CAMP MELCHOR F DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela: The Army’s Fifth Infantry Division (5thID) here has confirmed the death of a couple who allegedly led the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Kalinga province.

Major General Laurence Mina , 5thID commander, said NPA leader Rudy Daguitan’s body was first found by elements of the 50th Infantry Battalion (50thIB) in an NPA camp in Sitio Babacong, Barangay Gawa-an in Balbalan town in Kalinga province after Monday's encounter with the rebel group.

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