From GMA News Online (Jul 7, 2019): 396 NPA supporters surrender in Surigao del Norte
PLACER, Surigao del Norte - Some 396 communist New People’s Army (NPA) supporters from different towns of Surigao del Norte surrendered to 30th Infantry Battalion earlier in the week, and military revealed on Sunday.
Among those who surrendered were 37 Sangay sa Partido Lokal (SPL) or local party members, 46 Militia ng Bayan (MB), 146 Underground Mass Organization (UGMO) members, and 167 mass supporters.
The mass surrender happened last Thursday, but in two separate locations: 244 in Malimono town while the other 152 surrendered at the 30th Infantry Battalion headquarters in Sta Cruz, Placer.
The 244 NPA supporters underwent a deradicalization seminar before taking their oath of allegiance in front of the Municipal Hall of Malimono, with Mayor Wallace Senaca presiding over the oath-taking.
Meanwhile, the 152 NPA supporters who surrendered at the 30th Infantry Battalion headquarters came from Surigao City, and Tagana-an, San Francisco, and Sison towns.
Eleven assorted firearms were also surrendered during the ceremonies.
"The massive surrenders of NPA supporters were attributed to the combined efforts of the development programs of the AFP thru its Community Support Program, creation of Peace and Development Zone to counter insurgency in CARAGA; and the intensified campaign of Local Government Units in leading their constituents to stop supporting the NPA and its failed ideology urging them instead to support the government in the fight to end insurgency" said 30th IB commander Lt. Col Allen Raymund C. Tomas.
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/700191/396-npa-supporters-surrender-in-surigao-del-norte/story/
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