Soldiers score anew in Northern Samar; NPAs surrender 2 firearms

Posted to the Samar News (Oct 4): Soldiers score anew in Northern Samar; NPAs surrender 2 firearms

By DPAO, 8ID PA
October 4, 2013

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan City, Samar – On October 3, 2013 troops of 34th Infantry Battalion under Lt Col Rodrigo Ilustrisimo, encountered ten (10) NPA members at Sitio Canunghan, Brgy Osmeńa, Palapag, Northern Samar.

Before the encounter, concerned civilians reported the presence of around 10 armed NPAs that were planning to stage an ambush against the government forces conducting Bayanihan Team activities in Sitio Canunghan. The troops immediately acted on the report resulting to a firefight with the NPA insurgents with no casualty on the government side.

In a related incident, a certain Jayson Francisco Lucban (aka Bunso and Jay) and Rosemarie Moreno Cadajas (aka LJ, Aira and Ai-Ai), both NPA members, voluntarily surrendered to 20th Infantry Battalion under Lt Col Rey Anthony M Tumaliuan and brought with them two (2) Caliber 45 pistols with two (2) magazines on October 2, 2013.

Under the AFP Guns For Peace Program, each of them will receive P25,000.00 for each pistol surrendered and is entitled to receive P50,000.00 livelihood package and P15,000.00 immediate assistance from the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Peace Process (OPAPP) under its Comprehensive Local Integration program (CLIP).

BGen Jet B. Velarmino AFP, Commander of 8th Infantry Division, in his message said, “The proactive and prompt action of your soldiers in Sitio Canunghan, Brgy Osmeńa, Palapag, Northern Samar is the product of their commitment and resolve to protect peace-loving people and communities against the NPAs and other threat groups. Your Army in Eastern Visayas is relentless in the conduct of focused military operations against any armed and lawless group, we also welcome those who will opt to surrender and lay down their arms and rejoin the mainstream society and avail of the government programs intended for NPA members.”

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