A soldier of Boholano descent was one of the fatalities during an encounter between Muslim rebels and government troops last week in Tipo-tipo, Basilan.
The clash took place two days before the ARMM elections.
Reports reaching the Post yesterday said that Sgt. Carl Tavares, 34, of the Philippine Army was a native of Tubigon town. He was killed during an encounter with rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
The wife of the late army sergeant is a native of Laya, Baclayon identified as Zyda Tavares. She flown to Basilan immediately after she learned that her husband was wounded in battle. Her husband died later from bullet wounds. The widow is a teacher of the Laya Elem. School.
The fallen soldier was flown from Basilan to Cotabato City. The wife is now in Cotabato awaiting a C-130 plane that will bring her husband's remains to Bohol.
Meanwhile, a Comelec official who was deputized during the ARMM elections last Monday recounted how he heard bursts of gunfire near the house he was living.
Lawyer Eleseo Lavaria, provincial Comelec supervisor was assigned in Basilan during the ARMM polls.
He suspected that the volley of gunfire could be the result of sporadic skirmishes between soldiers and MILF rebels. - Sunday Post, Bohol
The clash took place two days before the ARMM elections.
Reports reaching the Post yesterday said that Sgt. Carl Tavares, 34, of the Philippine Army was a native of Tubigon town. He was killed during an encounter with rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
The wife of the late army sergeant is a native of Laya, Baclayon identified as Zyda Tavares. She flown to Basilan immediately after she learned that her husband was wounded in battle. Her husband died later from bullet wounds. The widow is a teacher of the Laya Elem. School.
The fallen soldier was flown from Basilan to Cotabato City. The wife is now in Cotabato awaiting a C-130 plane that will bring her husband's remains to Bohol.
Meanwhile, a Comelec official who was deputized during the ARMM elections last Monday recounted how he heard bursts of gunfire near the house he was living.
Lawyer Eleseo Lavaria, provincial Comelec supervisor was assigned in Basilan during the ARMM polls.
He suspected that the volley of gunfire could be the result of sporadic skirmishes between soldiers and MILF rebels. - Sunday Post, Bohol
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