Teodoro maintains 19 killed in Toboso encounter combatants

BACOLOD CITY — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Saturday, March 23, that he is “100 percent sure” of the legitimacy of the Army’s conduct during its series of armed encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Toboso and Cauayan towns, Negros Occidental. “There is a lot of misinformation coming out and I’m here to correct that,” he said. The clash between NPA rebels and the Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion in Toboso on April 19 resulted in 19 deaths, while the 15th Infantry Battalion’s encounters with the communist rebels in Cauayan on May 16 left five red fighters […]... Keep on reading: Teodoro maintains 19 killed in Toboso encounter combatants

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