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Volume IX, No. 152
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CAGAYAN de Oro City-Police arrested two suspected “Sparrow” members By Divina M. Suson of the New Peoples Army Correspondent after a shootout in Valencia City, Bukidnon on Thursday. ILIGAN City--The Valencia City police chief Criminal Investigation Supt. Surki Sereñes said the and Detection Group two suspects identified as (CIDG) will help in Frederic Tagurda alias “Rekthe pursuit operation rek” and Pedeng Matikinon against an inmate who alias “Santo”, were wounded was able to escape from after the shootout in Purok the hands of jailguards on 12, Barangay Tongan-TonWednesday (November gan in that city Thursday 13) from Bacolod, Lanao afternoon. del Norte. Sereñes said the suspects The Lanao del Norte who were alleged members Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar S. Moreno shakes hands with Gwangyang Mayor Jeong Hyunbok after signing the See HUNT, page 11 Memorandum of Agreement for Substantial Exchanges between the two cities last November 6. Contributed photo of the NPA “Thunder” group of the NPA guerilla front 6, were brought to a hospital for treatment. “The attending physician later advised us to take the suspects because they only sustained minor wounds,” Sereñes said. Sereñes said the police operation started after a concerned citizen called them that there were four communist rebels on two motorcycles in Purok 12, Barangay Tongan-Tongan. He said together with By MIKE BAÑOS, Editor at large Army soldiers, the police went to Purok 12 but was met by gunfire from the AGAYAN de Oro City--Both public suspect. and private sectors are optimistic Sereñes said the two the recent signing of a sisterhood wounded suspects ran to a nearby rice mill but the two agreement between Cagayan de Oro and others managed to escape. Gwangyang City, South Korea bodes “The police officers and well for both parties. soldiers assaulted the rice mill resulting to the arrest Cagayan de Oro May- encompass many areas of of the two suspects,” Sereor Oscar S. Moreno and common interests (such as ñes said. Gwangyang City Mayor tourism, culture and eduHe said they seized two Jeong Hyunbok signed a cational exchanges, trade) caliber .45 pistol with 13 Memorandum of Agreement but these also manifest a bullets; a fragmentation for Substantial Exchanges city’s respectability in the grenade; four pieces of between Cagayan de Oro domestic and international blasting caps; subversive City and Gwangyang, Korea fronts,” Moreno said. “To documents; a Honda XRM last November 6, 2019 at a me, the more important motorcycle. (Froilan Gallocal hotel. angle is not what lardo / MindaNews) See CHEER, page 11 “Sisterhood relations
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