NEW CORELLA, Davao del Norte –- Two soldiers
were abducted by members of the New People’s Army on December 2 and stole a
privately-owned truck in Barangay San Roque of this town.
In a statement sent Wednesday by 1Lt. Vergel Lacambra, 10th
ID Division Public Affairs Office chief, two soldiers from the 60th Infantry
Battalion under the 10th Infantry Division namely Pfc Mark Alvin Ricarte and
Cpl Benjamin Samano were held at gunpoint by the NPA rebels at around 4:00 a.
m. Tuesday.
He added that around 15 members of NPA were posing as
workers of the banana plantation as they entered the premise and simultaneously
seized the detailed security personnel.
Lacambra also confirmed that the rebels then commandeered
the company’s elf truck with plate number PKB 360 which they used to escape
towards the direction of Barangay Napungas, Asuncion Davao del Norte tagging
along the two abducted troops.
He said that the abducted soldiers were securing an airstrip
at the said area which has been under constant threat of sabotage and extortion
by the rebels.
The 60th IB troops are now in hot pursuit of the rebels and
checkpoints were established in coordination with nearby Philippine National
Police (PNP) stations.
Meanwhile, a total of 216 rebels, who were mostly indigenous
people of Ata Manobo origins, surrendered to the 60th Infantry Battalion in
Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong during the Serbisyo Caravan of the Association of
Regional Executives of National Agencies in Region XI (ARENA XI) on Sunday.
The Balik-Loob Ceremony was witnessed by 10th Infantry
Division commanding officer Major General Eduardo Año, Davao del Norte Governor
Rodolfo del Rosario and Kapalong Mayor Edgardo Timbol.
Major General Año encouraged the indigenous people to
continue supporting the army to end the insurgency problem in Barangay Gupitan.
“To our Lumad brothers, continue your support to us to, once
and for all, end our problem with the CPP-NPA in this area,” Año stressed.
Año assured the people that the military will serve 24 hours
a day to ensure peace in the area as well as in the whole province.
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