Four rebel returnees in Negros Occidental received
livelihood assistance worth PHP50,000 each, or a total of PHP200,000, under the
Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) of the Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG).
The assistance were distributed to the former New People’s
Army (NPA) rebels, whose identities were not revealed, in rites led by Governor
Alfredo Marañon Jr. Wednesday.
The turn-over was witnessed by Col. Francisco Delfin,
commander of the Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade, Provincial Planning and
Development Officer Ma. Lina Sanogal, Provincial Health Officer Ernell
Tumimbang, and personnel of the DILG.
Through the CLIP, the DILG aims to assist rebel returnees as
they re-integrated into mainstream society, and help in the achievement of the
goal of permanent and peaceful closure of all armed conflicts with non-state
armed groups.
Military records show that as of 2011, more than 100 former
rebels in Negros Occidental have availed of financial and livelihood assistance
from the provincial government and the DILG.
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