Clash erupts between Army, Reds on New Year’s Day

CALAPAN CITY—Government troops clashed with suspected communist rebels Thursday morning in Barangay Cabacao, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, after residents reported the presence of armed New People’s Army (NPA) members in the area, the Philippine Army said. In a statement on Thursday, the Army’s 203rd Infantry Brigade based in Bansud town in nearby Oriental Mindoro