A former New People’s Army member (right) receives a P15,000 financial aid from the Negros Occidental provincial government, in the presence of provincial director Ferdinand Panes (left) of the Department of the Interior and Local Government on Dec. 19. 303RD INFANTRY BRIGADE/PHILIPPINE ARMY
The Negros Occidental provincial government, through the Enhanced-Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), gave a total of P365,000 in various assistance to former rebels.
Seven former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received immediate assistance of P15,000 each, totaling to P105,000.
The checks released by the provincial government were turned over by provincial Social Welfare Development officer Elena Serenias.
One of the seven recipients was given an additional P50,000 as remuneration for a .45-caliber pistol he surrendered to the authorities.
A separate check worth P210,000 as reintegration assistance was released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Occidental to the Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IB) represented by Major Franco Ver Lopez, head of the civil-military operations.
The amount will be used by the 15th Infantry Battalion for the subsistence or meal cost of former rebels who have been placed under its protection while processing their benefits under the E-CLIP.
The E-CLIP is one of the programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), a body created by President Rodrigo Duterte through Executive Order No. 70.
It aims to ensure sustainable and inclusive peace and put an end to the 50-year armed conflict perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Colonel Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303IB based in Murcia, Negros Occidental, said the government remains sincere in helping those who have become victims of the deception of the CPP-NPA.
“It is time to lay down your firearms, return to your family, and live a peaceful life in mainstream society. The government has laid down programs for you to start anew. Or else, the security forces will use all its might to hunt you down,” Pasaporte added.
Colonel Romeo Baleros, director of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), echoed Pasaporte’s call for the communist rebels in the province to return to the fold of the law.
“As the TF-ELCAC is gaining momentum, we are continuously calling for the peaceful surrender of the remnant forces of the NPA in the province,” Baleros added.
Baleros was represented by Major Norberto Barniso, chief of NOCPPO Community Affairs Development Section, during the turn-over ceremony.
The turn-over of benefits was led by provincial director Ferdinand Panes of the DILG-Negros Occidental, in rites held here on Dec. 19.(With a report from PNA/PN)
https://www.panaynews.net/negocc-gives-p365-k-aid-to-former-rebels/
Seven former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received immediate assistance of P15,000 each, totaling to P105,000.
The checks released by the provincial government were turned over by provincial Social Welfare Development officer Elena Serenias.
One of the seven recipients was given an additional P50,000 as remuneration for a .45-caliber pistol he surrendered to the authorities.
A separate check worth P210,000 as reintegration assistance was released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Occidental to the Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IB) represented by Major Franco Ver Lopez, head of the civil-military operations.
The amount will be used by the 15th Infantry Battalion for the subsistence or meal cost of former rebels who have been placed under its protection while processing their benefits under the E-CLIP.
The E-CLIP is one of the programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), a body created by President Rodrigo Duterte through Executive Order No. 70.
It aims to ensure sustainable and inclusive peace and put an end to the 50-year armed conflict perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Colonel Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303IB based in Murcia, Negros Occidental, said the government remains sincere in helping those who have become victims of the deception of the CPP-NPA.
“It is time to lay down your firearms, return to your family, and live a peaceful life in mainstream society. The government has laid down programs for you to start anew. Or else, the security forces will use all its might to hunt you down,” Pasaporte added.
Colonel Romeo Baleros, director of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), echoed Pasaporte’s call for the communist rebels in the province to return to the fold of the law.
“As the TF-ELCAC is gaining momentum, we are continuously calling for the peaceful surrender of the remnant forces of the NPA in the province,” Baleros added.
Baleros was represented by Major Norberto Barniso, chief of NOCPPO Community Affairs Development Section, during the turn-over ceremony.
The turn-over of benefits was led by provincial director Ferdinand Panes of the DILG-Negros Occidental, in rites held here on Dec. 19.(With a report from PNA/PN)
https://www.panaynews.net/negocc-gives-p365-k-aid-to-former-rebels/
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