CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Armed men suspected to be New People’s Army rebels burned a backhoe and a payloader owned by a private company that is constructing a portion of the road linking Capas in Tarlac to Botolan in Zambales on Saturday (June 23) in a remote mountain village in Botolan town, according to the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
The torching of the equipment took place in Sitio Oraan in Barangay Cabatuan, allegedly in a rebel-infested area, said Lt. Col. Isagano Nato, Nolcom publbin pickingic information chief.
The Army’s Mechanized Infantry Battalion had been deployed to pursue the armed group.

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