Intensified security operations of units under Eastern
Mindanao Command resulted in four encounters against New People's Army rebels
and the capture of an NPA vice commander last Feb. 12.
Major Ezra Balagtey, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson,
in a statement Saturday, said troops from 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion and Lianga
Police Station apprehended two NPAs in a checkpoint operations at Samilia
Detachment, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao
Del Sur.
The duo, identified as Robert Laurente Rivas, Jr., alias
"Opos," a rebel vice commander operating in the area and Jojean
Alameda, were on their way to lay landmines when intercepted by government
troops.
Recovered from their possession were an anti-personnel
improvised explosive device (IED); a .38 caliber revolver; a blasting cap; 27
meters firing wire for IED; a cellphone (My Phone) with simpack; two battery
packs for cellphone; and cash money amounting to Php 520.
In another incident, a 10-minute skirmish took place between
Special Forces troopers and NPA fighters in Barangay Capitan Angel, Malaybalay City
Still in Bukidnon, another firefight took place at 2 p.m.
when troops from 8th Infantry Battalion were fired upon by NPA bandits while
responding to the information about armed men coercing Barangay folks in
Barangay Pagan in the town of Kitaotao
In Dominga, Calinan District, Davao City Bukidnon-Davao Highway
In Sarangani
Province
No casualties was reported among the government troops and
from the NPAs during these skirmishes.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=735707
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