COMMUNIST rebels attacked a Japanese-managed banana plantation in Compostela Valley Thursday, setting fire to heavy equipment worth P5 million before fleeing with six firearms, the military said.
Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division said about 25 New People’s Army rebels disguised as soldiers surprised security guards at the Sumifru Corp. compound in Laak town in Compostela Valley.
He said they burned two trucks and the company’s radio communications room and fled with two shotguns, four .38-caliber revolvers taken from the security guards, and an electric generator. No one was hurt.
Sumifru is a joint venture between Philippine partners and Japan-based Sumitomo Corp.
The rebels earlier this month burned millions of dollars worth of equipment at three mining companies, also partly owned by Sumitomo, in Claver, Surigao del Norte.
Paniza said the latest attack was tied up with the NPA’s collection of the so-called revolutionary tax.
“It’s simply extortion by the NPA terrorists,” Paniza said. Florante S. Solmerin, with AP, Manila Standard Today
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Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
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5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
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Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
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Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
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First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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