DAVAO DEL NORTE (PIA) -- Immediate assistance was turned over yesterday, August 6, to 38 communist rebels who recently turned their backs against the New People’s Army (NPA).Program Manager for Davao Region Oliver Binancilan of the Office of the Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said OPAPP extended non-food and food immediate assistance to the rebel returnees.
In an interview with media practitioners, Binancilan said an earlier batch of returnees sought immediate assistance that could sustain their families while undergoing certain processes of their return to the government.
Among the immediate assistance given during the ceremonial turnover at the headquarters of the 60thInfantry Battalion in Asuncion, Davao del Norte were sacks of rice, canned sardines and sets of toiletry including bath towels.
These were in addition to what had been given them by other government agencies.
Some of the recipients were residents of Barangay Gupitan in Kapalong while others were Agusan Province residents living at the boundary of Davao del Norte.
Binancilan said the succeeding batch of returnees would be given immediate assistance from OPAPP to augment the benefits that they will receive under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).
The Department of Interior and Local Government is in the driver's seat of CLIP.
Present during the turnover were Brig. Gen. Ernesto Torres, deputy commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; Maj. Gen. Jose C. Faustino, commander of the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army; Governor Edwin Jubahib; Maria Theresa Timbol of the municipality of Kapalong; Lt. Col Gilbert Ombos, commander of 60th Inf. Battalion, and DILG Davao del Norte Provincial Director Abito Benasor. (PIA XI)
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