Army official lauds local militia members for surrendering

From the Philippine Information Agency (Apr 4): Army official lauds local militia members for surrendering

ASIPULO, Ifugao - - The commander of the 54th Infantry Battalion lauded 10 members of the local militia force of the New People’s Army who voluntarily surrendered to government forces on Monday, April 3.

“I truly commend the bravery and strong desire of our brothers to denounce their allegiance to the NPA,” Lt. Colonel Nicolas Quemado, Jr. said as he appealed to others to do the same to clear their names.

Asipulo Vice Mayor Tomas Pullupul and Namal punong barangay Grace Tayaban accompanied the local militia members to the headquarters of the 54th IB at Barangay Baguinge in Kiangan’ Ifugao and took their oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines administered by Quemado.

It can be recalled that on February 12 this year, soldiers from the 54th IB overran a rebel camp in barangay Namal, Asipulo and recovered high power firearms, laptops, cameras and subversive documents containing the list of organized local militia forces.

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