MALAYBALAY CLASH Soldiers check the remains of rebel leader Romeo Manpinsahan, commander of the NPA North Central Mindanao Regional Committee, after a clash at Barangay Silae in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on June 21. —PHOTO COURTESY OF ARMY’S 8TH INFANTRY BATTALION
MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Two key leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC) were killed in separate clashes with government troops in Bukidnon, “further weakening” the forces of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the area, the military said.
Brig. Gen. Seigfred Tubalado, commander of the 403rd Infantry Brigade, identified the fatalities as Edward Pantandon, alias “Wando” and Romeo Manpinsahan, alias “Kakoy” and “Yuman,” who were killed on June 20 and 21, respectively.
The first encounter between troops from the 1st Special Forces Battalion and NPA rebels erupted around 11 p.m. on June 20 in Sitio Tagiptip, Barangay Iba, Cabanglasan town.
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