The Cordillera People's Democratic Front (CPDF) commends the Agustin Begnalen Command (ABC) of the New People's Army (NPA-Abra) for successfully repulsing a series of attacks by the 50th Infantry Battalion from March 29 to the first week of April in the far-flung barangays of Tubo, Abra. According to the belated field reports of the local NPA Command, about 7 KIA (killed in action) and 2 WIA (wounded in action) were incurred by the enemy side aside from the damage done on the two choppers conducting retrieval and resupply operations.
Nitong Enero, opisyal na inilabas ng 80th Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army ang propagandang nasa implementasyon na ang Oplan Bayanihan sa Isla ng Mindoro sa pamamagitan ng lokal na istasyon ng radyo. Ayon sa Battalion Commander nitong si Roger Percol, gagamitin nila ang tatlong (3) ARMS laban sa rebolusyonaryong kilusan: ang OPEN ARMS upang masalo ang mga nais na sumukong rebelde; ang LONG ARMS upang maabot ang nais nilang abutin at katulungin sa paglaban sa mga rebelde; at ang STEEL ARMS upang gapiin ang rebolusyonaryong armadong pwersa.