SAN JOSE CITY - Military and local government officials led a huge number of residents in a peace rally at thepublic market site in this norther Nueva Ecija City onSunday.
Lt. Col. Jose Kakilala, commander of the Army's48th Infantry Battalion, said the indignation rallywas the "manifestation of the people's resolve againstterrorism."
Major Gen. Juanito Gomez, commanding general ofthe Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City-based 7thInfantry Division joined local officials such as ViceGov. Mariano Cristino Joson, Mayor Alex Belena, andofficers of the Nueva Ecija Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, as guest of honor and speaker.
San Jose City was among the key areas of NuevaEcija where the former 7ID commander, now retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan, waged a stepped upanti-insurgency operation. This here where the conductof checkpoints that ocassionally check residents'cedula or community tax certificates actuallyhappened.
Last week, military and police officers dug outthe body of Kathlyn Ramos, a 19-year-old student fromCentral Luzon State University in nnearby Science Cityof Munoz, allegedly a victim of the communist's NewPeople's Army's purging.
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