Myrna Sularte, known as 'Maria Malaya,' served as the secretary of the NPA-Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee and a member of the political bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines
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The military confirmed the death of Myrna Sularte, who used the nom de guerre “Maria Malaya,” during an encounter in an outlying village in Butuan. , erstwhile NPA leader and highest-ranking National Democratic Front official in Mindanao, who was killed in a neighboring Northern Mindanao region a few years back.
Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Garello, 4th ID spokesperson, said Sularte was the secretary of the NPA-Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee and a member of the political bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines .
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