Published April 5, 2021, 5:23 PM
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) will legally seek justice against New People’s Army (NPA) members behind the ambush that killed two personnel of the 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday.
Col. Leonardo Peña, 302nd IBde commander, condemned the incident which they called a “barbaric act” perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA in their desperation to hamper the peace and progress brought by the presence of their soldiers in the communities through various activities of their Community Support Program (CSP) operators in the area.
SunStar Army condemns killing of 2 soldiers by NPAs in Cauayan ambush
CAUAYAN. The remains of two soldiers, Corporal Alaster Balboa and Sergeant Jhoerom Megeuillo, who were killed in an ambush staged by suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People s Army in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-yao in Cauayan town, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday afternoon. (15th IB photo)
+ April 04, 2021 CALLING it a barbaric act, the Army has condemned in the strongest possible term the ambush staged by suspected members of Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) in Barangay Yao-yao in Cauayan town, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday afternoon, April 3, 2021, which resulted in the death of its two comrades.