Camp Lukban, Catbalogan, Samar – The encounter between Army’s 8th Infantry Division troopers and the armed members of the terrorist New People’s Army (NPA) in the hinterlands of San Jose de Buan municipality in Samar at around 1:00 p.m. last September 18, 2010, lead to the discovery and seizure of an NPA main camp located at about 500 meters from the earlier reported encounter site.
Report reaching this headquarters from Col. Oscar P Lopez, Commanding Officer of 803rd Infantry Brigade in the area, disclosed that the operating troops were able seize the said camp after the terrorists hastily left the area. The said camp has 43 bunkers with two classrooms that could accommodate large number of NPA personalities. Also, the operating troops recovered two generator sets, a water pump and tank, dream cable set, two ICOM handheld radios, three hand grenades, Universal Serial Bus (USBs) for computers, one sack of rice, a cache of assorted caliber ammunitions and subversive documents that contains important information.
Major General Mario Chan, Commander of the 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division, Philippine Army lauded his troops for a job well done and for exerting every effort and dedicating their lives in the accomplishment of the said task. He stressed that the 8ID troops shall continue to perform its mandate of protecting the people.
Meanwhile, Major General Arturo Ortiz, the Commanding General of the Philippine Army and Lieutenant General Ralph Villanueva of the Central Command, AFP had conveyed to the troops their deep satisfaction on their efforts of addressing the threat groups in the area of Region 8. ###
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