NTF-Elcac declares NPA 'totally defeated' in Negros

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict has announced that the New People's Army has been 'totally defeated' in Negros, marking a significant claim in the government's ongoing campaign against the communist insurgency. The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been a persistent security challenge for the country alongside the broader political turmoil facing the Duterte administration.