MATERIALS recovered in Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental following a clash between the NPA and the 62nd IB that resulted in the death of three communist guerrillas Tuesday, July 26. (Photo courtesy of the 3rd ID)
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GUNS AND AMMO. The firearms, ammunition, and other items recovered by government troops following an encounter with New People's Army rebels in the hinterlands of Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City in Negros Oriental on Tuesday (July 27, 2022). Three NPA rebels were killed in the clash, including two females. (Photo courtesy of 62IB, Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - Relatives of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels who were killed in a clash with troops of the Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday claimed their bodies after positive identification. A family member claimed the bodies of Cristina Jacolbe alias Chave, 40, finance officer, and Everly Kee Jacolbe alias Kaye, 18, a member of the Central Negros 1 of the Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor (KR-NCBS), from the funeral parlor where they were brought after extraction from the encounter site. Meanwhile, former rebels (FR) sai