Tampilisan Mayor Norabeth Carloto files a complaint against the militiamen for allegedly serving as security escorts for a candidate in the village of Tilubog
ILIGAN CITY A couple belonging to the communist terrorist group (CTG) surrendered to the Military's 97th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Piñan, Zamboanga Del Norte on Tuesday, July 5.
Photo courtesy of WesMinCom Col. Nolasco Coderos, Jr., Commanding Officer of the 97IB, identified t
CASUALTY. Medics of the 97th Infantry Battalion provide first aid to Antonia Morato, a New People's Army rebel who was captured with two others following a clash in Zamboanga del Norte amid the onslaught of Typhoon Odette on Friday (Dec. 17, 2021). Morato and another wounded rebel, Villamor Galleon, were brought to the Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center. (Photo courtesy of 97IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Government troops captured three New People's Army (NPA) rebels, two of them wounded, following a clash Friday amid the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in Zamboanga del Norte. The three rebels were captured following a 10-minute firefight in Barangay Nazareth, Sergio Osmena Sr. town, Lt. Col. Nolasco Coderos, 97th Infantry Battalion commander, said in a phone interview on Saturday. Coderos identified them as Antonia Morato, 57, a medic; Villamor Galleon, 64; and Rosalinda Saberon, 53, members of Guerilla Front Big Beautiful Country of the NPA's Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee.