SEIZED WAR MATERIEL. Two improvised explosive devices, a high-powered firearm, and ammunition seized by troopers of the 30th Infantry Battalion after a 30-minute skirmish with communist New People's Army rebels Tuesday (June 14, 2022) in San Francisco municipality, Surigao del Norte province. The encounter broke out after villagers reported the presence of the NPA rebels in the area. (Photo courtesy of 30IB) BUTUAN CITY - Government forces have recovered war materiel following a clash with New People's Army guerrillas in the Surigao del Norte town of San Francisco, the military said Wednesday. The Army's 30th Infantry Battalion (IB) said government troops responded to a civilian report on the presence of an undetermined number of NPA rebels harassing the residents of remote Sitio Tigbao, Barangay Balite, Tuesday. "As our troops were approaching Sitio Tigbao, the rebels opened fire that resulted in a 30-minute gunfight," the 30IB said in a statement Wednesday. Inte