Military vows to ‘wipe out’ NPAs in W. Visayas in 2014:
CAMP PERALTA, Capiz- The military in Western Visayas is aiming to wipe out communist guerrillas in the region in the next two years.
In a security forum here, Lieutenant Colonel Audie Mongao, deputy chief for operations of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said they are working to reduce a significant strength of the New People's Army by yearend, and handing over a part of Negros province to the local government by end of 2013, and making Panay Island insurgency-free by 2014.
The military also has yet to clear Siquijor, Iloilo, Capiz and Antique of insurgency.
Aklan and Guimaras were earlier declared free from communist rebels.
Meanwhile, Antique is seen to be insurgency-...
Keep on reading: Military vows to ‘wipe out’ NPAs in W. Visayas in 2014
CAMP PERALTA, Capiz- The military in Western Visayas is aiming to wipe out communist guerrillas in the region in the next two years.
In a security forum here, Lieutenant Colonel Audie Mongao, deputy chief for operations of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said they are working to reduce a significant strength of the New People's Army by yearend, and handing over a part of Negros province to the local government by end of 2013, and making Panay Island insurgency-free by 2014.
The military also has yet to clear Siquijor, Iloilo, Capiz and Antique of insurgency.
Aklan and Guimaras were earlier declared free from communist rebels.
Meanwhile, Antique is seen to be insurgency-...
Keep on reading: Military vows to ‘wipe out’ NPAs in W. Visayas in 2014
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