Another Globe cell site torched

LEGAZPI CITY – In a move to cripple its telecommunication system in Bicol, heavily-armed New People’s Army (NPA) rebels burned another Globe cell site Wednesday evening, police report said.

This is the fifth attack staged by the NPAs to force Globe management to pay their demanded revolutionary taxes.

Senior Superintendent Eliciar Bron, Bicol police official spokesperson, said that about 20 heavily armed NPA guerillas gained entrance to the Globe cell site in Barangay Malinta in Masbate City at about 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday by cutting the hog wire fence on the southern portion.

Since no Globe security guard was around, the rebels gathered dried coconut leaves which they placed on the outdoor cabin and the base of the tower, poured gasoline and set the facilities on fire, Bron said.