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CLASH SITE. Troops of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion engage CPP-NPA rebels in Barangay Amin, Isabela, Negros Occidental early Wednesday (March 9, 2022) after receiving information about their presence in the village. Killed in the clash were Virgilio Marco "Bedam" Tamban, commanding officer of SYP Platoon Lenovo, tagged by the military as a "notorious hitman", and an unidentified comrade.(Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - A Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) leader and his comrade were killed in an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Amin, Isabela, Negros Occidental early Wednesday morning. The 62IB identified one of the fatalities as Virgilio Marco "Bedam" Tamban, commanding officer of Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda (SYP) Platoon Lenovo, tagged by the military as a "notorious hitman", while the othe