GOVERNMENT troops killed eight suspected communist guerrillas in a jungle clash, foiling a plan by the insurgents to attack a military outpost to mark the anniversary of their decades-long rebellion, military officials said.
Army troops battled the New People’s Army guerrillas on and off for half a day in a mountainous area near Miagao town in Iloilo province and later retrieved eight bodies of rebels, four assault rifles, antipersonnel mines and rebel documents, regional army commander Maj Gen Benedict Arevalo said, adding there were no army casualties.