From the Sun Star-Davao (Dec 19): Duterte to NPA: Free soldiers before Christmas
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that he wants the two soldiers abducted by the New People's Army (NPA) to be freed before Christmas.
"I am telling the NPAs now that I would like the soldiers to be with their families on Christmas Day. It would not be clearer than that," Duterte said in a media interview at the sidelines of the clubhouse blessing of Matina Enclaves and groundbreaking of the first building of its Enclaves Residences first condominium building Thursday afternoon.
Last December 2, two Army soldiers were abducted by the NPA after an attack on a banana plantation at Barangay San Roque in New Corella town, Davao del Norte.
The captured soldiers were identified as Corporal Benjamin Enot Samano, 37, and Private First Class Alvin Ricarte, 23. Both are members of the 60th Infantry Battalion.
Philippine Army's 10th Infantry Division spokesperson First Lieutenant Vergel Lacambra earlier said that the soldiers were abducted after 15 communist rebels, who posed as workers, attacked the said plantation in San Roque.
Lacambra also said the rebels then escaped towards Barangay Napungas in Asuncion town.
The 60IB troops had launched a pursuit operation and conducted checkpoints in coordination with the Davao del Norte Provincial Police Office (DNPPO) for the arrest of the rebels behind the incident.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2014/12/19/duterte-npa-free-soldiers-christmas-382821
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