BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Four soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division were awarded with wounded personnel medals at their hospital beds in Camp dela Cruz in Upi, Gamu, Isabela. On July 4, soldiers from the 50th Infantry Battalion fought with around 20 communist guerillas in a village in Pasil, Kalinga. Several hours before the firefight, another armed encounter occurred in Pinukpuk town, also in Kalinga where a Cal. Atal hailed the extraordinary courage the four soldiers and their unit showed in the skirmishes with the NPA. Soldiers are still pursuing the rebels in the remote hinterlands of Pinukpuk and Pasil, Atal said.

Source: Philippine Star July 10, 2017 07:07 UTC