PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: Inspite of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front (NDF), communist insurgents in northern Palawan shot dead two members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 12 (MBLT-12) on Wednesday morning.

Senior Supt. Gabriel Lopez, Palawan police provincial director, said the Marines were gunned down at about 8:15 a.m. by two suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) near Magara Elementary School in Barangay Magara, Roxas town.

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