RECOVERED. Army troopers recover bomb-making materials, documents, and other materials following a 15-minute firefight in the Surigao del Sur town of Lanuza on Friday. (Contributed photo)
TAGO, Surigao del Sur – Government troops seized bomb-making materials, food supplies, and documents with high intelligence value following a 15-minute firefight with communist rebels in Lanuza town, Surigao del Sur, on Friday.
A statement by the Army's 36th Infantry Battalion on Saturday said the encounter in a hinterland area in Lanuza occurred after the troops received information from locals about the presence of New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the area.
The rebels withdrew to different directions after the gunbattle, leaving backpacks, medical supplies, cellphones, anti-personnel mine switch, electrical wires, and other documents, said 1Lt. Jonald Romorosa, 36IB civil-military operations officer.
Romorosa said the troops also found batteries used for anti-personnel mine, food supplies, and personal belongings.
Lt. Colonel Xerxes Trinidad, 36IB commander, said the operation was a result of the residents' commitment to end the communist insurgency in their area.
"The support of the community to the government and the Philippine Army is a manifestation that they want to live in peace and harmony," the Army official said.
"We will protect the peace-loving people of Surigao del Sur for them to feel the peace and security that they are longing for. To the remaining CTG (communist terrorist group), lay down your arms and return to the folds of the law. Avail the ECLIP of the government, and live together with your family," Trinidad said.
The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1079862
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