N. Samar official belies statement

A second district provincial board member of Northern Samar belied a statement attributed to her in an Aug. 10 Nation report blaming the New People’s Army (NPA) for the worsening peace and order in her hometown of Silvino Lubos.

In a letter to The STAR, board member Marites Jarito-Gillamac said she never gave such a statement which, she bewailed, "has unwittingly exposed me to danger."

The report, which dealt with the NPA’s claim that Silvino Lubos town was under military control, "created a misimpression of my town as being unpeaceful and (disorderly).&qu

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