MANILA, Philippines - Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels raided and burned a Globe Telecom cell site in Barangay Calabgan in Casiguran, Aurora, a police official said Wednesday.

Radio dzBB quoted Senior Superintendent Romeo Teope, Aurora police provincial director, as saying that at least 30 members of the NPA who were clad in military uniform barged into the compound around 9 p.m. last Saturday.

The raid was led by a certain Anthony Romero, Teope added.

The motive for the attack, he said, was the company’s failure to pay revolutionary taxes.

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MANILA, Philippines - A fire volunteer was injured in an hour-long fire that hit a commercial establishment in Manila's Tondo district Wednesday night.
Radio dzBB's Louie Garcia reported that the fire started on the third floor of the building owned by one Johnny Chan, and spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

One fire volunteer, who was not immediately named, was injured after stepping on a nail while fighting the blaze.

Initial investigation showed the fire started at the establishment at 722 Moriones Street in Tondo at 8:50 p.m. and reached the third alarm before it was put out at 9:40 p.m.

Arson investigators said the fire may have stemmed from an emergency light that was left plugged in for too long. They estimated the damage to property at P300,000.

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