BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Army soldiers seized a New People’s Army camp after another encounter ensued yesterday in Sitio Bulasot, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Lt. Col. Van Donald Almonte, 94th Infantry Battalion commander, disclosed that pursuit operations focused on the fleeing rebels that were encountered on Wednesday by his troops in the same area led to another gun battle.
Almonte said that the encounter yesterday led to the recovery of another M16 assault rifle and two .45 caliber pistols.
The Wednesday gun battle in the same area resulted in the death of an unidentified rebel and the seizure of a rebel camp, recovery of an M16 rifle with four magazines containing ammunition, M14 magazine also with ammunition, three backpacks with personal belongings and assorted subversive documents.
Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, lauded the civilians for their timely information and the relentless and sustained efforts displayed by the 94IB that thwarted rebel terroristic acts in the area.
The rebel encountered by 94IB troopers are believed to be remnants of the Central Negros Front 2, according to the military.*
