Monday, September 20, 2004 (Philippines)

Private First Class Rene Montemayor explains to media how he escaped from the clutches of the NPA in an encounter last Aug. 5 as 4th Infantry Division Chief Samuel Bagasin listens. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Joey Nacalaban) THE military on Wednesday condemned the New People's Army (NPA) for killing one officer and one enlisted man whom they captured in an encounter at Sitio Manawang, Barangay Guinabsan, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte last Aug. 5. 4th Infantry Division chief, Maj. Gen. Samuel Bagasin, strongly condemned the NPA for killing Lt. Jovie Aleria and Private First Class Sivee Berdon who became captives in an encounter. [full story]

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