Thursday, July 21, 2016

977 suspected rebels targeted to surrender this 2016

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 21): 977 suspected rebels targeted to surrender this 2016

The Department of Interior and Local Government, through the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), targets to entice 977 persons nationwide who are alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender this 2016.

Edgar Bryan G. Bernardino, DILG CLIP Area Coordinator, said that because of the volume of their targets they are conducting a three-day training on the CLIP Information Management System (CIMS), from July 19-21 at Casa Pilar Hotel in Boracay island.

Personnel from the DILG Regional Office 6, headed by lawyer Anthony C. Nuyda, as well as the provincial directors of DILG-6 and the local social welfare and development officers are attending the training to equip them in coming up with the database of the profiles of former rebels.

He said the regional and provincial DILG offices and the local social welfare and development offices could greatly help fast-track the processing of the documentary requirements so that the former rebels could avail of the PHP 15,000 immediate assistance and the PHP 50,000 for livelihood and firearm renumeration. Another PHP 7,000 is allocated for the integration of former rebels to the receiving unit like the church.

Since January 1 this year there are already 400 former rebels who have surrendered and have received financial assistance while others are in the process of receiving it, he added.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=905913

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