NPA commander killed in Ifugao clash

GAMU, Isabela: The popularly known rebel commander Libre or Layden in the military intelligence was among those killed on Sunday’s firefight between the New People’s Army (NPA) and government troops in a remote village of Ifugao province, Army reports said.

The Army’s public affairs office of the Fifth Infantry Division (5th ID) here has confirmed the death of Eleseo “Artos” Talastas, commander of more or less 20 communist rebels, in a firefight in Barangay Butac, Aguinaldo town at around 5:30 a.m.