2 soldiers killed, NPA claims
BY GILBERT BAYORAN & JUDY F. PARTLOW

The New People’s Army claims that two soldiers were killed in Sitio Danao, Brgy. Apoloy, Siaton, Negros Oriental, on June 28, but the Army has denied having any casualties.

Two members of the 32nd Division Reconnaissance Company of the 3rd Infantry Division were killed in an encounter with a squad-size rebel unit in Sitio Danao, Estrella Banagbanag, spokesperson of the Rachelle Mae Palang Command of the New People’s Army Southeast Negros Front, yesterday claimed in a statement.

The dead soldiers were airlifted by an Air Force helicopter from the encounter site, it added.

Priest calls for support to
eliminate child labor
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Msgr. Merlin Logronio of the Diocese of Dumaguete, who heads the St. Ma. Goretti Development Education Foundation Inc., appealed yesterday for public support on efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in Negros Oriental and other places.

Logronio issued his call during his 64th birthday that coincided with the feast day of St. Ma. Goretti and the 14th year anniversary of the Goretti Foundation based in Bacong, Negros Oriental.

He said that since 2005, the Foundation has implemented several projects towards the elimination of the worst forms of child labor in towns and cities that have high percentage of child labor.

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