Military declares Zamboanga Peninsula ‘NPA-free’

KUTA SANG-AN, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR – The Army on Friday declared the entire Zamboanga Peninsula region as freed of the presence of communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels. This followed the surrender last week of three guerrillas who were described by Maj. Gen. Gabriel Viray III, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, as the