Reds strike again in CamSur town

From the Journal Online (Nov 12): Reds strike again in CamSur town

CARAMOAN, Camarines Sur -- Fear gripped anew this tourist haven when heavily-armed New People’s Army rebels struck again on Wednesday morning in Bgy. Cagnipa in nearby Guijalo port where NPA rebels earlier attacked the headquarters of the Philippine Coast Guard.

Reports said the NPA rebels attacked at 9:30 a.m. when Army troopers belonging to the Bravo Company, Army’s 42nd Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Division chanced upon heavily-armed rebels, reportedly led by a certain “Ka Jun”, who was reportedly armed with  an Uzi machine pistol.
   
Army sources reported no casualty on the troops during the exchange of gunfire while the rebels were reported by coastal residents to have fled by motorboats to Bgy. Bitaogan, Presentacion town.
   
On Tuesday night, Caramoan police head Chief Insp. Joselito Bermas supervised police checkpoints until the wee hours of the morning in the town proper amid rumors that the rebels would attacked  the Municipal Police station.
   
Earlier, over 20 armed communist rebels seized an M16 rifle, a base-radio, two hand-held radios and the 201 file (personnel records) of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Seaman First Class Juan Miguel Ravago was unable to resist the rebels who stormed the PCG Station at the Guijalo Port at 10:25 a.m. on Tuesday.
   
According to local authorities, the local police were able to secure Guijalo Port Wednesday noon amid reports that the rebels fielded an ambush team along Bgy. Guijalo Road.
   
Sources at the municipal government here said regular trips for sea-craft bound for neighboring coastal localities were cancelled at Guijalo Port on Tuesday.
   
Similarly, classes in elementary and high schools in Guijalo were suspended Tuesday.
   
Bermas said intel reports showed the communist rebels wanted to  to reinstall influence over formerly controlled guerrilla zones.
   
Reportedly, the rebels wanted to collect taxes from contractors of the  the “Ro-Ro” port in Bgy. Guijalo for Caramoan-Catanduanes seacraft which is part of a tourist convergence project in the locality, he added.

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