Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-12. (File photo courtesy of PRO-12)
Thirteen more New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered along with several high-powered firearms over the weekend to authorities in South Cotabato province, a police official said Monday.
Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12, said the rebels decided to yield on Saturday in Tantangan town, South Cotabato, and take part in the government’s reintegration program.
Capellan said the returnees initially signified their intention to surrender during an outreach activity last Friday conducted by the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Sitio El Naf, Barangay Dumadalig, Tantangan town.
Before the activity ended, he said a man approached one of the facilitators and introduced himself as alias “Ka Jimbo,” who claimed to be a member of an NPA unit in the area.
“He and his comrades reportedly wanted to voluntarily surrender due to the hardships that they were experiencing in the mountainous,” Capellan said in a statement.
The police officials said the group was part of an NPA unit under the Guerilla Front 73 that operates in the boundaries of Koronadal City and the municipalities of Banga, Norala, and Tantangan.
Capellan said the rebels' movements have reportedly become limited in the past months due to the internal security operations conducted by the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office (SCPPO) in the area, he said.
Capellan said the group was aware of the TF-ELCAC’s activities and wanted to avail of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP).
They surrendered two firearms with magazines, a homemade 12-gauge shotgun with one magazine, a .357 magnum handgun, a homemade single-shot 12-gauge pistol, a homemade long barrel M16 rifle with a long magazine, a hand grenade, and several subversive documents.
He said the former rebels were brought to the Tantangan municipal police station to undergo debriefing and documentation, and will eventually be enrolled into the ECLIP for them to avail of financial and livelihood assistance.
The outreach activity in Tantangan, which was dubbed “Adopt a Poor Family,” was spearheaded by various units under the PRO-12 and SCPPO.
It was supported by the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency-Region 12.
During the activity, at least 150 families received food packs and participated in awareness activities on the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, gender issues, disaster response and safety, anti-illegal drugs, anti-illegal gambling, environmental protection, and cybercrime concerns.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1104568
Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12, said the rebels decided to yield on Saturday in Tantangan town, South Cotabato, and take part in the government’s reintegration program.
Capellan said the returnees initially signified their intention to surrender during an outreach activity last Friday conducted by the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC) in Sitio El Naf, Barangay Dumadalig, Tantangan town.
Before the activity ended, he said a man approached one of the facilitators and introduced himself as alias “Ka Jimbo,” who claimed to be a member of an NPA unit in the area.
“He and his comrades reportedly wanted to voluntarily surrender due to the hardships that they were experiencing in the mountainous,” Capellan said in a statement.
The police officials said the group was part of an NPA unit under the Guerilla Front 73 that operates in the boundaries of Koronadal City and the municipalities of Banga, Norala, and Tantangan.
Capellan said the rebels' movements have reportedly become limited in the past months due to the internal security operations conducted by the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office (SCPPO) in the area, he said.
Capellan said the group was aware of the TF-ELCAC’s activities and wanted to avail of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP).
They surrendered two firearms with magazines, a homemade 12-gauge shotgun with one magazine, a .357 magnum handgun, a homemade single-shot 12-gauge pistol, a homemade long barrel M16 rifle with a long magazine, a hand grenade, and several subversive documents.
He said the former rebels were brought to the Tantangan municipal police station to undergo debriefing and documentation, and will eventually be enrolled into the ECLIP for them to avail of financial and livelihood assistance.
The outreach activity in Tantangan, which was dubbed “Adopt a Poor Family,” was spearheaded by various units under the PRO-12 and SCPPO.
It was supported by the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency-Region 12.
During the activity, at least 150 families received food packs and participated in awareness activities on the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, gender issues, disaster response and safety, anti-illegal drugs, anti-illegal gambling, environmental protection, and cybercrime concerns.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1104568
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