Relentless military operations against New People’s Army rebels on Negros Island and in Cagayan on Thursday led to encounters that left five ranking members of the communist movement dead.
CASUALTIES. The bodies of suspected New People's Army fighters found in Maguilling, Piat town after an armed encounter between rebels and government soldiers in the boundary of Piat and Sto. Nino, Cagayan on Maundy Thursday (April 15, 2022). Soldiers and police processed the clash site and recovered items left by the fleeing rebels.(Photo from Philippine National Police-Cagayan) TUGUEGARAO CITY - Three suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an armed encounter with government soldiers in the boundary of Piat and Sto. Nino, Cagayan on Maundy Thursday. Cagayan Police spokesperson, Capt. Isabelita Gano, said Friday the gun battle erupted at about 10:30 p.m. in Virginia, Sto. Nino town but the remains of the rebels were found in Maguilling, Piat town. The slain suspected rebels were identified as Saturnino Lao Agunoy alias Peping, head of the Regional Organizing Department; Mark Canta alias Uno, of the Giyang Pampulitika/Kilusang Larangang Gerilya (GPKLG) West, Komp
PIAT, Cagayan Three high-value members of Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) who were leaders of the Komiteng Probinsya (KOMPROB) Cagayan and Komiteng Rehiyon-Cagayan Valley (KR-CV) were killed during a brief firefight with troops belonging to 17th Infantry Battalion on a Maundy Thursday in Barangay