FALLEN REBEL. New People's Army (NPA) rebel leader Arnold Ornales lays dead on the ground after a clash with government troopers on the outskirts of Barobo, Surigao del Sur on Thursday (July 21, 2022). Ornales belonged to the remnants of the NPA's dismantled Guerrilla Front 14. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army's 67th Infantry Battalion) DAVAO CITY - Another ranking leader of the communist New People's Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops in the Surigao del Sur town of Barobo, the military here said Friday. Maj. Gen. Nolasco Mempin, commander of the Army's 10th Infantry Division, said Thursday's 20-minute gun battle with government troops in Barangay Guinahalinan, Barobo, resulted in the death of Arnold Ornales, a leader of the remnants of the NPA's dismantled Guerilla Front 14. Mempin condoled with the family of Ornales as he called on other NPA rebels to surrender and return to their respective families while they still can. &q