STOLEN FIREARMS. Some of the firearms found by military and police forces after an encounter with the CPP-NPA rebels in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on July 6, 2022. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office confirmed on Thursday (July 14) two of the recovered firearms were seized by the communist rebels in separate attacks on policemen in Negros Island in 2008 and 2010. (Images courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Two of the firearms recovered by government troops from the four Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels who died during a clash in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental last July 6 were stolen from personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP). According to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), these guns were taken by the communist rebels in separate attacks on policemen in Negros Island in 2008 and 2010. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, acting spokesperson of NOCPPO, said on Thurs
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Binalbagan Police Station in Negros Occidental remains on high alert status in anticipation of possible retaliation from the New