A check amounting to P50,000.00 was received by the defunct BOP of Barangay Santander, Bobon, Northern Samar on 28 November 2012
By 20th Infantry
Battalion, 8ID PA
December 1, 2012
December 1, 2012
BRGY. MAGSAYSAY, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – A total of
twenty three (23) former NPA regulars, militias and members of Batakang
Organisasyon han Partido (BOP), a CPP/NPA mass organization in the barangays,
have received livelihood financial cash assistance through the Local Social
Integration Program (LSIP) of Northern Samar and the Comprehensive Local
Integration Program (CLIP) of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace
Process (OPAPP) in a simple ceremony at the Provincial Social Welfare and
Development Office (PSWDO) at around 9:00 o’clock in the morning of November 28,
2012.
The giving of said financial assistance came after the conduct of a
three (3) day social preparation cum livelihood workshop on reintegration and
rehabilitation conducted by the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office
(PSWDO) of Northern Samar.
The said seminar workshop is aimed to prepare the former NPA
regulars, Militia and BOP members as they will be reintegrated into the
mainstream of our society to start anew, normal and decent lives along with
their families. The 3-day workshop was attended/participated by Director Carmen
Mejia of Northern Samar PSWDO; Fr. Fred Placa, Pastoral Director, Diocese of
Catarman; Ms. Maricel Bantilo, representative from OPAPP; PSSupt Isias Tonog,
PD, NSPPO; other top ranking military; and friends from the media.
The said seminar workshop includes subjects on: Financial and Home
management; Understanding and overcoming obstacles in starting a business;
Getting to Know you; Choosing the Right Livelihood Project; Marketing
Strategies; Financial Recording; and Spiritual Enlightenment and
Recollection.
A total of three hundred fifty five thousand pesos (P355,000.00) as
livelihood and cash assistance were given to the beneficiaries. Six (6) former
NPA regulars received P40,000.00 each; One (1) unit militia received an amount
of P10,000.00 as cash assistance; four (4) BOP leaders received P5,000.00 each;
seven (7) facilitators or those who worked out and negotiated for the surrender
of NPA regulars also received P5,000.00 each; and the eighteen (18) members of
the defunct BOP received a livelihood cash assistance amounting to
P50,000.00.
The former NPA regulars, militia and BOP members came out and
voluntarily surfaced after the series of Bayanihan Team activities conducted by
the troops of 20IB in the province. According to LTC Noel Vestuir, 20IB’s Commanding Officer: “These
former NPA regulars, militia and BOP members, after knowing the programs of the
government that would indeed help them in starting a new life, have realized the
futility of their continued resistance and support to the terrorist group. With
the continued implementation of all the programs and Bayanihan team activities,
with the continued support of all our Internal Peace and Security stakeholders
in the province, more of them will come out knowing that there is a big
opportunity for them to once again live a normal and peaceful life.”
Vestuir also calls for the other NPA regulars, militia and members of
CPP/NPA allied organizations to come out and rejoin their former comrades in our
society. “As Christmas season is now fast approaching, we call on our brothers
in the underground organization to come out, we are here to help you, like what
we did to the others, they are now enjoying peaceful lives, free of fear and
worries along with their families.” Vestuir concluded.
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