Soldier injured in NPA clash gets cash aid

From the Manila Times (Aug 11, 2023): Soldier injured in NPA clash gets cash aid (By Eugene Y. Adiong)

BACOLOD CITY: The policeman wounded in a firefight with suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, has received cash assistance.

Cpt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesman for the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, said Cpl. Dennis Nasis of the Calatrava Police Station received a P90,000 cash assistance from both NOCPPO and Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) for his surgery and medication.

Nasis, who was transferred to a hospital in Bacolod City, underwent surgery on Thursday morning after sustaining gunshot wounds on his abdomen and shoulder.

Catalogo said Nasis is in stable condition.

Calatrava deputy police chief Cpt. Jesus Alba has already been discharged from the hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to the leg.

The family of the lone fatality, Cpl. Jayme Nuñez, has also received an initial cash assistance of P30,000 from PRO-6 and Catalogo said they are already processing additional aid for the slain policeman's next of kin.

Nuñez is also expected to receive a posthumous award for his actions in the gunbattle.

Catalogo said there was a third police officer wounded in the clash, Cpl. Frank Caballero.

Caballero only discovered that he was wounded in the fight after going home and his mother finding bullet graze wounds all over his back, he added.

Catalogo said Caballero's wounds were not serious.

He clarified that Wednesday's gunbattle at Sitio Upper Ikugan in Calatrava town's Barangay Minapasuk "was an encounter, not an ambush."

He said the policemen were dispatched to the area not just to respond to an incident that took place prior to the clash, but also to serve the arrest warrants of two local NPA leaders.

Catalogo identified the two alleged NPA leaders as Darry Dayawan and Charity Amacan, both of whom were accused of being involved in the murder of a barangay kagawad (village councilor) and barangay captain (village captain) in the town.

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