PAGADIAN CITY – Muslim extremists allied with the Islamic State killed two Filipino soldiers in an ambush in the southern province of Lanao del Sur, a top army official said on Thursday.
Showing posts with label 1st Infantry Division. Show all posts
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Monday, September 5, 2022
2 soldiers wounded in shooting inside camp
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police said two army soldiers were rushed to hospital following a shooting incident inside the camp of the 97th Infantry Battalion in Zamboanga del Norte’s Piñan town.
Monday, February 7, 2022
Another senior army official drowns while scuba diving
PAGADIAN CITY – The deputy commander of the Philippine Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade drowned while scuba diving off Misamis Oriental’s Initao town, reports said.
Monday, February 18, 2019
Troops kill insurgent in new fighting in South
PAGADIAN CITY – A communist insurgent was killed in a firefight Monday with government troops in the southern Filipino province of Misamis Occidental, officials said.
Capt. Clint Antipala, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, said the fighting erupted in the village of San Pedro in Aloran town after patrolling soldiers caught up with a band of New People’s Army rebels.
A military photo released to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner show the recovered AK-47 assault rifle following a firefight between troops and NPA rebels in Misamis Occidental's Aloran town on Monday, February 18, 2019 that left one gunman dead.
He said villagers secretly provided information to the military on the presence of rebels in the area. The gunmen were reportedly recruiting in the village. Antipala, quoting a report by Lt. Col. John Andrada, commander of the 10th Infantry Battalion, said soldiers also recovered one AK-47 assault rifle in the site where the fighting took place.
“The encounter was the result of the information received by our troops from a concerned civilian who reported the presence of the armed group in their community while we are conducting community security operations,” Andrada said in his report to Brig. Gen. Roberto Ancan, the division commander.
“The troops scoured the scene of encounter and recovered one AK-47 rifle, three magazines and subversive documents with high intelligence value. Blood stains were seen along the withdrawal routes of the enemies believed to be those of wounded NPA members,” Andrada added.
Ancan has renewed his calls to rebel forces to surrender peacefully and avail of the government’s amnesty program.
“Listen to the call of the people, lay down your arms, return to the fold of the law and avail the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program. It is very tragic that he had taken arms against the people of Misamis Occidental when only through peace can development and social justice be achieved,” he said, referring to the slain rebel.
The NPA has been fighting for many decades now in an effort to overthrow the democratic government and put up a Maoist state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Soldier injured in Misamis clash
PAGADIAN CITY – A government soldier was wounded in a clash Tuesday with communist rebels in the southern Philippine province of Misamis Occidental, an army spokesman said.
Capt. Clint Antipala, of the 1st Infantry Division, said members of the 14th Division Reconnaissance Company clashed with New People’s Army rebels in the town of Jimenez. The soldiers were pursuing a group of rebels who engaged the 10th Infantry Battalion on Monday in Panaon town when it ran into the band of insurgents and a firefight ensued.
“One soldier was wounded in the fighting while an undetermined number of NPA are either killed or injured,” Antipala said, adding, troops recovered two AK-47 assault rifles, one M16 automatic rifle with grenade launcher and a rifle grenade, including improvised explosives and blasting caps and munitions.
Military photos released to the regional newspaper show recovered items from the New People's Army rebels in Misamis Occidental province following a clash Nov. 6, 2018.
Major General Roseller Murillo, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, said the armed encounter could have been prevented only if the NPA rebels surrendered peacefully and take advantage of the government’s amnesty program called “Enhance Comprehensive Local Integration Program” for them to go back to the mainstream society.
There was no immediate statement from the rebel group which has been fighting for a separate Maoist state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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