4 rebels killed, 2 yield

From the Visayan Daily Star (Jun 14): 4 rebels killed, 2 yield

Four New People's Army rebels died, while two others surrendered to the 79 th Infantry Battalion in a series of encounters last month in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental, the military said.

The death of the four rebels was confirmed by Engrid Gayo, “alias Ka Joy”, 19, and Bobby Kiskis, “alias Ka Andot”, 18, who surrendered June 7 to the 79 th Infantry Battalion, said Maj. Rey Tiongson, 3rd Infantry Division spokesman.

Military records show that 79IB troopers figured in a series of encounters with the South East Front of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros members on May 6, 11, 13 and 14 in barangays Nagbalaye, Milagrosa and San Pedro, all in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental.

Lt. Col. Marion Sison, 79IB commander, said Gayo and Kiskis surrendered because they could no longer take the sufferings and pressures they were experiencing and the fear of getting killed, citing the death of their four comrades.

Sison said the two returnees also disclosed that many of their comrades are now lying low after the encounters with Army soldiers.

Five other members of the rebel Yunit Militia surrendered to the 79IB before the encounters in Santa Catalina, military records also show.

Sison said Gayo and Kiskis were tasked to organize and recruit the youth in the hinterlands of Santa Catalina, and became full-time NPA members eight months before the encounters last month.

He added that the NPA rebels in southeast Negros are continuously on the run because of the sustained military and social pressure.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/June/14/negor2.htm