Barangay, Magsaysay, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – Another CPP/NPA camp has been seized by government forces in vicinity Km 11, Barangay   Happy Valley, San Isidro, Northern Samar last February 9, 2013 at around 2:20 in the afternoon.

Lieutenant Colonel NOEL A VESTUIR, 20IB’s Commanding Officer, in his report to 803rd Brigade Commander, COLONEL ROLANDO MALINAO, said that as the troops of Charlie Company, 20IB led by Sgt Orlando Onate while tracking down the reported NPA presence in the area as reported by the civilians, chanced upon a nipa hut in an isolated and secluded place which was later found out to be an NPA temporary camp.

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Camp Peralta, Jamindan, Capiz – As the Negros Police Provincial filed multiple murder case against the NPA who have caused the La Castellana Massacre the aggrieved victims are calling out for justice and not compensation. They (victims) continue their call on CHR, KARAPATAN and other human rights cause-oriented groups to condemn this massacre.

Romeo Nanta alyas Juanito Magbanua, one of the suspects for planning the La Castellana Massacre where 1 PNP and 8 civilian were killed, was bailed out by Fred Cana of Karapatan for his robbery in band case for Php 100,000.00.

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CAMP GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City – Despite their projection as a pro-people communist organization, the New People’s Army (NPA) continues to resort to armed violence. The NPAs were responsible for 374 violent incidents recorded for 2012 which caused the death of 53 civilians over the country. Rounding up the statistics, an innocent civilian is killed by the NPA every week last year.

These violent incidents perpetrated by the NPA also resulted to the killings of 81 members of the AFP, 8 from the Philippine National Police (PNP), and 22 CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA). Such atrocities is a clear manifestation of the NPAs resorting to force and intimidation to coerce civilians including private firms and individuals, even poor folks in far flung villages of the country to give in to their demands since the NPA has lost its mass base support already.

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Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City— Major General Rolando B. Tenefrancia assumes as the new Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Inspector General replacing Lieutenant General Irineo C. Espino today in a joint change of chief of office ceremony at the General Headquarters (GHQ) Building Conference Room.

Maj. Gen. Tenefrancia was appointed as the new TIG, AFP following his stint as the Civil Relations Service (CRS) Commander. He was the former Chief of the Army Resource Management Office and Commander of the 102nd Infantry Brigade.

He was replaced by Brigadier General Rolando B. Jungco who formally assumed command of the CRS, AFP in the same ceremony held at the General Headquarters building. BGen Jungco was the former Adjutant General of the AFP and former Chief of the AFP Pension and Gratuity Management Center.

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