Monday, February 10, 2014

3 NPA rebels surrender to Solcom troops

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 10): 3 NPA rebels surrender to Solcom troops

CAMP GUILLERMO NAKAR, Lucena City -- A top official of the Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) reported Monday that three members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Quezon and Albay surrendered to the


Solcom Commander Lt. Gen. Caesar Ronnie F. Ordoyo identified the insurgents as Gloria Anda alias Syra, a resident of Barangay Binahian B in Lopez and Jerry Manjares alias Rejie of Barangay Burgos in Mulanay, Quezon.

Lt. Gen. Ordoyo said the two rebels who operated in the province’s 3rd and 4th districts turned in their cal. 45 Colt pistol to elements of the 85th Infantry Battalion in Lopez, Quezon.

Ordoyo said the third dissident, Rene BriƱas Lorenzana alias Primo, who operated in Albay, voluntarily surrendered to the Bayanihan Team of the 2nd Infantry Battalion at Barangay Nagotgot in Manito, Albay.

The Solcom top official revealed that besides the military’s ground operations, the government troops’ sustained peace initiatives and community development intervention programs aimed for inclusive growth in the countryside have lured rebels to return to the fold of law.

“It is never too late for our brothers and sisters out there to transform their lives as government welcomes them back under the peace process. Their armed struggle against the government by resorting to violence only destroys human lives and properties,” he said.

Ordoyo said armed and violent means are not the right and moral thing to advance the rebels' lost cause and that they could serve our countrymen better using peaceful and collaborative means to effect societal reforms.

He encouraged the other NPA members who remain exploited and are still hiding in the highlands to once and for all give up their useless armed struggle and be part of the government’s development and peace initiatives.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=614381

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