THE NEW PEOPLE’S Army (NPA)-Wes­tern Sa­mar twice harassed ele­men­ts of the 63rd IB on June 16 in Ba­ra­ngay Bay-ang, San Jor­ge, Sa­mar. Two soldiers were killed-in-action. Three elements of the 87th IB were also killed in a harassment operation in Ba­ra­ngay Sto. Niño, Pa­ra­nas on June 27.

Meanwhile, the NPA meted a punitive action against Sonny Mo­re­no, a member of the Mi­li­tary Intel­li­gence Bat­ta­li­on (MIB), in Pob­lacion, San Jo­se de Buan last July 7. He actively participated in surrender campaigns against civilians. Moreno was also a notrious rabid counter-revolutionary mercenary of former mayor Ana­ni­as Re­ba­to. The NPA punished Rebato on October 2018.