Manila, Jan. 9 -- The Philippine Army (PA) on Friday lauded the 203rd Infantry Brigade which rescued Thursday afternoon a 24-year-old Filipino-American woman reported missing following the clash between government troops and New People's Army (NPA) remnants in Occidental Mindoro on Jan. 1.

"The PA commends our troops for rescuing 24-year-old Chantal Anicoche who was found hiding in a hole near the encounter site at Sitio Mamara, Barangay Cabacao, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on Jan. 8," Army spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said in a statement.

He said Anicoche's rescue exposes the lies peddled by the communist terrorists and their mouthpieces, who accuse government troops of violating International Law in their legitimate missions...