MANILA, Philippines, JUNE 9 (AP/UNB) - The Philippine military says communist rebels have raided two mining companies in the country's south, disarming guards and burning equipment.

Army Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza said Saturday that New People's Army guerrillas swooped late Friday on the Philex Mining Co. compound in Compostela Valley province. They torched two backhoes, two trucks and a drilling machine.

Paniza says hours later guerrillas raided the Milagrosa Mining compound in nearby Maragusan township, disarming the guards and burning three electric generators. No one was hurt in both attacks.

Last year the rebels stormed three mining companies. They destroyed equipment and seized weapons purportedly after warning the companies against destroying the environment and exploiting workers.