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Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) reiterated on Monday its call to other communist New People's Army (NPA) members to surrender to avoid bloodshed. Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, the Eastmincom commander, made the call following the death of five members of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in an encounter on February 24. In a statement, Almerol condoled with the families of the slain NPA members, whom he said were victims of deception and wrong ideology. The slain NPA members identified as Chad Booc, Jojarain Alce Nguho ll (alias Rain), a certain alias Daday, and two still unidentified men figured in an encounter in Purok-8, Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro. Booc, 27, graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines-Diliman with a Bachelor of Computer Science degree. "This would not have happened if they took heed with our offer to abandon the armed struggle. Their onl