rebels attack in Bicol region
Military forces have suffered another attack as suspected communist insurgents shot to death two soldiers at a remote village in the southernmost province in Luzon.
It was gathered from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which quoted a police report, that the incident happened on Saturday at about 2 p.m. in Barangay (Village) Cabiguan, Pilar in Sorsogon province, Bicol region.
Based on an initial report reaching the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bicol said the slain victims were Staff Sergeants, both members of the Philippine Army operating in Sorsogon.
Police Senior Insp. Maria Luisa Calubaquib said it could not be ascertained if the incident was an ambush or an encounter carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) rebels.
Saturday's attack occurred a day after a soldier was killed while another was wounded when suspected communist rebels harassed an Army headquarters in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte Friday.
Philstar reported the rebels belonging to the Guerrilla Front Committee 4A, swooped down on the headquarters of the 23rd Infantry Battalion in Purok 9, Barangay Rizal at around 6 a.m.
Also Friday, the NPA rebels killed two soldiers in an ambush in Barangay Calapagan in Lupon town, Davao Oriental at around 6:45 in the morning.
The two soldiers were onboard a motorcycle heading toward the said village when they were shot by communist rebels, according to military report.
The communist rebels' series of attacks on government forces happened despite peace overtures made by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte made overtures toward the Communist Party of the Philippines -- of which the NPA is the armed wing -- and its political front, the National Democratic Front, following his victory in May 9 election.
Preliminary talks between the NDF and the incoming Philippines administration have been scheduled in Oslo, Norway for next week, and incoming peace process advisers Jesus Dureza left the archipelago for Europe on Friday.
Since March 1969, the NPA has been waging one of Asia's longest running insurgencies in the country, which -- according to the military -- has claimed more than 3,000 lives over the past eight years.
The military estimates that the number of NPA members has dropped from a peak of 26,000 in the 1980s to less than 4,000. MGP News
Military forces have suffered another attack as suspected communist insurgents shot to death two soldiers at a remote village in the southernmost province in Luzon.
It was gathered from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which quoted a police report, that the incident happened on Saturday at about 2 p.m. in Barangay (Village) Cabiguan, Pilar in Sorsogon province, Bicol region.
Based on an initial report reaching the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bicol said the slain victims were Staff Sergeants, both members of the Philippine Army operating in Sorsogon.
Police Senior Insp. Maria Luisa Calubaquib said it could not be ascertained if the incident was an ambush or an encounter carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) rebels.
Saturday's attack occurred a day after a soldier was killed while another was wounded when suspected communist rebels harassed an Army headquarters in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte Friday.
Philstar reported the rebels belonging to the Guerrilla Front Committee 4A, swooped down on the headquarters of the 23rd Infantry Battalion in Purok 9, Barangay Rizal at around 6 a.m.
Also Friday, the NPA rebels killed two soldiers in an ambush in Barangay Calapagan in Lupon town, Davao Oriental at around 6:45 in the morning.
The two soldiers were onboard a motorcycle heading toward the said village when they were shot by communist rebels, according to military report.
The communist rebels' series of attacks on government forces happened despite peace overtures made by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte made overtures toward the Communist Party of the Philippines -- of which the NPA is the armed wing -- and its political front, the National Democratic Front, following his victory in May 9 election.
Preliminary talks between the NDF and the incoming Philippines administration have been scheduled in Oslo, Norway for next week, and incoming peace process advisers Jesus Dureza left the archipelago for Europe on Friday.
Since March 1969, the NPA has been waging one of Asia's longest running insurgencies in the country, which -- according to the military -- has claimed more than 3,000 lives over the past eight years.
The military estimates that the number of NPA members has dropped from a peak of 26,000 in the 1980s to less than 4,000. MGP News
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