MANILA — The New People’s Army (NPA) released on March 24 two soldiers it captured over a month ago in Lupon, Davao Oriental. Rene Doller, 34, and Carl Marc Nucos, 24, are both from the 72nd Infantry Battalion. They were captured by the NPA on February 14. The said soldiers were turned over to Davao…
‘We hope that this will be the last, but as long as civil war exists, there will still be prisoners of war.’ — Father Romeo Tagud, IFI
By DAVAO TODAY A month after the New People’s Army captured five soldiers in Paquibato District, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Southern Mindanao said its “Revolutionary Court “is reviewing the cases of the captives as thoroughly as possible” so that the latter’s “direct culpability “ or “innocence” is “meticulously established.” In a letter…
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) said military operations packaged as “rescue” and “peace and development” operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines hinder the release of four captives of the New People’s Army (NPA). In a statement, the NDFP-Southern Mindanao Region said the 6th…
P/Insp. Rex Cuntapay and PO1 Marvin Agasen both used to view the communist-led New People’s Army (NPA) in a bad light. Captured last Jan. 3 together with PO1 Alberto Umali after their unit’s encounter with guerrillas belonging to the NPA’s Narciso Antazo Aramil Command (NAAC), which operates in Rizal (a province southeast of Manila), they were held as prisoners of war (POWs) for almost three months. They were released on March 27, very near the place where they were captured. The three policemen had only kind words to say about their former custodians.