TWO members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were killed on Tuesday following an encounter with government troops in Albay province.

Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, chief, Public Affairs Office, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said the encounter between Army soldiers and more or less six NPAs took place at around 6:45 a.m. in Barangay Badbad in Oas town.

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