Wanted NPA with P4.5-M bounty falls

From the Manila Bulletin (Aug 7, 2021): Wanted NPA with P4.5-M bounty falls (By Estacio Daniel)

A New People’s Army (NPA) member with a P4.5-million bounty on his head was arrested Friday, Aug. 6, by police and military personnel in Barangay Lisap, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro.

Police identified the arrested rebel as Ernesto Panganiban, with aliases “Gavino Panganiban,” “Joker,” “Istoy,” “Nori,” and “Rato,” 50, farmer, of Barangay Milagrosa, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro.

He was included in the national list of wanted persons with a reward. He belongs to the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA-National Democratic Front.

According to the report, Panganiban was involved in major atrocities and tactical offensives in Mindoro.

The operatives served the arrest warrant issued against him by Judge Agripino Bravo of the Regional Trial Court Branch 65, Infanta, Quezon on March 18, 2019, for the crime of murder.

The suspect is presently detained at the Gen. Nakar police custodial facility.

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