Military’s 4ID crushes new NPA push in Caraga

MARAWI CITY, Philippines — A bid by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to rebuild their collapsed strongholds in the Caraga region “crumbled” Saturday after Army troops killed an alleged high-ranking communist secretary and three operatives during daylong clashes in Agusan del Sur. Soldiers from the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) thwarted the expansion