NEW LIFE. Former CPP-NPA fighter Robert Carillo Anceno shares how soldiers and policemen saved his life after he was wounded during a clash in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9, 2022. As of Tuesday (April 19, 2022) he has fully recovered from his injuries after he was treated in a hospital and received at least four bags of blood from the troops.(Screengrab from 62nd Infantry Battalion video) BACOLOD CITY - A former fighter of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) has thanked the soldiers and policemen who saved his life after he was wounded during a clash in Isabela, Negros Occidental last month. Robert Carillo Anceno, 23, aka "Kits", has fully recovered from his injuries after he was treated in a hospital and received at least four bags of blood from the troops. "After what happened to me, I'm really thankful to the army and the police. Even though I fought them, they still saved my life and helped me seek a new path," Ance
WOUNDED REBEL. CPP-NPA rebel Robert Carillo Anceno, 23, is being treated at a hospital as of Wednesday (March 23, 2022) after he surrendered to government troops following a clash in Barangay Amin, Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9. Army soldiers have donated at least four bags of blood to save his life. (Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - Troops of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) have donated blood to a Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (NPA) rebel who was wounded during their encounter in Isabela, Negros Occidental last March 9. As of Wednesday, Robert Carillo Anceno, 23, is still confined in a hospital, where he was brought by soldiers and personnel of Isabela Municipal Police Station after he surrendered following the clash in Barangay Amin. Lt. Col. William Pesase, commander of 62IB, said their unit would continue to provide aid to Anceno while recovering from his injuries. "We will exte