From the Visayan Daily Star (Jul 3, 2023): 156 NPA rebels neutralized, 223 guns seized in 6 months (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)
Army Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo presided over VISCOM conference at Camp Lapu Lapu in Cebu City
The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Visayas Command, reported that the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army in the Visayas region is grasping for survival, as Team Visayas Command (VISCOM) dealt the terrorist group with devastating losses in the 1st semester of this year.
Of the 156 NPA rebels neutralized from January to June 30 this year, 42 died in encounters, including 12 High Value Individuals, including Rogelio Posadas, secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyonal Negros/Cebu/Bohol/Siquijor.
In a command conference presided by Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, VISCOM chief, attended by all AFP commanders in the Visayas region, it was disclosed that a total of 103 other rebels surrendered, while 11 others had been arrested.
VISCOM records further indicated that 223 firearms and 82 anti-personnel mines were seized by government troops in the same period.
Arevalo commended the members of Team VISCOM for a job well done for the period.
It was during the months of April and May that the terrorist group suffered the most devastating defeats. For the month of April, a total of 21 NPA rebels were neutralized and 25 firearms were seized in northern Samar, and 40 more other rebels were accounted for, especially in Moises Padilla and Guihulngan in Negros Island encounters during May, where 14 firearms were recovered.
The VISCOM also reported that a total of 942 people’s organizations were established, redirected, and coopted by the Community Support Program (CSP) Teams of Team VISCOM in the entire Visayas region, of which 600 are in Western and Central Visayas, while 342 are in Eastern Visayas.
As we sustain our focused military operations to prevent the CPP-NPA from taking advantage of the upcoming Barangay and SK Elections, Arevalo rallied Team VISCOM to continue engaging the people of Visayas.
Let us encourage them to cast their vote to someone who advocates peace and development, who values the ideals of family, and someone who can lead them to prosperity and progress. Not those who sow terror and violence and support the false ideology of the CPP-NPA, he added.*
https://visayandailystar.com/156-npa-rebels-neutralized-223-guns-seized-in-6-months/
The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Visayas Command, reported that the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army in the Visayas region is grasping for survival, as Team Visayas Command (VISCOM) dealt the terrorist group with devastating losses in the 1st semester of this year.
Of the 156 NPA rebels neutralized from January to June 30 this year, 42 died in encounters, including 12 High Value Individuals, including Rogelio Posadas, secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyonal Negros/Cebu/Bohol/Siquijor.
In a command conference presided by Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, VISCOM chief, attended by all AFP commanders in the Visayas region, it was disclosed that a total of 103 other rebels surrendered, while 11 others had been arrested.
VISCOM records further indicated that 223 firearms and 82 anti-personnel mines were seized by government troops in the same period.
Arevalo commended the members of Team VISCOM for a job well done for the period.
It was during the months of April and May that the terrorist group suffered the most devastating defeats. For the month of April, a total of 21 NPA rebels were neutralized and 25 firearms were seized in northern Samar, and 40 more other rebels were accounted for, especially in Moises Padilla and Guihulngan in Negros Island encounters during May, where 14 firearms were recovered.
The VISCOM also reported that a total of 942 people’s organizations were established, redirected, and coopted by the Community Support Program (CSP) Teams of Team VISCOM in the entire Visayas region, of which 600 are in Western and Central Visayas, while 342 are in Eastern Visayas.
As we sustain our focused military operations to prevent the CPP-NPA from taking advantage of the upcoming Barangay and SK Elections, Arevalo rallied Team VISCOM to continue engaging the people of Visayas.
Let us encourage them to cast their vote to someone who advocates peace and development, who values the ideals of family, and someone who can lead them to prosperity and progress. Not those who sow terror and violence and support the false ideology of the CPP-NPA, he added.*
https://visayandailystar.com/156-npa-rebels-neutralized-223-guns-seized-in-6-months/
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