The military claimed to have made headway in its operation
against the communist rebels in Eastern Mindanao
during the first quarter of 2015 despite heightened atrocities.
Colonel Romeo Brawner, spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao
Command, said residents in the countryside are able to cooperate freely in the
government’s peace and development outreach program as they see local
government units dealing directly to them by facilitating the solutions to the
issues besetting the communities by responding with the corresponding tangible
projects.
He said the success in the first quarter is attributed to
the police, local government units, line government agencies, stakeholders and
the soldiers.
“The Philippine government is winning in the campaign in the
Eastern Mindanao Command, an effort initiated both by the Armed Forces and the
local government units, in the program 'whole of nation' approach,” Brawner
said.
He said the insurgency took a toll on the lives of Filipinos
on both sides.
Brawner said during the first quarter of 2015, a total of 17
rebels were killed in various encounters with the soldiers, 36 surrenderees
with nine bringing along their weapons while 27 yielded their firearms.
He said seven rebels were also captured in the series of
security operations.
Brawner said a total of 57 firearms were also recovered in
the same duration.
“We also took cognizance of the information given by the
residents. More people are reporting to us about the rebel presence, that is
why we are able to successfully hit them because of the reports reaching the
authorities from the residents,” he said.
Brawner said that on the government side, a total of 19
soldiers were killed and 78 were wounded, attributed to the use of landmines
during the first quarter of 2015.
He said one policeman was killed and 11 other cops were
wounded in the same period.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=747845
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