Soldier hurt, four rebels nabbed in clash
BACOLOD City – A member of the Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) was injured while four suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested after an armed clash at Sitio Cunalum, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental Thursday. According to Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of 3rd Infantry

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

By Glazyl Y. Masculino
BACOLOD City – A member of the Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) was injured while four suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested after an armed clash at Sitio Cunalum, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental Thursday.
According to Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of 3rd Infantry Division, the encounter happened while eight military troopers were verifying information about the alleged presence of armed persons in the area.
Government forces engaged in a firefight against about five suspected NPAs past 1 am.
The firefight lasted for about five minutes. A soldier suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, Pancito said.
Pancito said the clash also resulted in the arrest of four individuals believed to be members of the NPA’s Yunit Militia.
Based on a report from Police Regional Office (PRO)-6, the arrested suspects were Francisco Verde Jr., 37; Jovel Pacheco, 41; Gene Boy Verde, 32; and Ronald Pacheco, 22, of the said village.
Authorities recovered from them a .22-caliber rifle with a magazine and nine live cartridges, an improvised shotgun with six live ammunitions, a .357-caliber revolver loaded with four live cartridges and two fired cartridges, a .38-caliber revolver loaded with three live cartridges, a live M79 grenade, and 23 live cartridges of 5.56 mm ammunition.
Pancito said the arrested suspects are now in the custody of Himamaylan City Police Station.
Article Information
Comments (0)
LEAVE A REPLY
No comments yet
Be the first to share your thoughts!
Related Articles

PROCEDURAL LAPSES, UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS: Iloilo City gov’t scores win as Supreme Court dismisses RPT petition
ILOILO CITY — The Supreme Court (SC) en banc has dismissed the petition for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus filed by private parties questioning Iloilo City’s real property tax (RPT) adjustments through Tax Ordinance 2023-226, citing multiple procedural and substantive grounds. Iloilo City Legal Officer Atty. Joseph Edward Areño, who confirmed in an interview that the


