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GENERAL TINIO, Nueva Ecija: A female member of the New People’s
Army was captured while three high-powered firearms and a hand-held
radio were recovered following a firefight that lasted for 20
minutes between a large group of suspected rebels and the combined
police and military forces in Barangay Nazareth on Monday afternoon.
Several other rebels, estimated at 40 members
with five females, were believed to have been wounded after the
troops reportedly scampered for safety after the firefight in Sitio
Kabilogan, Barangay Nazareth at about 3:30 pm, according to Senior
Supt. Napoleon Taas, Nueva Ecija police director.
The confiscated firearms and subversive
documents, meanwhile, were presented to Lt. Gen. Victor Ibrado,
newly installed commanding general of the Philippine Army, by Maj.
Gen. Ralph Villanueva, commander of the Army’s 7th Infantry
Division.
Taas said the success of the operation was a
result of the memorandum of agreement earlier signed by the
“Mamang Pulis” and the “Mamang Sundalo” of Nueva Ecija which
was aimed at strengthening internal security operation.
-- Armand M. Galang
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