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PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Sep. 30, 2016) - Five soldiers wounded in different
encounters against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were given medals by the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in a simple ceremony at Camp Bautista Station
Hospital in Jolo 9am Friday, military official said.
Awarded
with the Wounded Personnel Medal were 2Lt Joelimar Sulit, TSg Mario de Guzman
Jr., Sgt Berhamin Jumdana, Pfc Deborah Paracuelles and Pvt Michael Andre Atega.
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Officer Col. Rodrigo Gregorio of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Sulu disclosed that
Brig. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, commander of JTF Sulu personally pinned the medals
on the wounded troops who are recuperating at the Station Hospital.
"This
is one way of recognizing the bravery and services of our troops in protecting
the people of Sulu", Brig. Gen. Dela Vega said.
Col.
Gregorio said that soldiers continue to scour suspected ASG lairs in Sulu to rescue
the remaining kidnap victims. Thirteen (13) hostages; six (6) Indonesians, six (6)
Filipinos and one (1) Norwegian have been rescued or released since the
assumption of Pres. Duterte and ordered an intensified focused military
operations to destroy the ASG and rescue the remaining victims .
Five
ASG including the notorious Muktadil brothers were killed in the latest
operations this week in diferrent parts of Sulu.
Several
ASG involved in the drug trade were also arrested in Zamboanga City and in
Metro Manila by combined AFP-PNP forces.
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