CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Four women allegedly belonging to the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested on Saturday by the military and the police in Rizal, Nueva Ecija, the Army’s 7th Infantry Division reported on Sunday. The Armed Forces of the Philippines recently drew flak from educators and civil rights groups for claiming that school activities in several universities — including screening films that were critical of the Martial Law years under the Marcos dictatorship — were radicalizing students. The women have been turned over to the Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. Soldiers reported that they seized a 9mm sub-machine gun, ammunition, four hand grenades, improvised explosive devices, a laptop, 10 mobile telephone phones, and a printer from the rebels. /eeRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 14, 2018 08:26 UTC