Thursday, November 21, 2019

26 ex-NPA rebels in SoCot get cash aid

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 21, 2019): 26 ex-NPA rebels in SoCot get cash aid



Facade of the South Cotabato Provincial Capitol. (File photo courtesy of the provincial government)

At least 26 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in South Cotabato province have received some PHP465,000 in financial assistance through the government's flagship reintegration program.

Grace Rodel, focal person of the local reintegration program of South Cotabato, said Thursday the beneficiaries comprise the latest batch of returnees who qualified for the livelihood and immediate financial assistance from the provincial government and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).


Rodel said six of them received a combined PHP65,000 in livelihood assistance while 20 others got PHP20,000 each as immediate financial assistance.

“These were among the rebels who surrendered last year and qualified to receive financial grants under the E-CLIP (Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program),” she told reporters here.

Rodel said some of the beneficiaries graduated earlier this month from the 33-day Animal Production (poultry production) training provided by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

She said the training is among the requirements for the release of livelihood assistance to the former rebels.

Aside from the skills training, she said the beneficiaries also underwent seminars and orientations on financial literacy.

“We’re training them to become entrepreneurs so they could sustain the assistance provided by the provincial government,” Rodel said.

She said these interventions were led by the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Trade and Industry and TESDA.

Under the E-CLIP, rebel returnees may also avail of livelihood financing of at least PHP100,000 from the Land Bank of the Philippines, housing assistance worth PHP450,000 and firearms remuneration of up to PHP500,000.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1086715

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