Posted to the Panay News (Sep 18, 2020): Best time to surrender is now, Army tells rebels in Panay (By Ruby Silubrico)
“May the rebels take a hint from recent successive encounters. We will be relentless. There will be no letup,” says Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division.
ILOILO City – “The best time to surrender is now. The coming days may not be favorable.”
This was the Philippine Army’s unsolicited advice to the New People’s Army (NPA) in Panay Island.
“Their space is continuously dwindling. The masses themselves are denying the rebels with space,” said Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID).
This third quarter of the year saw a series of clashes between government troops and rebels in parts of Panay Island.
There will be more encounters if the rebels won’t surrender, warned Pancito.
“If they refuse to surrender, the Army will pursue them. May the rebels take a hint from recent successive encounters. We will be relentless. There will be no letup,” he stressed.
The 3ID has determined that only two NPA groups remain active in Panay Island – the Central and Southern front committees with less than 100 members.
With helpful communities giving information, government troops won’t have a hard time pursuing the rebels, said Pancito.
Between August and September alone, the 3ID recorded four encounters with Panay rebels. The most recent was in Sitio Bidang, Barangay Siya, Tapaz, Capiz – on Sept. 13 around 9:40 a.m. Soldiers recovered a .38 revolver; a homemade 12-gauge shotgun; a machete with NPA logo; a black shirt with NPA logo; three empty shells of a rifle.
On Aug. 26, there were two clashes between the Army’s 12th Infantry Battalion (12IB) and rebels in Barangay Panuran, Janiuay Iloilo. These resulted to the surrender of two female insurgents abandoned by their comrades.
The other counter took place in Barangay Atimonan, Janiuay on Aug. 8.
The 3ID commander, Major General Eric Vinoya, praised his troops for keeping the residents of Panay Island secure.
“We are tracking the rebels with precision because of the people’s support. We thank them for supporting the anti-insurgency campaign of the government. We will be relentless in our effort to pursue these terrorists until they are incapable of sowing fear and terror,” Vinoya said.
http://www.panaynews.net/best-time-to-surrender-is-now-army-tells-rebels-in-panay/
ILOILO City – “The best time to surrender is now. The coming days may not be favorable.”
This was the Philippine Army’s unsolicited advice to the New People’s Army (NPA) in Panay Island.
“Their space is continuously dwindling. The masses themselves are denying the rebels with space,” said Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID).
This third quarter of the year saw a series of clashes between government troops and rebels in parts of Panay Island.
There will be more encounters if the rebels won’t surrender, warned Pancito.
“If they refuse to surrender, the Army will pursue them. May the rebels take a hint from recent successive encounters. We will be relentless. There will be no letup,” he stressed.
The 3ID has determined that only two NPA groups remain active in Panay Island – the Central and Southern front committees with less than 100 members.
With helpful communities giving information, government troops won’t have a hard time pursuing the rebels, said Pancito.
Between August and September alone, the 3ID recorded four encounters with Panay rebels. The most recent was in Sitio Bidang, Barangay Siya, Tapaz, Capiz – on Sept. 13 around 9:40 a.m. Soldiers recovered a .38 revolver; a homemade 12-gauge shotgun; a machete with NPA logo; a black shirt with NPA logo; three empty shells of a rifle.
On Aug. 26, there were two clashes between the Army’s 12th Infantry Battalion (12IB) and rebels in Barangay Panuran, Janiuay Iloilo. These resulted to the surrender of two female insurgents abandoned by their comrades.
The other counter took place in Barangay Atimonan, Janiuay on Aug. 8.
The 3ID commander, Major General Eric Vinoya, praised his troops for keeping the residents of Panay Island secure.
“We are tracking the rebels with precision because of the people’s support. We thank them for supporting the anti-insurgency campaign of the government. We will be relentless in our effort to pursue these terrorists until they are incapable of sowing fear and terror,” Vinoya said.
http://www.panaynews.net/best-time-to-surrender-is-now-army-tells-rebels-in-panay/
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