ILOILO CITY, Philippines ... neutralization of top NPA leaders last year and the group’s defeat in a series of armed encounters made the rebels powerless to influence voters in the region.

from the influence of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA). In its proposed 2025 SBDP budget, the NTF-Elcac identified 870 barangays that ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Duterte has ... Esperon said there are 822 barangays under NPA influence cleared from 2016 to 2019, with 119 of them in Region 10. “These barangays will ...

Army troops recovered an AK-47 rifle, M1 Garand rifle, and anti-personnel mine in San Fernando, Bukidnon, on Wednesday, ...

LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Philippines — Once a stronghold of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Southern Tagalog, Quezon province was declared free from the influence of communist insurgents in a ...

Since November, there has been little reported contact between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, or NDFP—the formal negotiating arm of the NPA—and its ...

The military said its Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP), referred to as the “Bayanihan,” had freed the provinces from the influence of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its ...

The southern Philippines has a long ... 1980s during Martial Law, but its influence has since waned. Image caption, Talks between the government and the NPA have been touch and go Analysts ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Nine suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, three of them women, were killed as Army troops launched an offensive in Malaybalay City, just hours after the ...

of the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). READ: Quezon province declared ‘free’ ...

The NPA, the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been waging an armed campaign in the Philippines since 1969, in which at least 30,000 people have been killed according to ...