BAYOMBONG: The Philippine Army on Tuesday requested for the deployment of citizens armed group to stop the activities of rebels in Nueva Vizcaya’s upland villages.

Lt. Col. Eugenio Mata, commanding officer of the Army’s 31st Battalion of the 7th Infantry Division based in San Jose City, said there is a need to deploy the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) in Ambaguio and Villaverde upland towns.