ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has identified the communist rebel killed in an encounter with the 12th Infantry Battalion in Libacao town, Aklan province on Oct. 31 as a high-ranking New People’s Army leader.
The fatality was Alvin Panoy, alias Ka Jake or Ka Vinmar, 30, from Iloilo province.
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The 3rd Infantry Division said that Ka Jake was the former finance and logistics officer of Squad II, Igabon Platoon, of the NPA Central Front Committee on Panay Island.
“The death of alias Ka Jake has disrupted the NPA’s attempt to recover their influence in Aklan, including its financial and logistical support system in both red and white area operations,” 3rd ID commander Major Gen. Marion Sison said.
Aklan was declared by the Armed Forces of the Philippines as insurgency free in 2011.
The PA assured that Panoy’s body will be transported to his family in Lemery, Iloilo for a proper burial.