{"id":594289,"date":"2014-04-15T01:23:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=594289"},"modified":"2014-04-15T01:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:23:32","slug":"npa-owns-up-to-raid-of-davao-occidental-town-mayors-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/594289\/npa-owns-up-to-raid-of-davao-occidental-town-mayors-house","title":{"rendered":"NPA owns up to raid of Davao Occidental town mayor\u2019s house"},"content":{"rendered":"
DIGOS CITY, Philippines\u2014Communist rebels on Monday admitted that 16 of their guerrillas raided the house of Jose Abad Santos Mayor James Joyce in Davao Occidental and took away firearms.<\/p>\n\n
In a statement e-mailed to the media, Efren Aksasato of the National Democratic Front Far South Mindanao Command said the New People’s Army had targeted Joyce because he was known to be a warlord.<\/p>\n\n
The police said the NPA has confiscated 16 homemade shotguns from Joyce’s bodyguards during the raid that took place in his house.<\/p>\n\n
Joyce could not be reached for comment on the communist rebels’ allegations.<\/p>\n\n
Aksasato also accused Joyce of being \u201ccounter-revolutionary,\u201d who faces criminal charges before the \u201cpeople’s court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Communist rebels on Monday admitted that 16 of their guerrillas raided the house of Jose Abad Santos Mayor James Joyce in Davao Occidental and took away firearms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":438373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[14729,82407,617,149,17103,41955,1160,186,206081,59849],"byline":[10517],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n