Communist rebels torch firm’s heavy equipment

THREE government militias were wounded in a firefight that ensued after New People’s Army (NPA) rebels burned down a heavy equipment unit owned by Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines (Picop) in the Surigao del Sur town of Lingig Thursday, an army spokesman said.

Responding to a report that NPA rebels were sighted at Picop's equipment depot in Barangay Pamaypayan,Bislig City, a squad of Special Cafgu Active Auxiliary (SCAA) was sent to the area and caught about 40 rebels burning the pulp firm's bulldozer, said Major Samuel Sagun, public affairs officer of the Army's 4th Infantry Division. Sun Star.