Philippine Army says ranking NPA official killed in Negros clash

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Communist rebels celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines in 2017. Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/19/20171231-carlos-dominguez-dof-2.jpg"/><figcaption>Communist rebels celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines in 2017. <em>Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>DUMAGUETE CITY — The Philippine Army on Saturday said it has killed a ranking official of the New People&#x27;s Army (NPA) during a firefight in Negros Occidental last week.</p><p>Rogelio Posadas, also known as &quot;Putin,&quot; was killed in a clash between the NPA and government forces in a mountainous area between the towns of Isabela and Binalbagan last Thursday, the Army said.</p><p>The Army identified Posadas as the secretary of the NPA&#x27;s regional committee covering Negros Island, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor, who was allegedly behind numerous &quot;assassinations, extortions, kidnappings, arsons and other forms of violence against innocent civilians and government personalities&quot; in the region.</p><p>Posada&#x27;s remains were still at a funeral parlor in Binalbagan, the Army also said.</p><p>BGen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the Army&#x27;s 303rd Infantry Brigade whose battalions clashed with Posada&#x27;s troops, said the NPA official&#x27;s death was &quot;a result of the local residents&#x27; vigilance.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We will continue with our relentless conduct of focused military operations until all the NPA members in Negros are neutralized or have surrendered,&quot; he said.</p><p>Posada&#x27;s death came six months after another high NPA official in Negros, Juanito Magbanua, was killed in a clash with security forces in October 2022.</p><p>It also came days after the NPA&#x27;s parent organization, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), confirmed the death of its leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, who were reportedly killed in a clash with government forces off the coast of Samar last August. </p><p>The CPP claimed that the Tiamzons had already been dead before their boat was exploded at sea, and had allegedly been captured and tortured beforehand.</p><p>But AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar dismissed the CPP&#x27;s allegations of &quot;capture and torture&quot; as part of the group&#x27;s propaganda.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/20/23/cpp-says-tiamzons-killed-last-year-in-samar">CPP says Tiamzons killed in Samar in August 2022</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2502880" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippine Army on Saturday said it had killed a ranking official of the New People's Army during a firefight in Negros Occidental.

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Philippine Army says ranking NPA official killed in Negros clash

Philippine Army says ranking NPA official killed in Negros clash

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 23, 2023 10:19 AM PHT

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