5 Rebel Leaders Among 19 Fatalities in Negros Clashes

NPA leader, 18 others killed in Negros gunfight

A leader of the New People’s Army and 18 other NPA rebels were killed, the largest number since the 1990’s, in a clash with the Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion in Toboso town in Negros Occidental on Sunday.

Army: 5 top leaders of NPA in north Negros among Toboso dead, 24 firearms recovered

Five of the 19 alleged rebels killed in an encounter on Sunday were key officials of the New People’s Army Northern Negros Front (NNF) , which has created a vacuum in leadership in the area, Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, said on Tuesday. “Their core leadership has been wiped out,” he said. […]

Notorious rebel leader among 19 killed in Toboso gun battles

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Rebel leader Roger Fabillar (inset), with aliases of Arnel Tapang and Jhong, was among the 19 NPA members killed in a Toboso gun