Vice President Leni Robredo said no amount of killings and fighting can end insurgency if the roots of the problem are not treated. Read more:
Robredo made the statement following last week’s military operation against members of the New People’s Army in Miag-ao town in Iloilo, which left at least nine rebels dead.
Ceralvo was allegedly the 2nd Deputy Secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay Southern Front and commanding officer of the Front Operational Command Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay. Government troops backed by artillery fire launched the operation against the rebels who were allegedly planning to launch attacks. Philippine Air Force planes also dropped bombs at the a rebel camp in the hinterland village.A firefight erupted for several hours with government troops aided by artillery fire.Government troops recovered three M-16 rifles, an AK-47 rifle, four antipersonnel landmines, three detonators, a projector, and rebel documents.
Capt. Kim Lapitong of the public affairs office of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division appealed to communist rebels in the country to surrender and return to the folds of the law.
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