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Rebels raid banana farms

- Ben Serrano -
November 29, 2010 | 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines  – While Mindanao Week of Peace was being marked here, suspected New People’s Army rebels raided banana farms of Dole Philippines in Tago, Surigao del Sur and destroyed P11 million worth of fully grown banana plants over the weekend, reports said.

The Caraga police said the rebels swooped down on more than 500 hectares of banana farms in Sitios Saguinza and Kabalawan in Barangay Anahaw, Tago town and cut down 22,000 fully grown banana plants.              

BANANA

BARANGAY ANAHAW

CARAGA

DOLE PHILIPPINES

FARMS

NEW PEOPLE

SITIOS SAGUINZA AND KABALAWAN

SURIGAO

TAGO

WHILE MINDANAO WEEK OF PEACE
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