From the Philippine Information Agency (Feb 19, 2021): Former CPP-NPA’s UGMO members in Ilocos Sur surrender firearms to gov’t (By Joyah Mae C. Quimoyog)
A former Milisya ng Bayan (MB) member from the municipality of Salcedo surrendered one M14 rifle with ammunition and magazines on February 16.
The following day, a certain alias “Pedro”, who is known to be a CPP-NPA terrorist supporter/contact in the municipality of Sta. Lucia and believed to be an MB member, voluntarily surrendered to the Joint Community Support Program (CSP) teams of the 81IB and ISPPO bringing along with him detonating switches for IED, ICOM radios, assorted war materials, and basic medical apparatuses.
The surrendered materials are now in the custody of the Army’s 81IB for proper documentation and disposition.
81st Infantry Battalion Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Rodrigo A. Mariñas, Jr. (right) talks with Sta. Lucia Mayor Joseph Simon Valdez (center) and Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office Provincial Director Police Colonel Wilson Doromal (left) after the surrender of alias "Pedro" of Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur. (Photo by the 81st IB)
Lieutenant Colonel Rodrigo A. Mariñas, Jr., Commanding Officer of 81IB, said that the recent surrenders of firearms and IEDs of the two Milisyang Bayan members were the result of the efforts of the CSP teams deployed in the barangays.
“These events are indications that the CNT’s influence in the province is increasingly dwindling and the people have already awakened and wanted to embrace peace and development in their communities. The Army’s intensified information dissemination on the government’s programs in the far-flung communities in our AOR is already bearing its fruits, thus, we expect more surrender of firearms and IEDs in the next few days,” said Lt. Col. Mariñas.
The said personalities, together with the surrendered firearms and other war materials, were presented to Salcedo MTF-ELCAC Chairman, Mayor Leopoldo Gironella, Jr., and Sta. Lucia Mayor Joseph Simon Valdez.
Mayor Gironella said, “Maituturing na isang matagumpay na hakbang ang pagsuko ng mga itinagong armas ng mga NPA na isang taga-suporta nila dito sa ating bayan, yan po ay patunay na ang ating mga kasundaluhan ay may magandang ugnayan sa ating mga kababayan upang mawakasan na ang ensurhensiya dito po sa ating bayan. At dahil dito, I would like to commend the 702nd Infantry Brigade, especially the 81IB and the barangay officials concerned."
Likewise, Mayor Valdez said, “Isa na naman pong tagumpay sa laban natin sa insurhensiya dito sa bayan ng Sta. Lucia ang pagsuko ng mga contact ng NPA ng kanilang war materials sa barangay Paoc Norte. Ito po ay patunay lamang na ang ating mga kababayan ay handa ng tumulong sa ating kasundaluhan para mawakasan ang insurgency dito sa ating lalawigan.”
Last January 27, two former MB members in Sta. Lucia voluntarily surrendered to the joint elements of the Army and PNP troops bringing along with them firearms and ammunition.
The war materials were entrusted to them by the late Julius Zamora alias “Guyo”, the former Secretary of the Kilusang Larangang Guerilla-South Ilocos Sur (KLG-SIS) of the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC) and was one of those killed during an encounter in Brgy. Namatican, Sta. Lucia last February 13, 2020.
Commenting on the recent development in Ilocos Sur, the 7th Infantry Division Commander, Major General Alfredo V. Rosario, Jr., encouraged other CPP-NPA supporters to take courage and support instead the government for a more peaceful and productive life.
"Huwag ninyong sayangin ang inyong lakas at panahon sa isang grupong sanhi lamang ng patuloy na kaguluhan at pagkasira ng maraming buhay. Mas nararapat na makipag-tulungan kayo sa ating gobyerno upang mapangalagaan ang inyong buhay at kinabukasan," Major Gen. Rosario said. (JCR/JMCQ, PIA Ilocos Sur)
Lieutenant Colonel Rodrigo A. Mariñas, Jr., Commanding Officer of 81IB, said that the recent surrenders of firearms and IEDs of the two Milisyang Bayan members were the result of the efforts of the CSP teams deployed in the barangays.
“These events are indications that the CNT’s influence in the province is increasingly dwindling and the people have already awakened and wanted to embrace peace and development in their communities. The Army’s intensified information dissemination on the government’s programs in the far-flung communities in our AOR is already bearing its fruits, thus, we expect more surrender of firearms and IEDs in the next few days,” said Lt. Col. Mariñas.
The said personalities, together with the surrendered firearms and other war materials, were presented to Salcedo MTF-ELCAC Chairman, Mayor Leopoldo Gironella, Jr., and Sta. Lucia Mayor Joseph Simon Valdez.
Mayor Gironella said, “Maituturing na isang matagumpay na hakbang ang pagsuko ng mga itinagong armas ng mga NPA na isang taga-suporta nila dito sa ating bayan, yan po ay patunay na ang ating mga kasundaluhan ay may magandang ugnayan sa ating mga kababayan upang mawakasan na ang ensurhensiya dito po sa ating bayan. At dahil dito, I would like to commend the 702nd Infantry Brigade, especially the 81IB and the barangay officials concerned."
Likewise, Mayor Valdez said, “Isa na naman pong tagumpay sa laban natin sa insurhensiya dito sa bayan ng Sta. Lucia ang pagsuko ng mga contact ng NPA ng kanilang war materials sa barangay Paoc Norte. Ito po ay patunay lamang na ang ating mga kababayan ay handa ng tumulong sa ating kasundaluhan para mawakasan ang insurgency dito sa ating lalawigan.”
Last January 27, two former MB members in Sta. Lucia voluntarily surrendered to the joint elements of the Army and PNP troops bringing along with them firearms and ammunition.
The war materials were entrusted to them by the late Julius Zamora alias “Guyo”, the former Secretary of the Kilusang Larangang Guerilla-South Ilocos Sur (KLG-SIS) of the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC) and was one of those killed during an encounter in Brgy. Namatican, Sta. Lucia last February 13, 2020.
Commenting on the recent development in Ilocos Sur, the 7th Infantry Division Commander, Major General Alfredo V. Rosario, Jr., encouraged other CPP-NPA supporters to take courage and support instead the government for a more peaceful and productive life.
"Huwag ninyong sayangin ang inyong lakas at panahon sa isang grupong sanhi lamang ng patuloy na kaguluhan at pagkasira ng maraming buhay. Mas nararapat na makipag-tulungan kayo sa ating gobyerno upang mapangalagaan ang inyong buhay at kinabukasan," Major Gen. Rosario said. (JCR/JMCQ, PIA Ilocos Sur)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1067326
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