Cagayan towns receive heavy machinery as “counter insurgency” measure
Some P113.27 million worth of heavy equipment were handed over to improve road access and complete infrastructure projects as a counterinsurgency measure in remote areas.
Motherhood made NPA rebel surrender in Bulacan
A female minor, now a mother, gave herself up to authorities after renouncing her link with the New People’s Army
NPA rebels kill farmer suspected as military informant
After the killing, the gunmen told the victim’s son that they were members of the NPA Guerilla Front Committee 53 operating in the border of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces.
Joma Sison, 36 others ordered arrested for Leyte Massacre
A warrant of arrest has been issued against Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria “Joma” Sison and 36 for the mass execution perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in the 1980s in Inopacan, Leyte
ANALYSIS: Duterte and the ex-generals
The more ex-generals joining his Cabinet and getting other executive positions, the greater the influence these generals have on Duterte’s policies, particularly on dealing with Communist rebels. There are now signs the ex-generals are putting pressure on the president to reverse his China policy. By Manny Mogato