NEUTRALIZED. Photographs of Hans “Jojo” Ponteras, appearing regional entrance secretary and finance officer of the Regional Taxation Implementing Group of the New Individuals’s Military Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, and Marissa Pobresa, major workers of Ponteras and the unit’s regional communication officer, launched by the Philippine Military’s 79th Infantry Battalion on Sunday (March 9, 2025). The 2 communist leaders have been killed in a conflict with authorities troops in Cadiz Metropolis, Negros Occidental the day earlier than. (Picture courtesy of 79IB, Philippine Military)
BACOLOD CITY – Two regional leaders of the New Individuals’s Military (NPA) have been killed in a conflict with troops of the Philippine Military’s 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) within the hinterlands of Cadiz Metropolis, Negros Occidental on Saturday.
In a report Sunday afternoon, the 79IB recognized the fatalities as Hans “Jojo” Ponteras, in his 40s, appearing regional entrance secretary and finance officer of the Regional Taxation Implementing Group of Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor; and Marissa Pobresa, 23, a former squad member who later grew to become Ponteras’ major workers and the unit’s regional communications officer.
In a press assertion, Lt. Col. Arnel Calaoagan, commander of the 79IB, described their deaths as a significant setback for the communist group in Negros and your complete Visayas area.
“The neutralization of their sitting regional entrance secretary, on the identical time regional finance officer, and their communications officer alerts their close to decimation,” he added.
The conflict, which happened in Hacienda Paraiso, Barangay Caduha-an at round 1:50 a.m., concerned about seven NPA rebels.
Their comrades deserted the our bodies of Ponteras and Pobresa.
Troops recovered firearms, grenades, and antigovernment paperwork, together with extortion letters allegedly signed by Ponteras beneath the alias “Armando Magbanua.”
The army reported no casualties on their facet.
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