITY – Communist insurgents launched attacks anew on government soldiers distributing information leaflets on the new coronavirus, or Covid-19, in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said Thursday.