Pangilinan personally awarded the medals to Capt. Leo Carlo
B. Mayo and Capt. Edmundo DC Bañaga during a simple program simultaneous with
the division flag raising ceremonies.
Mayo and Banaga volunteered to come down to Mindanao from AFP medical center in Metro Manila to help
save lives of infantry men wounded in clashes with outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
At least 30 soldiers under the 6th ID operational control
were injured with shrapnel during the month-long offensive against the BIFF
fighters who disrupt construction of a flood control project in Datu Salibo,
Maguindanao on February 5.
At least five soldiers were separately killed in the
skirmishes while the BIFF suffered more than 50 fatalities based on information
from the civilians and village officials of Datu Salibo.
Both Army doctors provided augmentation medical personnel to
health providers of Camp
Siongco Hospital
Pangilinan lauded Captains Mayo and Banaga for the precious
services they rendered for the injured foot soldiers.
Normalcy has been restored in Datu Salibo, particularly in
three villages where fierce fighting erupted in February.
Displaced families, already extended aid by the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Humanitarian Emergency Action and Response
Team (HEART), have returned home.
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