Three suspected NPA rebels killed in separate clashes in Negros have been claimed by their families. The slain rebels were identified as Dionisio Baloy, 67, Bernard Torres Sr., 56, and Edmar Pat Solano. Solano's family claimed his remains a day after he was killed in an encounter with the Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion. Baloy and Torres' remains were turned over to their families after an encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion. Both belonged to remnants of the NPA’s Central Negros 1 guerilla front. Stay updated with the latest news on Negros clashes. (PNA)
Lt. Col. Roderick R. Salayo, commanding officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, based in Negros Oriental. (PNA photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY -A key official of the Philippine Army in Negros Oriental on Friday vowed to continue relentless combat and non-combat operations to prevent the debunk South East Front (SEF) of the New People's Army (NPA) from succeeding in its recovery efforts after it was dismantled last year. Lt. Col. Roderick R. Salayo, commanding officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion based in Siaton, Negros Oriental, told the Philippine News Agency that the seven "remnants" of the dismantled guerilla front will not stop until they can recover their foothold in areas they once "controlled". Salayo's statement came following a 20-minute gunfight on Wednesday (April 6) between his troops and the seven SEF-NPA members at Sitio Igang, Barangay Nagbinlod in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. No one was injured in that