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==[[Quirino News]]==
==[[Quirino News]]==
'''2 suspected NPAs killed in Quirino clash '''
'''Quirino to experience power interruption tomorrow- NGCP'''
*Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/247014/news/regions/2-suspected-npas-killed-in-quirino-clash?ref=latest
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451328586621
*February 6, 2012 5:11pm
*Tuesday 7th of February 2012
:by  RSJ, GMA News
:by  Thelma C. Bicarme




Two suspected communist rebels were killed following with government security forces in Quirino province in northern Philippines, a regional military spokesman said Monday.  
CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has announced that there will be a temporary shutdown of the  Quirino Electric Cooperative, one of the grid’s distribution utilities, on February 8, 2012 from 8:00 o’clock in the morning to 6:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
 
North Luzon Corporate Communication officer Lilibeth P. Gaydowen said the scheduled shutdown is for the NGCP’s annual preventive maintenance and testing of transformers and the associated equipment at Santiago substation.
 
Gaydowen said normal operations will immediately resume after work completion as she advised  NGCP customers and the general public to take the necessary preparations and precautions for this scheduled interruption.


Citing field reports, Maj. Enrico Gil Ileto of the Army's 7th Infantry Division, said the clash erupted at 9:18 a.m. when patrolling troops from the 48th Infantry Battalion chanced upon an undetermined number of suspected New People's Army rebels at Sitio Sibbagan in Barangay Landingan in Nagtipunan town.
Meanwhile Quirelco General Manager Fidel Pascua said that all the municipalities of the province will be affected by the scheduled power interruption. “If NGCP will be able to finish its work early, normal operations will resume even before 6 PM,” Pascua assured. (TCB/PIA-2 Quirino)
 
The operating troops also recovered two M16 rifles, an M14 rifle, an M79 grenade launcher and documents the military described as having "high intelligence value."
 
No casualties were reported on the government side.
 
"They have been on the run for several days now. They are the same group which we hit last year and suffered the same losses," Ileto said, quoting Col. Felicito Trinidad, commanding officer of the Army's 702nd Brigade.
 
The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. The outlawed group will be observing its 43rd founding anniversary on March 29.
 
Peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines have remained stalled since August 2004.


==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==
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