A trooper of the 20th Infantry Battalion, wounded during the
course of election duty in Northern Samar , was
awarded the Wounded Personnel Medal (WPM) last Monday.
This was revealed by 8th Infantry Division spokesperson
Capt. Ian Andres Fabellon in a statement Thursday.
He identified the wounded soldier as Pfc. Michael P. Cagata.
The latter was formally awarded the WPM by 8th Infantry
Division commander Major Gen. Jet B. Velarmino at the Camp
Lukban Station
Hospital , Catbalogan, Samar .
Cagata was wounded after he and his companions, who were on
election-duty, were ambushed by an estimated 30 New People's Army (NPA) rebels
at the Cory Aquino Highway Northern Samar last
week.
The entire military was deputized by the Commission on
Elections along with the Philippine National Police to ensure the safe and
orderly conduct of the May 9 elections.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=886792
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