By DPAO, 8ID PA
June 21, 2013
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan City – On 21 June
2013, at 5:50 in the morning, the 87th Infantry Battalion under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel Cerilo Balaoro encountered around 10 New People’s Army under
Section Committee, Southern Samar 1, Samar Provincial Party Committee in
Barangay Bugho, Pinabacdao, Samar.
Acting upon an information given by a concerned
citizen living in Barangay Bugho about NPA presence in the vicinity of their
barangay, Captain Tuguinay Agoy, the Commanding Officer of Alpha Company, 87th
Infantry Battalion formed a combat platoon to verify the information. When
Captain Agoy and his troops arrived in the area where the NPAs were reported to
be harbouring, they were fired upon and an encounter ensued for about 15
minutes until the NPAs withdrew.
The encounter resulted to the recovery of the
following enemy materiel: one (1) M16 Armalite Rifle, one (1) M653 Baby
Armalite Rifle as well as three (3) loaded magazines of AK 47 Rifle with 100
extra live ammunition, seven (7) empty magazines for M16 Rifle and NPA
documents. No casualty was reported to have incurred by both sides.
Major General Gerardo T. Layug, Commander of 8th
Infantry Division, Philippine Army in his message said, “I congratulate the
troops who conducted the successful combat operation and for risking their
lives in doing their mandate to protect the people from the NPAs. I assure the
people that we will continue in clearing the interior barangays in the region
from NPA influence so that LGUs can implement their programs and be able to
provide basic services for the people.”
“The chief executives of Leyte, Southern Leyte,
Biliran and Eastern Samar already declared
their respective provinces as manageable conflict affected areas and ready for
development and are now focusing on economic programs that will alleviate their
people from poverty. On the same token, the local chief executives of the
provinces of Samar and Northern Samar are
currently working with other peace stakeholders for their provinces to be
declared as manageable conflict affected areas and ready for development so
that they can also focus on development programs they have crafted for their
people. On our part, we assure the chief executives of these provinces that we
will provide security for their programs for to be implemented without
interruption,” Major General Layug added."
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