[Gulf Today] Police on Wednesday said that heavily-armed members of the Maoist New People's Army ambushed and killed a soldier and injured five others including a junior officer in Northern Samar province in the Visayas in Central Philippines.The troops were aboard a military vehicle when the militants fired at them along the national highway in the town of Catarman, Northern Samar on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities credited the driver for his presence of mind that prevented more military deaths. Police said, "Although wounded, the driver continued to drive even with a flat tire arising from the ambush until the vehicle conked out about five kilometres away from the scene where the civilians assisted and brought them to the nearest hospital."