20 female militants in Nueva Ecija pledge support to gov't

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 17, 2023): 20 female militants in Nueva Ecija pledge support to gov't (By Zorayda Tecson)

WAR MATERIALS. Joint police and military units recovered war materials in Barangay Balaring, General Natividad town, Nueva Ecija province on Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023) following a revelation of a former rebel who surrendered last Jan. 11. Likewise, 20 female activists who were members of the Women Peasant Sector under the Alyansa ng Magbubukid Sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL)-Nueva Ecija returned to the fold of the law in General Tinio town, also in Nueva Ecija. (Photo courtesy of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office)

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Twenty female activists in the town of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija province have returned to the fold of the law and pledged commitment to support the government.

In his report on Tuesday, Col. Richard V. Caballero, acting provincial director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO), said the activists were members of the Women Peasant Sector under the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL)-Nueva Ecija.

Caballero said the joint police and military elements conducted a special intelligence operation at Sitio Saudi, Barangay Pias in General Tinio on Monday that resulted in the withdrawal of support of female activists from the communist terrorist organization.

He said one of the militants, who was also a member of the militant group under the Underground Mass Organization (UGMO), surrendered a .38-caliber revolver without a serial number and loaded with three live ammunition.

“The activists are now undergoing debriefing with 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC)-NEPPO,” Caballero said in a statement.

Meanwhile, he said an internal security operation Tuesday by the same police and military units in Barangay Balaring in General Natividad town, also in Nueva Ecija resulted in the recovery of one 40mm rifle grenade, two M203 40mm, one short magazine of M-16 rifle, and 15 rounds of ammunition for caliber 5.56mm.

He said the operation was based on the revelation of alias "Ka Nestor," a former rebel who voluntarily surrendered to the 1st PMFC last Jan. 11.

“These are the results of our relentless efforts to end local terrorism. Countless enemies of the state are now returning to the government’s side realizing that rebellion has nowhere to go,” Caballero said in a statement.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1192941