AFP claims 23 provinces liberated from NPA influence By Mario J. Mallari 12/30/2011

AFP claims 23 provinces liberated from NPA influence

By Mario J. Mallari 12/30/2011
Twenty-three provinces nationwide were liberated from the influence of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) during the first year of implementation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) anti-insurgency internal peace and security plan (IPSP) “Bayanihan.”

At a press briefing, AFP spokesman Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos Jr. said that development is next to the 23 provinces freed by the government from the influence of the NPA in 2011.

The provinces freed were Apayao, Ifugao, Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Biliran, Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, South Cotabato, La Union, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Cavite, Marinduque, Romblon, Guimaras, Siquijor and Northern and Southern Leyte..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111230nat5.html