Philippines: March 20, 2001

Archives

NPA rebels destroyed a communications tower south of the capital. The owner of the tower refused to pay extortion ("revolutionary tax") to the NPA. On Jolo, the campaign against Abu Sayyaf continues, with a gun battle resulting in five rebels and one soldier dead, with another ten rebels wounded.

X

ad

Help keep us a float!

Your support helps us keep our ship a float. We appreciate anyway you chose to help out. Visit us daily, subscribe, donate, and tell your friends.

You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  2. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
  3. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on X.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close