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==NPA landmine misses Army troops in Sorsogo== | |||
*Source: http://208.184.76.175/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=724794 | |||
*Wednesday, September 07, 2011 04:32 PM | |||
:by PhilSTAR.com | |||
MANILA, Philippines - An Army Battalion commander and 10 of his men escaped unhurt a landmine explosion that suspected communist rebels planted this morning along a road in the in Irosin town in Sorsogon. | |||
Army Col. Epimaco Makalisang, commander of the 49th Infantry Battalion based in Sorsogon, together with his team on board a KM450 military truck were on their way back to their headquarters when the landmine planted on a road linking barangays Magdagunson and Buenavista exploded at about 8:30 a.m. | |||
Superintendent Wilson Asueta, Bicol regional police spokesperson, said a landmine exploded while Makalisang's group were negotiating a road in the named barangays on their way back to their camp in Sorsogon City from an Army company detachment in Irosin. | |||
Asueta quoting reports said the landmine, which failed to hit its target, exploded hastily a few meters from where the military truck was approaching. | |||
The report said Makalisang and his men visited an Army camp in Irosin and awarded medals and citations to a number of soldiers there. | |||
Army patrols have been dispatch in the area to track down New People’s Army (NPA) rebels behind the landmine attack. | |||
==OPAPP orients Sorsogon PPOC members on the revised Philippine Reintegration Program== | ==OPAPP orients Sorsogon PPOC members on the revised Philippine Reintegration Program== | ||
*Source: http://pia-sorsogon.blogspot.com/2011/09/opapp-orients-sorsogon-ppoc-members-on.html | *Source: http://pia-sorsogon.blogspot.com/2011/09/opapp-orients-sorsogon-ppoc-members-on.html | ||
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The purpose of the orientation is also to organize the local reintegration team. (PIA-SORSOGON) | The purpose of the orientation is also to organize the local reintegration team. (PIA-SORSOGON) | ||
==Sorsogon Peace Council briefed on revised Philippine Reintegration Program'== | ==Sorsogon Peace Council briefed on revised Philippine Reintegration Program'== | ||