Military Says--Rebels get another blow

From the Visayan Daily Star (Nov 6): Military Says--Rebels get another blow

The arrest of an alleged finance officer of the Komiteng Rehiyal-Negros and the death of a rebel amazon suspected to be the logistics and medical officer of the NPA South West Front were described by the military as another blow to the leadership of the revolutionary movement in Negros island. Sarah Alvarez, alias Ka Olsen, was apprehended Oct. 30 by a combined team of police and military personnel, by virtue of arrest warrants for murder and robbery-in-band, in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. On the same day, Julia Tabat, with the aliases of Ka Gab/Alex, an alleged logistics and medical officer of the NPA South West Front, died in an encounter with soldiers of the 47th Infantry Battalion in Candoni town.... Alvarez, who dismissed the criminal complaints filed against her as trumped-up charges, was denied bail by Cadiz Regional Trial Court Judge Renato Munez for the murder charges.... Alvarez, who remained locked up at the Cadiz police jail, however, said that because of the frustration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to cripple the NPA revolutionary movement in Negros, ordinary civilians are now being targeted by the military....

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