Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro- The Armed Forces of the Philippines specifically the Philippine Navy-Marines Battalion Landing Team 3, under the Western Command, the lead unit, in cooperation with the PNP units in Palawan, recovered war materials from a hide-out of Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) in Sitio Karatong, Brgy. Tinitian, Roxas of the said province on January 19, 2022 about 1:35 P.M.

The discovery was a result of intensified intelligence fusion by the mentioned operating units, in collaboration with their intelligence assets.

Recovered from the area were improvised hand and rifle grenades, Claymore and anti-personnel mines, different types of ammunition, magazines, and other war materials.

This is not the first time that the PNP and the military units in Palawan were able to confiscate or recover war materials and subversive documents from the CTGs. Based on the previous encounters in the said island, similar materials had also been sequestered.

“This only depicts clearly that our troops in Palawan have been gaining far in their battle against CTG members following series of surrenders and deaths of their top leaders in the island”, Police Brigadier General SIDNEY SULTAN HERNIA, Regional Director of Police Regional Office MIMAROPA, stressed.

“Once again, I truly commend our troops in their successful and decisive launch of combat operations against the government enemies, in support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and I direct our maneuver companies in the area to sustain their momentum in their fight until the last CTG member is vanquished”, he added. – RPIO MIMAROPA