8 former rebels get govt financial assistance

From the Visayan Daily Star (Aug 5, 2023): 8 former rebels get govt financial assistance (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)

Eight former New People’s Army rebels who surrendered to the 94th Infantry Battalion and Philippine National Police, received P80,000 financial assistance on August 3 from the Himamaylan City government, through its City Social Welfare and Development Office.

Each former rebel got P10,000 financial assistance each, as well as food packs and personal kits, according to the 94IB, in a statement.

Himamaylan City Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson Jr. was represented Executive Assistant Emmanuel Castro III in the distribution of cash assistance, assisted by Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander; Lt. Colonel Van Donald Almonte, 94IB commander, Narciso Abad III, who is the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program Focal Person, P/Master Sergeant Eduardo Libacao, and CSWDO Ever Grace Castro, among others.

Almonte said the financial aid will assist them in starting a new and productive life, far from what they experienced while under the deceptive claws of the CPP-NPA.

Tongson, in his message read by Castro, told the former rebels “You all now serve as a living testament to the government’s sincerity to its mission.”

Edralin lauded the Himamaylan City government, through the City Task Force ELCAC, for helping former rebels in their return to mainstream society.*

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