CASUALTY. Medics of the 97th Infantry Battalion provide first aid to Antonia Morato, a New People's Army rebel who was captured with two others following a clash in Zamboanga del Norte amid the onslaught of Typhoon Odette on Friday (Dec. 17, 2021). Morato and another wounded rebel, Villamor Galleon, were brought to the Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center. (Photo courtesy of 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Government troops captured three New People's Army (NPA) rebels, two of them wounded, following a clash Friday amid the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in Zamboanga del Norte. The three rebels were captured following a 10-minute firefight in Barangay Nazareth, Sergio Osmena Sr. town, Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos, 97th Infantry Battalion commander, said in a phone interview on Saturday. Coderos identified them as Antonia Morato, 57, a medic; Villamor Galleon, 64; and Rosalinda Saberon, 53, members of Guerilla Front Big Beautiful Country of the NPA's Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee.