Reports from Correspondents:
Company punished, cops ambushed in Agusan del Norte

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The NPA burned heavy equipment owned by Concepcion Basic Builders, Inc. (CBBI) in Barangays De Oro and Tagabaca in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on March 20. It was a punitive measure against the owner who was guilty of offenses against the people and the revolutionary movement. The burned equipment included a payloader and a bulldozer in De Oro and three backhoes, a grader and two rollers in Tagabaca. CBBI is owned by Engr. Arturo Ong-o, a contractor in charge of constructing irrigation canals in Butuan City for the Cotabato-Agusan River Basin Development Project.

According to correspondence reports from Northeast Mindanao, the masses were gladdened by the punitive action against Ong-o due to his forcible excavation of canals without giving due compensation to peasants whose farms were damaged. He has also been forcibly ejecting farmers whose lands are covered by the project. The company was likewise punished for its refusal to abide by the revolutionary movement�s policies on taxation. The masses played a big role in providing important information that helped in the successful implementation of the punitive action and the NPA�s safe retreat.

The day after the incident, a team from the PNP Regional Mobile Group was sent to pursue the NPA. Three policemen were wounded when the jeep they were riding was ambushed by Red fighters as it traversed the highway along Barangay De Oro.

April 2002
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