Rebs ambush 2 gov’t workers

From the Leyte Samar Express (Dec 5): Rebs ambush 2 gov’t workers

Members of the New People’s Army ambushed two government workers in a remote village of San Jose de Buan, Samar last Monday morning. And one of them, identified as Harvey John Abelido was wounded on his left chin, Captain Gene Orense, chief of the public affairs office of the 8th Infantry Division based in Catbalogan City, said in a text message. The companion of Abelido, Renato Dacaymat, was unhurt during the ambush incident in Barangay Babaclayon, eight kms away from the town proper of San Jose de Buan, considered one of the towns in Samar where presence of NPA rebels remain visible.

Orense said that the two government workers were on their way to the barangay proper of Babaclayon last Monday at around 10:55 am on board a single motorcycle. While the two victims were at sitio Manobo, part of Babaclayon, around 15 NPA members fired upon them, resulting to the injury of Abelido at his left chin. He was brought to a medical facility at the town poblacion for treatment. Dacaymat was unhurt. The two victims were workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s KALAHI-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service),a program of the government which aims to improve the poor living conditions of the people in the countryside.

In a press statement, Major General Gerardo Layug, commander general of the 8th ID, condemned the act of the rebels, involving the civilian workers. “It is unfortunate that the NPA is targeting civilians doing community development works which is a clear disregard to Human Rights and violation of International Human Rights and Rule of Law” Layug said.

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