The New People’s Army (NPA)-Ro­selyn Jean Pel­le Com­mand ambushed intelligence agent Be­ne­dicto Omble­ro last September 4 in Negros Occidental. Two .45 caliber pistols and ammunition were seized from him. Omble­ro was an ele­men­t of the Mi­li­tary Intel­li­gence Bat­ta­li­on under the command of the 3rd ID, and a member of the anti-communist group ANAD.

Meanwhile, the NPA-Surigao del Norte also punished intelligence agent PSSgt. Restie Dandan on August 18.

Omblero and Dandan were involved in the illegal arrests of peasants, various cases of harassment against residents, extortion and other anti-social activities in villages.

In Davao City, five soldiers of the 27th IB were killed in an NPA ambush at Sitio Lubas, Paquibato District on August 26.