The Philippine military has launched a probe into a possible “tactical blunder” made by a junior officer who led his men into a deadly ambush that left 11 soldiers dead and seven others wounded in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. “We’re investigating if there’s tactical blunder,” said Lt. General Roland Detabali, chief of the Southern Luzon Command… Read More Military probes possible ‘tactical blunder’ in Mansalay ambush
By DateLine Philippines BACOLOD CITY–Six suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and an Army junior officer died Saturday in an hour-long gun battle in Sitio Aluyan, Brgy. Caduhaan, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Colonel Maximo Caro, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the military retrieved the bodies of the six NPA suspects, two of which were women.… Read More 6 NPA rebels, Army officer killed in Negros encounter
By Anthony Vargas DateLine Philippines MANILA–The country is now ready to shift to the final phase of ending the 42-year-old communist insurgency, according to the government’s top defense official. Defense secretary and National Security adviser Norberto Gonzales made this pronouncement during his visit Friday to the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) in Camp Aquino, Tarlac City.… Read More Gov’t in position to finish CPP-NPA, says defense chief
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