The Manila Times

Police release photos of Cagayan NPA rebels

- BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO

areas in Region 2.

its attacks on police and military stations after President Duterte called off the peace talks between the government and leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippine­s- National Democratic Front-NPA late last year in the wake of unabated atrocities committed by the rebels.

But the police officer said the military’s and the police’s continuing offensives in cooperatio­n with citizens have also weakened NPA forces and that “insurgency in the country will soon be a thing of the past.”

Meanwhile, arrested members of the rebel group – Rey Busania, Raul Merano and Arnold Jamias – who were allegedly responsibl­e for the April 2017 attack in Maddela town police station in Quirino province that resulted in the death of Police Officer 2 Jerome Luwi Cardenas, are now facing criminal charges in court. These photos of alleged members of the New People’s Army actively operating in Cagayan Valley were released on social media by Police Region Office 2 Public Informatio­n Office.

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