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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''Army troops recover firearms in Sorsogon'''
'''Band of Mercy, Sorsogon gov’t to conduct mission for children with cleft palate'''
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/85657/army-troops-recover-firearms-in-sorsogon
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=62352
*5:06 am | Monday, October 31st, 2011
*Thursday, November 03, 2011
:by Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon and Juan Escandor Jr. and Rey Nasol,  Inquirer Southern Luzon
:by Irma A. Guhit




 
SORSOGON CITY, NOVEMBER 4 (PIA) -- A two-day medical mission will be conducted here from November 4-5 by the Philippine Band of Mercy (PBM) and the provincial government of Sorsogon at the Fernando S. Duran Sr. Memorial Hospital (FSDMH) to operate on children ages 10 months to 15 years old with cleft palate. Last January 29-30, 2011, the PBM in partnership with the provincial government of Sorsogon had conducted an operation to 40 patients with cleft palate deformities at the same hospital. According to Mr. Fernando Hugo, FSDMH OIC hospital administrator said there are still patients who have not been operated on and suggested continuing the on the above dates. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the PBM and the province of Sorsogon has been signed by PBM president and trustee, Jesus Perez Cardenas and governor Raul R. Lee. The MOU spells out the role of both parties especially in providing treatment and rehabilitation to the qualified indigent with complete medical services. The PBM is a non-stock non-profit organization under the Republic of the Philippines established in 1937 and serves as a foundation for children that conducts surgical and provide curative medicine and supplies to children with cleft palate deformities. (PIA-SORSOGON)
Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and Army troops clashed early morning Sunday in the remote village of Tinampo in Bulan, Sorsogon, according to Col. Felix Castro, commander of the Army’s 903rd Infantry Brigade based in Castilla town in Sorsogon.
The Army was tipped off about the presence of some 10 NPA rebels in that village, who were in the area to allegedly extort from villagers, Castro told the Inquirer.
He said he ordered Lt. Col. Epimaco Macalisang of the 49th Infantry Battalion, the unit covering the second district of Sorsogon where the encounter happened, to dispatch a team to pursue the NPA rebels.
He said a seven-man team led by Lt. Jerry Colago caught up with the NPA rebels at about
7 a.m. Sunday, and a 10-minute firefight ensued and the rebels fled.
Castro said the Army troops recovered one M16 rifle, Garand rifle, caliber 45 pistol and an improvised detonating device left behind by the fleeing rebels.
He said no one was hurt on the side of the Army but suspected there were injured rebels based on the bloodstains found in the clash site.
He said a hot pursuit operation was being conducted even as he assured residents that they could have a safe and peaceful All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in the area.
In Cagayan province, four suspected NPA rebels were killed in a gunbattle with the government soldiers at 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 27 in Sitio Barang in Barangay San Miguel in Baggao town, said Col. Loreto Magundayao, battalion chief of the 5th Infantry Division’s (ID) civil-military operations.
Magundayao said an Army platoon from the 5th ID reconnaissance team encountered 10 armed men, who were believed to be part of the NPA’s Danilo Ben Command operating in the area. He said the 30-minute gunbattle left no government casualties. Recovered from the encounter site were two M-16 Armalite rifles and a shotgun.


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