Ex-Student Leader Among 5 ‘NPA Rebels’ Killed in Negros

Former UP Cebu student leader slain in Negros clash; family won't claim remains

BACOLOD CITY – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) announced on Tuesday, May 19, that the family of Vince Francis Dingding, who was killed in an encounter between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on May 16, would no longer claim his remains.In a handwritten letter dated May 18 signed by his parents and shared by the anti-insurgency council on social media, the coupl…

Ex-student leader among 5 ‘NPA rebels’ killed in Negros

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — A former student leader in Cebu City, who was tagged by the military as a New People’s Army (NPA) member, was among five people killed in an encounter with government troops in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, government officials said on Monday. The Philippine Army identified the fatality as […]...Keep on reading: Ex-student leader among 5 ‘NPA rebels’ killed in Negros

Former UP Cebu student among 5 ‘NPA rebels’ killed in Cauayan clash

A former student at the University of the Philippines Cebu was among five alleged rebels killed in an encounter between the 15th  Infantry Battalion and  the New People’s Army (NPA) in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, on Saturday.  Vince Francis Yncierto Dingding, alias Poy, 30, was an active student leader who joined  the  Kabataan Partylist Cebu and was later allegedly recruited into the underground movement Kabataang Makabayan  The Army  on Monday…

5 NPA remnants killed in southern Negros encounter

By Nanette Guadalquiver ENCOUNTER. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan (2nd from right), commander of the Philippine Army’s 302nd Infantry Brigade, visits the area near the encounter site in Barangay Abaca, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday (May 17, 2026). Five New People’s Army remnants died during a clash with troops of the 15th Infantry Battalion on Saturday (May 16).(Photo courtesy of Cheng Santillan)  BACOLOD CITY – Renewed clash between Philippine…

Rebel leader among 5 fatalities in southern Negros gun battles

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five more suspected New People’s Army rebels died in a series of armed encounters on May 16 in the barangays of Abaca and Poblacion, Cauayan, Negros Occidental, following the April 19 gun battle in Brgy. Salamanca,… The post Rebel leader among 5 fatalities in southern Negros gun battles appeared first on Visayan Daily Star.