Manila, Aug. 28 -- The commander of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army has warned of a stringent crackdown against the remnants of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in Negros Island in the pursuit of peace.

Maj. Gen. Michael Samson, in an interview late Wednesday afternoon, said that while there are no longer active NPA guerrilla fronts in Negros, the remnants are still trying to survive and fight the government.

Samson said they are relentlessly putting pressure on the NPA remnants to push them to return to the fold of the law.

"We are making their lives miserable in the mountains to make them realize that fighting the government with arms is futile and useless," he said.

Samson said they do not want to see mo...