The Armed Forces is deploying 200 giant clams to Bohol to help prevent the resurgence of New People's Army in the province which had been declared insurgency-free in 2009. A C-130 plane was due to transport to Bohol an initial 100 clams cultured from a University of the Philippines marine laboratory in Bolinao, Pangasinan, last week, said Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Garcia, Deputy Chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office. He said military trucks fetched the clams from Bolinao and brought them to San Fernando, La Union, where the Air Force plane was waiting to fly the endangered species to Bohol where they will be seeded by military divers.

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