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EVACUATION. Displaced residents stay in modular tents at the covered court of Barangay Oringao in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental following armed clashes between government troops and communist rebels. As of Sunday (Feb. 5, 2023),822 individuals from283 families are staying in the evacuation site. (Courtesy of Kabankalan City-DRRMO) BACOLOD CITY - Hundreds have fled their homes amid the ongoing armed clashes between troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) and New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the remote village of Oringao in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Data released by Mayor Benjie Miranda showed that as of 6 p.m. on Sunday,822 individuals from 283 families, are staying in the village covered court. "Another encounter transpired between troops of 94IB and more or less 15 members of the NPA on Feb. 5," the battalion reported at past 10 a.m. on Sunday. The initial encounter took place on Saturday. The report added the soldiers engaged the