Top NPA leader, 3 others slain in Agusan del Sur clash

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — A high-ranking communist rebel leader and three other guerrillas were killed in an armed clash with government troops in Barangay Bakingking, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, the military reported Saturday. The 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division identified one of the four slain Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) as Julia Cagadas, alias “Rheda,”