Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 12. (File photo courtesy of the PRO-12)
Fifteen more New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to government authorities in South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces on Monday, a police official said.
Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 (Soccsksargen), said Tuesday the rebels separately yielded, along with several firearms and explosives, to police and Army personnel following a series of negotiations.
Capellan said nine of the former NPA combatants, who were former members of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 73, surrendered in South Cotabato and six in Sarangani.
In South Cotabato, he said the returnees were received by officials of the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office in Koronadal City.
The surrender was facilitated by the 1st and 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC), 42nd Special Action Company, Army’s 12th Special Forces Company, Army’s 40th infantry Battalion, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency 12, Regional Intelligence Unit 12, and the Regional Intelligence Division (RID) 12.
“It was an offshoot of the series of community outreach activities these past weeks spearheaded by the PMFC in parts of the province,” Capellan said, citing the “Adopt an Indigent Family” and “Kapwa Ko, Sagot Ko” programs.
He said the initiative includes lectures on President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order 70, which institutionalizes the “whole-of-nation” approach as a strategy to end the local communist armed conflict.
The surrenderers gave up an Ingram submachine gun, an improvised M203 grenade launcher, an improvised 12-gauge pistol, a homemade single-shot pistol, a caliber .22 improvised pistol, an improvised 12-gauge shotgun, fragmentation grenade, assorted bullets, and subversive documents.
In Sarangani, Capellan said the six returnees, who were also under the NPA’s Front 73, separately yielded in Barangay Katubao, Kiamba town and Barangay Lumasal in Maasim.
They were received by elements of the 1204th Mobile Company, RIU-12, RID-12, Sarangani Police Provincial Office, and the Army’s 37IB.
He said the rebel returnees turned over a caliber .45 pistol, caliber .357 revolver, caliber .22 revolver, caliber .32 Magnum revolver, caliber .22 rifle, a blood pressure apparatus, and Baofeng handheld radio.
Brig. Gen. Michael John Dubria, PRO-12 director, said the accomplishment was the result of collective efforts of the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, local government units, and other stakeholders.
“We assure everyone that the PRO-12, under my command, will continue to intensify efforts to safeguard the welfare of the public and ensure peace and stability in our communities,” Dubria said.
Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 (Soccsksargen), said Tuesday the rebels separately yielded, along with several firearms and explosives, to police and Army personnel following a series of negotiations.
Capellan said nine of the former NPA combatants, who were former members of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 73, surrendered in South Cotabato and six in Sarangani.
In South Cotabato, he said the returnees were received by officials of the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office in Koronadal City.
The surrender was facilitated by the 1st and 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC), 42nd Special Action Company, Army’s 12th Special Forces Company, Army’s 40th infantry Battalion, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency 12, Regional Intelligence Unit 12, and the Regional Intelligence Division (RID) 12.
“It was an offshoot of the series of community outreach activities these past weeks spearheaded by the PMFC in parts of the province,” Capellan said, citing the “Adopt an Indigent Family” and “Kapwa Ko, Sagot Ko” programs.
He said the initiative includes lectures on President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order 70, which institutionalizes the “whole-of-nation” approach as a strategy to end the local communist armed conflict.
The surrenderers gave up an Ingram submachine gun, an improvised M203 grenade launcher, an improvised 12-gauge pistol, a homemade single-shot pistol, a caliber .22 improvised pistol, an improvised 12-gauge shotgun, fragmentation grenade, assorted bullets, and subversive documents.
In Sarangani, Capellan said the six returnees, who were also under the NPA’s Front 73, separately yielded in Barangay Katubao, Kiamba town and Barangay Lumasal in Maasim.
They were received by elements of the 1204th Mobile Company, RIU-12, RID-12, Sarangani Police Provincial Office, and the Army’s 37IB.
He said the rebel returnees turned over a caliber .45 pistol, caliber .357 revolver, caliber .22 revolver, caliber .32 Magnum revolver, caliber .22 rifle, a blood pressure apparatus, and Baofeng handheld radio.
Brig. Gen. Michael John Dubria, PRO-12 director, said the accomplishment was the result of collective efforts of the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, local government units, and other stakeholders.
“We assure everyone that the PRO-12, under my command, will continue to intensify efforts to safeguard the welfare of the public and ensure peace and stability in our communities,” Dubria said.
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