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SUPPLIES ARE CUT. Three NPA members who once served as couriers of food and other supplies for the rebels in Agusan del Sur surrenders to the police on Monday (June 20, 2022). The police in Region 13 said the surrender was the result of continuing negotiations made by the local police force in the area. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) reported on Tuesday the surrender of three New People's Army (NPA) members who served as food and supply couriers to rebel units in Agusan del Sur. Monday's surrender of the three insurgents was made possible through negotiations facilitated by the intelligence unit of Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office (ADSPPO) and the San Luis Municipal Police Station, PRO-13 said in a statement. "The negotiation is part of the efforts of PRO-13 to fight insurgency and in support of the Whole-of-Nation Approach of the government to end the local communist armed conflic
BRIGHT FUTURE. Pregnant New People's Army rebel Charmaine Ravelo Coquilla (right) undergoes a medical check-up and interview after she surrendered to the Army's 36th Infantry Battalion in Butuan City on June 14, 2022. Coquilla decided to leave the communist NPA group due to disillusionment and to provide a good future for her unborn child. (Photo courtesy of 36IB) BUTUAN CITY - A pregnant New People's Army (NPA) combatant recently surrendered to the Philippine Army's 36th Infantry Battalion (IB) here. In a statement Tuesday, 36IB said a disillusioned Charmaine Ravelo Coquilla yielded to their unit on June 14. Coquilla was promised by the communist NPA group an opportunity to earn for her family but this was not fulfilled, the military unit said. "Coquilla was not allowed to leave as she was threatened with stories of torture for those members who would escape from the movement," 36IB said. "Coquilla is left pregnant by her partner Dexter Umba who was kill
ASSISTANCE. Former communist terrorist group supporters in Barangay San Jose in Licab town, Nueva Ecija province receive government livelihood assistance on Monday (June 20, 2022). The former members of the Communist Affiliated Mass Organization were awarded a mushroom production livelihood starter kit. (Photo courtesy of 7th Infantry Division, PA) BALER, Aurora - Former supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay San Jose in Licab town, Nueva Ecija province have received government livelihood assistance aimed at making them productive members of society. Through the collaborative efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Army's 84th Infantry Battalion (84IB), and the local government unit of Licab, the former NPA supporters belonging to the Communist Affiliated Mass Organization (CAMO) were awarded a mushroom production livelihood starter kit on Monday. The former communist terrorist group (CTG) supporters are now under the Bagong Pag-asa Farmers
DIALOGUE. A soldier explains to villagers in a remote, hinterland barangay in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, the benefits of E-CLIP for members of the New People's Army who will surrender. The 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army held a forum, followed by a peace concert, on Sunday (June 19, 2022) in Sitio Kanggabok in Barangay Nagbinlod. (Photo courtesy of the 11IB, PA) DUMAGUETE CITY - Despite a hard life due to the lack of basic services in their community, residents of a remote hinterland barangay in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental have vowed to help the government in ending the insurgency with the hopes of a better future for their children. Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina residents on Sunday night joined the peace concert initiated by the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army at Kanggabok Elementary School in the sitio (sub-village) of Kanggabok. Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, 11IB commander, said the event was another non-combat approach to convincing people
MOM'S APPEAL. Former rebel Helen Nuevo of Kananga, Leyte grants a virtual interview in a radio program of the Army's 802nd Infantry Brigade based in Ormoc City on Sunday (June 19, 2022). She urged her two children to abandon the New People's Army. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - A mother, a former member of the New People's Army (NPA) in Leyte, asked for help in saving the lives of her two children who are still in the armed struggle of the communist terrorist group. Helen Nuevo, 43, of Kananga, Leyte is worried about the plight of her son and daughter who are active NPA members in Southern Leyte province. Her son Jannel, 26, is a member of NPA squad 2, platoon 1 hiding in the mountains of Southern Leyte while her daughter, Realyn, 23, is the finance and logistics staff of NPA sub-regional committee of Eastern Visayas regional party committee. Helen, who laid low two decades ago, learned about her two children's whereabouts based on letters she r