The Bohol ChronicleCommunist rebels are likely to capitalize on the rice crisis to regain grounds in Bohol, but government soldiers are ready against enemy recovery, warned an army official.
Capt. Michael Colanta, commanding officer of the 4th Army Special Forces Company, said they got reports of red fighters now going "highly-mobile" in mass recruitment while people start to ache over uncontrolled rise in the prices of the staple food.
He hinted of the possible use by the New People's Army (NPA) of the food problem to get back people's support during his brief Bohol peace and order situation report to a gathering of town and barangay officials.
National Food Authority (NFA) - Bohol Manager Nestor Rey Alcoseba assured, meanwhile, that time cannot come when poor Boholanos line up in panic because NFA is losing its last stock of cheap government rice.
People may sweat out waiting in a long queue but simply because they know - and are sure - that more NFA rice are coming, the food official said.
Government troopers are now countering the reported rebel recruitment works by holding barangay security system (BSS) seminars in different towns, specifically in interior Bohol, since last month.
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