NPA members' surrender to weaken terrorist forces

From the Philippine News Agency (May 13, 2021): NPA members' surrender to weaken terrorist forces (By Nanette Guadalquiver)

The increasing number of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) members returning to the fold of the law in Western Visayas is seen to further weaken the terrorist forces in the region, a top police official said on Thursday.

Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda, director of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6), said in a statement the communist-terrorist group’s five decades of spreading havoc should be put to an end.

“There is no room for terrorists in Western Visayas. Their members should surrender for a better future and we will all live in peace,” he added.

On Tuesday, some 19 CPP-NPA members in Negros Occidental surrendered to the authorities in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City.

Miranda said the personalities who turned themselves in occupied various positions in the communist-terrorist group and decided to surrender to lead peaceful lives.

They are residents of southern Negros, including Kabankalan City and Ilog town.

Those who surrendered were “Ka Sisa”, member of the South-Western Front (SWF), Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor (KR-NCBS) and medical officer of section platoon operating in Ilog; “Ka Jona”, member of Yunit Militia (YM) district platoon of the SWF; “Ka Toto”, member of both the SWF and the political organizing team (POT) of district platoon in Ilog; “Ka Tito”, member of Partisan Unit district platoon of the SWF in Ilog; “Ka Lito”, member of Armadong Yunit Propaganda (AYP) and Partisan Unit of the SWF; and “Ka Cora”, member of the POT of KR-NCBS.

Others included “Ka Robert”, member of propaganda AYP of the SWF district platoon; “Ka Francisco”, “Ka Arvin”, “Ka Jelly”, “Ka Camly”, and “Ka Roy”, all YM members under the SWF; and “Ka Butch”, also a YM member and a collector/messenger at the same time.

The rest of the surrenderers were “Ka Tanly”, member of Isuzu Section Platoon of the SWF; “Ka Dodoy” and “Ka Michael”, both assistant squad leaders of Squad 1, Southern Negros Front, Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros (SNF, KR-N); “Ka Zordo”, messenger/courier of SNF, KR-N; “Ka Jeseph” and “Ka Ceasar”, both members of AYP of the SNF, KR-N.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1140164