NPA bomb expert, 8 others yield in Kudarat

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 25): NPA bomb expert, 8 others yield in Kudarat

A communist rebel trained for bomb fabrication and eight of his companions voluntarily surrendered to military authorities in Sen. Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat Sunday, the Army said Monday.

Lt. Colonel Harold Cabunoc, the Army's 33rd Infantry Battalion commander, said the surrenderers belonged to NPA Guerilla Front 73 and turned over powerful explosives and firearms.

“The explosives were so powerful these can blow up an Army armored carrier,” Cabunoc told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

Cabunoc identified the communist bomb expert only as “Ka Buloy,” who trained bomb making rebels in Compostela Valley where the NPAs are very active.

Cabunoc officially accepted the reintegration of communist rebels during surrender rites at 6 p.m. Sunday in Barangay Malegdeg in the upland town of Sen. Ninoy Aquino.

“Ka Buloy” turned over six large size improvised bombs, medical equipment and subversive documents.

The surrender of nine Red fighters brought to 30 the total number of NPA guerillas who surrendered to government since May this year.

“The local government leaders of Sultan Kudarat have pushed the delivery of social services to the remotest areas of the province to win the hearts of the people and reject NPA recruitment,” Cabunoc said.

“The Army has taken the show of good governance as an excellent platform in winning the support of the people against hardcore communists,” Cabunoc added.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1010618