4 rebels slain in Batangas, Northern Samar encounters
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — Four suspected New People Army’s (NPA) guerrillas were killed in separate clashes in Batangas and Northern Samar on Sunday, authorities reported yesterday.
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Army rebuffs communist insurgents in Nueva Vizcaya
MANILA, Philippines — Army soldiers repulsed heavily-armed New People's Army (NPA) insurgents reportedly planning to sow terror on residents living in peaceful communities in the hinterlands of Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya.
Marcos confident Eastern Visayas insurgency defeated during his term
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday expressed optimism that the communist rebellion in Eastern Visayas – a region with areas that have been labeled as insurgency hotbeds – would be defeated within his term.
US aid shows Ukraine will not be 'second Afghanistan' — Zelensky
WASHINGTON, United States — The decision by the US House of Representatives to earmark $61 billion in long-delayed aid for Ukraine shows the country will not become "a second Afghanistan," President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.
‘Number of weakened guerrilla fronts down to 11’
MANILA, Philippines — The decades-old communist rebellion is left with about 1,500 members and 11 “weakened” guerrilla fronts as of the end of 2023, the government’s anti-insurgency task force said.
Government eyes expanded amnesty for Reds
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos wants to expand the amnesty program for communist rebels to include about 1,500 insurgents who have yet to surrender to the government, officials said.
Bicolano farmers to sell agri-products to PNP
LEGAZPI CITY —Farmer members of various agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) here in the Bicol region will have a steady market for their agricultural products with the recent partnership of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) with the Philippine National Police (PNP) of Region 5.
Press Release - Jinggoy: Senate seals amnesty grant to rebel and insurgent groups
THE Senate today adopted three concurrent resolutions favoring President Marcos Jr.'s grant of amnesty to various rebel and insurgent groups in the country, less than three months after the signing of the presidential proclamations.