From the Sun Star-Bacolod (May 5, 2023): Clash forces some Kabankalan residents to flee (By TERESA D. ELLERA)
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KABANKALAN City Mayor Benjie Miranda confirmed Thursday, May 4, that the city government extended assistance to some residents affected by an encounter between the New People's Army and government troopers on Wednesday, May 3.
Miranda said he dispatched some vehicles to transport some residents back to their respective houses.
He said about 150 residents of Barangay Hilamonan evacuated Wednesday after a thirty minute encounter between the suspected rebels and troopers belonging to the 94th Infantry Battalion.
He said a civilian was reportedly wounded in the crossfire.
Some 65 residents stayed at the covered court in the city proper, 68 at a chapel, and 15 individuals at another evacuation center. The residents are from Sitio Cotcot, Paloypoy, Tapian, and Cabangahan.
Miranda said the affected residents were given food packs by the city government, while the Regional Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development also extended some augmentation assistance.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1960435/bacolod/local-news/clash-forces-some-kabankalan-residents-to-flee
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