A TOTAL of 206 families, or 841 individuals, were affected by armed encounters between government troops and the New People’s Army insurgents in Sitio Mamara, Barangay Cabacao, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, on New Year’s Day, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday.
The NDRRMC reported that 186 families are currently sheltered at evacuation centers, while 15 others sought refuge elsewhere.
The clashes reportedly involved government forces and holdouts of the Komiteng Larangang Gerilya–Island Committee Mindoro (KLG-ICM) under the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee. In a statement, National Democratic Front (NDF) Mindoro spokesperson Patricia Andal said Jerlyn Rose Doydora, reportedly a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education major in English at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, died illness during the encounter.
