[Gulf Today] The Philippine military reported that three members of the communist New People's Army were killed in an encounter with security forces in Quezon province in Southern Luzon.Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Simeon Talosig said his troops who were on patrol engaged the militants in a 30-minute clash in a remote village in the town of Mauban, Quezon on Wednesday night. He said, "The rebels left behind their three dead comrades when they fled," adding the soldiers recovered three M16 rifles and a grenade launcher from the scene.