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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BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cristina Jacolbe (left) and Everly Kee Jacolbe, the mother and daughter rebel amazons killed in a gun battle at Canlaon City, Negros
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
ENCOUNTER SITE. Three New People's Army rebels are killed in an encounter with 62 Infantry Battalion soldiers in Sitio Natuling, Barangay Budlasan in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday (July 26, 2022). Two of the slain fighters were women and were among a group of more or less 10 armed men who engaged the troops in a 10-minute firefight, military officials said. (Photo courtesy of 62IB, Philippine Army) DUMAGUETE CITY - Three fighters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) were killed Tuesday during an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army's 62nd Infantry Battalion in the hinterlands of Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City in Negros Oriental. The slain rebels were identified as Cristina Jacolbe alias Chave, 40, finance officer of CN1; Ernie Jacolbe alias Frezy, 42, vice commanding officer of Section Guerilla Unit, CN1; and Everly Kee Jacolbe alias Kaye, 18, a member of CN1. Government soldiers clashed with their group of more or less 1