No landmine

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines – The New Peoples’ Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao has denied reports they used a landmine when they attacked government troops in Makilala, North Cotabato, last Friday. Rigoberto Sanchez, spokesperson for the Merardo Arce Command of the NPA, said they used a command-detonated explosive against a military vehicle where elements of the 57th Infantry Battalion... 

NPA firearms seized in ComVal

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Government troops seized assorted firearms and explosives during an encounter Wednesday with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Montevista, Compostela Valley. Lt. Col. Cesar Molina, 25th Infantry Battalion commander, said the recovered firearms include one M16 rifle, one cal 30 carbine rifle, an improvised landmine (IED), one fragmentation grenade, explosive... 

12 killed in NPA ambush

By ELENA L. ABEN · AARON B. RECUENCO Philippines – Twelve people, 11 of them Army soldiers in- cluding an officer, were killed while three others were wounded Wednesday morning in an ambush by New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents in Tinoc town, Ifugao. An Army colonel, who was also among the ambushed troopers, survived the attack. Col. Miguel Puyao, Civil-Military Operations... 

NPA landmine explodes, hits truck

Manila, Philippines – A landmine planted by suspected communist rebels on a road exploded damaging a truck owned by a fruit processing firm in Surigao del Sur. Supt. Martin Gamba, chief information officer of the CARAGA regional police, said the driver of the truck, Glenn Lumactod, was not hurt during the blast that occurred on Monday in Anajao Daan in Tago town. Gamba said the...