A former rebel receives his assistance as E-CLIP beneficiary from Rudy Jimenea, executive assistant to South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr.
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, June 4 (PIA) — Forty-seven former rebels (FRs) in South Cotabato received P65,000 financial aid from the government as beneficiaries of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).
The cash aid handed to the FRs in a ceremony at the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center on Thursday included P50,000 livelihood assistance and P15,000 immediate assistance from the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
In separate events earlier this year, these individuals received P20,000 each from the Provincial Government of South Cotabato as well as technical trainings, such as poultry production, from the Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA).
Josephine Leysa, regional director of DILG XII in a message read by a representative, told the FRs, “I remember Gov. (Reynaldo) Tamayo Jr, mention in one of his speeches for barangay officials who attended a regional gathering where he announced the surrender of rebels who had enough of the difficult life in the mountains and forests. The governor said, ‘the rebels came down dahil ramdam nila ang tulong ng gobyerno.’ Your presence here today is a testimony of that fact.”
Apart from the P65,000 aid for each of the former rebels, the government units that received the FRs also received a total of P987,000 or P21,000 for each FR as reintegration assistance.
Reintegration assistance funds are intended for the subsistence of the FRs as well as for expenses in securing documents such birth certificates and identification cards, and expenses for mobility.
These FRs are being cared under the Regional Intelligence Unit XII of the Philippine National Police and the 27th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
They surrendered and laid down their arms to government troops in December 2019 and January 2020.
In a message to his fellow FRs, Tatay Felix, who also received government assistance advised his fellow colleagues to be prudent in spending what they received from the government.
Speaking in the vernacular, he told them, ”Let us not waste the cash assistance we received from the government. Instead let us use this money as a capital while we start to live an upright living."
Before his surrender, Tatay Felix spent 45 years as a recruiter for the communist terrorist group and a combatant fighting against government troops.
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, June 4 (PIA) — Forty-seven former rebels (FRs) in South Cotabato received P65,000 financial aid from the government as beneficiaries of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).
The cash aid handed to the FRs in a ceremony at the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center on Thursday included P50,000 livelihood assistance and P15,000 immediate assistance from the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
In separate events earlier this year, these individuals received P20,000 each from the Provincial Government of South Cotabato as well as technical trainings, such as poultry production, from the Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA).
Josephine Leysa, regional director of DILG XII in a message read by a representative, told the FRs, “I remember Gov. (Reynaldo) Tamayo Jr, mention in one of his speeches for barangay officials who attended a regional gathering where he announced the surrender of rebels who had enough of the difficult life in the mountains and forests. The governor said, ‘the rebels came down dahil ramdam nila ang tulong ng gobyerno.’ Your presence here today is a testimony of that fact.”
Apart from the P65,000 aid for each of the former rebels, the government units that received the FRs also received a total of P987,000 or P21,000 for each FR as reintegration assistance.
Reintegration assistance funds are intended for the subsistence of the FRs as well as for expenses in securing documents such birth certificates and identification cards, and expenses for mobility.
These FRs are being cared under the Regional Intelligence Unit XII of the Philippine National Police and the 27th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
They surrendered and laid down their arms to government troops in December 2019 and January 2020.
In a message to his fellow FRs, Tatay Felix, who also received government assistance advised his fellow colleagues to be prudent in spending what they received from the government.
Speaking in the vernacular, he told them, ”Let us not waste the cash assistance we received from the government. Instead let us use this money as a capital while we start to live an upright living."
Before his surrender, Tatay Felix spent 45 years as a recruiter for the communist terrorist group and a combatant fighting against government troops.
Tatay Felix, who spent 45 years as a recruiter and combatant of the communist terrorist group, thanked the government for giving them a chance to live an upright life in the fold of law. He also encouraged his fellow FRs to be prudent with spending the financial assistance from the government.
Except for two who are Ilonggo, all the beneficiaries of the E-CLIP assistance awarding on Thursday were either Tboli or Blaan.
Except for two who are Ilonggo, all the beneficiaries of the E-CLIP assistance awarding on Thursday were either Tboli or Blaan.
Information gathered from the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office showed that of the 47 FRs awarded, 17 are from Lake Sebu, 9 from Tampakan, 8 from Surallah, 7 from Banga, 2 from Koronadal, and 1 each from Tupi, Polomolok, Maitum (in Sarangani Province), and Senator Ninoy Aquino (in Sultan Kudarat Province)
Besides the aforementioned financial assistance, a beneficiary of the E-CLIP also gets remuneration for every firearm turned in to the government.
An FR will also be enrolled in PhilHealth and may avail of services of other government agencies such as housing from the National Housing Authority, skills training from Technical Education and Skills Development, livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment and many others. (DED-PIA XII)
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