29/04/2026
79th Infantry Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Eric Alfonso, tels DNX Executive Editor Julius Mariveles that soldiers of the Army are trained to fight and fight to win amid doubts being cast on the battlefield victory of his unit in Toboso town that led to the death of 19 rebels of the New People's Army, an incident some critics call a massacre. Alfonso added on the Larga Vista radio show of K5 News FM Bacolod that professional soldiers are trained using taxpayers' money and are expected to do well in battle.
