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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''NPA Rebels torch down passenger bus in Albay - Vox Bikol'''
'''Magnitude 5.5 quake rocks Bicol'''
*Source: http://cebusandman.typepad.com/philippines_travel_news/2012/01/npa-rebels-torch-down-passenger-bus-in-albay-vox-bikol.html
*Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/magnitude-5-5-quake-rocks-bicol/#.TyVEMMX9nJc
*January 28, 2012 at 4:45 AM
* Jan 29th, 2012
:by  cebusandman.typepad.com
:by  ELLALYN B. DE VERA




FORT BONIFACIO, Taguig City (Jan 27, 2012) – A Silver Star bus which originated from Bulan town Sorsogon and heading towards Manila was torched down by suspected NPA rebels In Barangay Cagbacong, Legaspi City last night (January 26) at around 07:30 pm.
A moderately strong earthquake measuring 5.5-magnitude on the Richter scale jolted parts of Bicol Region yesterday morning.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the suspects posing as passengers, boarded the bus at a stopover terminal in Sorsogon City.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the 5.5-magnitude earthquake at 8:17 a.m. Saturday that originated 62 kilometers southeast of Virac, Catanduanes.
Upon reaching the area between Cumadcad and Sogoy villages in Castilla town, the armed men drew their pistols and introduced themselves as NPA rebels.
Phivolcs science research specialist Linda Amin said the earthquake was caused by movements along the Philippine Trench.
At the junction in Barangay Sogoy, Castilla town they commandeered the bus towards Barangay Cagbacong, an interior barangay of Legaspi City where three more rebels with long firearms were waiting.
Intensity 3 was recorded in Virac, Baras and Viga in Catanduanes; Intensity 2 in Sorsogon City; and Intensity 1 in Legaspi City and Irosin in Sorsogon.
The passengers were forcibly herded out of the bus before the rebels poured gasoline on the bus and razed it to the ground.
Phivolcs said there was no reported loss of lives or damage to property due to the earthquake.
The passengers fled the scene towards the national hi-way and reported the incident to the police in Barangay Cumadcad.
However, it noted that aftershocks are likely to occur.
“Extortion is the primary motive in this burning incident. The people have denounced this atrocity wherein the NPA rebels have terrorized not just the business owners but also the innocent passengers,” said Col Felix Castro Jr., 903rd Brigade Commander based in Sorsogon.
Amin said earthquakes are normal occurrences in the country, noting that Phivolcs records 20 weak and strong tremors on the average everyday.
Castro added that coordination has been made with the PNP to track the rebels.


==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
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