From the Manila Bulletin (Jan 29): 2 NPA fighters yield in Agusan del Sur
Two regular fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA), the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) voluntarily surrendered to field units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Agusan del Sur, a regional Army spokesman said yesterday.
Maj. Christian C. Uy, regional spokesman of the Army’s Northeastern and Northern Mindanao 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (4th ID) said the two regular fighters of the NPA initially gave themselves up to Veruela town Mayor Salimar T. Mondejar before they were presented to 401st Infantry (Unite N’ Fight) Brigade Commander Col. Alexander Macario.
He said the two were members of guerilla-Front Committee 3 of the CPP-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Party Committee (NMRC).
Their identities were temporarily withheld for security reasons. One of the two who surrendered is a resident of Barangay Liwanag, in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley and the other one is a resident in a remote village in Veruela town, Agusan del Sur.
Maj. Uy said the rebel returnees are set to receive assistance through the government’s Comprehensive Local Government Program (CLGP).
“They yielded to the government because of hardship in the mountains and lack of logistical support,” said Maj. Uy, quoting the statement of the rebel returnees.
Early this week, during a 1st Joint Security Peace and Coordinating and Provincial Peace and Order Council at Provincial Capitol Training Center here, Maj. Gen. Oscar T. Lactao, commanding general of the AFP’s Northeastern and Northern Mindanao 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division asked the governors and mayors to help convince the remaining NPA rebels to come down and avail of the government’s livelihood, peace and development program.
Meanwhile, in that same meeting, the military and PNP announced that “no tactical movement of government troops is allowed or no deployment of soldiers from Regions 10 and 13” to central Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula.
The military and PNP in the Regions 10, 13 and Xl are in full alert status after the recent Zamboanga City bombing incident and bloody incident in Masasapano, Maguindanao province.
http://www.mb.com.ph/2-npa-fighters-yield-in-agusan-del-sur/
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