Kalinaw News: 4 NPAs and 3 Militias ng Bayan Yield to AFP-PNP Forces in Quezon

From Kalinaw News (Jun 21, 2021): 4 NPAs and 3 Militias ng Bayan Yield to AFP-PNP Forces in Quezon

CAMP CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – The 2nd Infantry “Jungle Fighter” Division welcomed another breakthrough in its fight to eradicate insurgency with the surrender of four NPA rebels and three Militia ng Bayan to joint AFP-PNP forces in Catanauan, Quezon on Friday, June 18.

LTC Emmanuel G Cabahug, Commanding Officer of the 85th Infantry Battalion, identified the NPA rebels as alias Rommel, alias Roy, alias Onil and alias Ayri, who were all regular members of Platun Reymark under Sub-Regional Military Area 4B and three members of Militia ng Bayan identified as alias Geo, alias JR, and alias Warly from Brgy San Vicente Kanluran and Brgy San Pablo Suha. He added the surrenderees also yielded an AK47 rifle, 15 rounds of live ammunition, and a magazine.

Cabahug attributed this milestone to the relentless peace-keeping efforts of the troops and the local government units through the Municipal and Barangay Task Forces to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

“This milestone is a testament to the success of the peace negotiations being done across our area of responsibility. Let these surrenders be catalysts to more yielding of NPA rebels because we hope to end the insurgency through peaceful means,” added Cabahug.

The 2ID leadership commended the wise decision of the rebels to abandon the violent ideologies of the Communist-Terrorist Groups and being one with the government in achieving peace in Southern Tagalog. The Division remains active in its call for the last of the communist terrorists to surrender and return to their families before it finishes the five-decade war against the NPA.

The rebel surrenderees are now being debriefed and prepared for their applications to the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program that offers grants and benefits of up to Php 700,000.

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