DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental: The Philippine Army's 11th Infantry Battalion has confirmed the death of a Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebel during an encounter in the far-flung barangay (village) of Milagrosa in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, on Saturday morning, August 26.

The military said the recovered body of the slain rebel is yet to be identified.

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