Top NPA leader in Negros slain in clashes with PH Army

BACOLOD CITY — The alleged highest-ranking leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Negros was among two rebels killed in encounters with government troops in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Army said on Sunday, Feb. 1. Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, identified the fatality as