Army, PNP Keep Quezon Secured

From the Manila Bulletin (Dec 23): Army, PNP Keep Quezon Secured

Joint military and police forces vowed yesterday to keep the province of Quezon secured for the Yuletide holidays after foiling plans of the New People’s Army (NPA) to wage attacks during the holiday truce declared by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Colonel Generoso Bolina, Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) spokesman, reported the capture of five suspected NPA guerrillas, including a team leader, at a checkpoint in San Francisco town in Quezon province yesterday. Bolina identified those intercepted at the Tayuman Patrol Base checkpoint as Dennis Quidor, with aliases “Anghel” and “Jabar,” team leader of the Special Operation Group Team (SOG Team) of Sangay Sa Platoon Amlay; a 17-year-old identified as “Joshua;” one Eliseo Lopez; an Alex Herez; and a certain Ariel Bordane.

The SOLCOM reported that a police team led by Police Officer 3 Noel Palmiano and soldiers led by one 1Lt. Maghanoy of the 74th Infantry Battalion first encountered the suspects on December 21 at around 11 p.m. Bolina said the five were on board a two motorcycles when they ran through a checkpoint in Mulanay town after allegedly conducting surveillance of their target sites – the municipal halls of Mulanay, San Francisco, and San Narciso.
 Military intelligence reports added that the NPA groups planning the attacks are the combined forces from the Southern Tagalog and Bicol Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army (CPP/NPA). Bolina said the suspected rebels yielded an improvised explosive device; one caliber .22 pistol; a hand grenade; magazines with bullets for an M-16 and .45-caliber firearm; seven blasting caps; four cellular phones; and documents containing intelligence information.
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