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AFP detachment in Bukidnon raided, burned
Nineteen (19) high-powered firearms were seized and two elements of the Citizens' Armed Forces Geographical Unit were killed in a raid by the New People's Army on a detachment in Bukidnon. The raid was conducted on a detachment of the 5th Special Forces Battalion in Barangay Kagalangan, San Fernando on February 12. Confiscated were an M60, nine M14s, six Garands and three M16s. Also seized were a .38 and a .357. Before conducting the raid, the guerrillas cut off the detachment's electricity and communication lines to prevent the enemy from calling in reinforcements. They burned the detachment before retreating.
Telephone company punished in North Cotabato
New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas torched a telephone company relay station in Makilala, North Cotabato on February 4. Punitive action was taken against Smart Communications Inc., a maker of cellular phones, for its refusal to abide by the taxation laws and regulations of the revolutionary movement and the people's democratic republic.
3 soldiers killed in Tarlac
Three soldiers died in an encounter between Red fighters and soldiers of the 69th IB in Tarlac. The firefight occurred in Barangay Cut-cut, Tarlac City on January 6. The site of the gunbattle is a village within the 6,000-hectare Hacienda Luisita owned by the family of former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
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