Cops probe kidnap try on
high school student
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A 14-year-old student of the Tampi National High School in Barangay Tandayag, Amlan, Negros Oriental, yesterday said several persons on board a white van attempted to kidnap her while she was walking home at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Insp. Nathaniel Rubia, chief of police of San Jose, the nearest town to Tandayag, said the third year high school student also told them that she saw another young person inside the van.

She said she ran and that two persons followed her on foot but failed to catch up with her..

Soldiers recover explosives,
NPA items at encounter site
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

Soldiers of the 11 th Infantry Battalion recovered guns and explosives after an encounter with suspected New People's Army rebels in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, Tuesday.

Lt. Col. Willy Isaac, 11 th Infantry Battalion commander, said Army soldiers were conducting security patrol, when residents informed them about the presence of armed rebels in a creek in Sitio Cansuhi, Brgy. Tacpao, Guihulngan City.

Isaac said that when they approached the place, the soldiers were fired at by about 15 rebels, and this led to about three minutes of running gun-battle.

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