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+ Follow Landmines Tag
Landmines
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                    [ArticleID] => 2212009
                    [Title] => Landmines recovered in Northern Samar
                    [Summary] => Government troopers recovered 38 anti-personnel landmines left behind by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Sag-od in Las Navas, Northern Samar on Thursday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-09-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804848
                    [AuthorName] => Miriam Desacada
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1907043
                    [Title] => 52 kilos of landmines seized in Compostela Valley
                    [Summary] => Several landmines weighing 52 kilos were seized in Compostela Valley on Monday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804754
                    [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/04/04/map-compostela-valley_2019-04-04_17-37-05_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1873096
                    [Title] => 3 soldiers slain in Agusan del Norte landmine attack
                    [Summary] => Three soldiers of the 29th Infantry Battalion were killed in an ambush and a landmine attack by suspected New People’s Army rebels in Agusan del Norte on Thursday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-12-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804769
                    [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1529947
                    [Title] => Rebel atrocities
                    [Summary] => 

The recent ambush staged by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members against 14th Infantry Battalion, 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army troops in a mountainous part of Catbalogan City, Samar on the evening of  November 27 displayed a barbaric act that needs to be condemned unceasingly.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-06 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1514893 [Title] => Weapons of destruction [Summary] =>

The use of landmines is prohibited in international agreements but NPAs continue using it against soldiers and law enforcers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-25 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1297232 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Lethal weapon [Summary] =>

It’s a weapon banned under international rules in most countries, but the New People’s Army is not known for playing by any rules except its own.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img89/9338/63c.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 934868 [Title] => Bomb alert spares Agusan bet from harm [Summary] =>

Police cleared a road in Loreto, Agusan del Norte of landmines last Sunday even before a mayoral bet was set to pass through it for a campaign sortie.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 753010 [Title] => Landmine kills 3 soldiers [Summary] =>

Three soldiers were killed yesterday when a landmine, believed to be planted by New People's Army (NPA) rebels, exploded in the hinterlands of Paquibato district in this city yesterday morning, the military said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 517572 [Title] => Soldiers defuse landmines in south [Summary] =>

COTABATO, Philippines (Xinhua) - Security troops foiled an alleged terror attack in the restive southern Philippines Monday, a regional army official said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-26 22:02:39 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309824 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Banned weapons [Summary] => There is a new and disturbing trend in the battles being waged by various enemies of the state. Yesterday communist rebels claimed to have killed nine Army soldiers using an improvised landmine in Surigao del Sur. It was the second time that the New People’s Army had used landmines. Last month nine other Army soldiers were killed in Iloilo by an improvised landmine.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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