CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, March 20 -- Governemnttroops have recovered an arms cache belonging to communist rebels in Cuyapo town, Nueva Ecija province over the weekend.

In his report on Monday, Col. Richard Caballero, director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office, said combined police and military personnel conducted an operation in Barangay Bonifacio on Sunday afternoon that led to the discovery of one vintage bomb, three M203 grenade launchers, 62 rounds of ammunition for 7.62-caliber assault rifle and 44 rounds of ammunition for 5.56-caliber rifle.

Caballero said the troops acted on information from a former member of a communist terrorist group who voluntarily surrendered last year.

"Ka RJ, a former member of the communist terro...