LEGAZPI CITY — Government forces recovered a firearm, an improvised explosive device (IED), and bullets after an encounter Monday with alleged members of New People's Army (NPA) in Pio V. Corpus, Masbate province. Lieutenant Colonel Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said in a belated report on Tuesday, April 25, that while the teams from the town police and the 2nd Police Mobile Force Company were on patrol, they had a 10-minute firefight at 11:27 a.m. with NPA rebels in Barangay Calong-ongan.

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