BAGUIO CITY — The Philippine Army on Thursday identified the three suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels slain in an August 4 encounter in Abra, as a Cordillera human rights group questioned delays in the autopsy and release of their remains to their families. In a statement, the Army’s 5th Infantry Division identified the fatalities as alias Chico or Abdul, whom it described as a former secretary of the North Abra Guerrilla Front; Jony Davide Escobilla, allegedly a former deputy secretary of the Baggas Guerrilla Front; and Eugene Hilaus, also known as Aki, Ken, or Dina, a former organizer of Anakbayan […]...Keep on reading: Army identifies slain rebels in Abra clash