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HELP FOR EX-REBELS. Two former rebels and the mother of another who has passed away each receive on Tuesday (Jan. 4, 2022) a check worth PHP450,000 as the government's assistance for the construction of their house. The housing aid is among the many other forms of support the government gives to allow those who have returned to the fold of the law to have a better life. (PNA photo courtesy of 5ID) BAGUIO CITY - The government, through the National Housing Authority (NHA), has awarded PHP450,000 worth of housing assistance to three former New People's Army (NPA) rebels who earlier laid down their arms and returned to the fold of the law. In a press release sent to the media on Wednesday, Capt. Rigor Pamittan, chief of the 5th Infantry Division (5ID) Public Affairs Office, said the former rebels (FRs) received on Tuesday their housing assistance from the NHA-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). He said that alias "Bry
SURRENDER. Col. Gilbert Gorero (center), Director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) talks to alias "Banban/Tatang" (right), a resident of Barangay Bikil, Tubungan, Iloilo who surrendered to the government on Tuesday (Jan. 4, 2022). Gorero said the hardships and his traumatic experience during the December 1 operations of government troops in their hideout in Barangay Alimodias, Miagao led "Tatang" to surrender.(Photo courtesy of Col. Gilbert Gorero) ILOILO CITY - A squad leader of the New People's Army (NPA) operating in the southern part of Panay surrendered to the police Tuesday night due to hardships living in the mountain and his traumatic experience during a military operation in their hideout last December 1. Col. Gilbert Gorero, Director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), on Wednesday, identified the surrenderer as 36-year old alias "Banban"/"Tatang" of Barangay Bikil, Tubungan, Iloilo, and former team leader of
SURRENDER. Col. Gilbert Gorero (center), Director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) talks to alias "Banban"/"Tatang" (right), a resident of Barangay Bikil, Tubungan, Iloilo who surrendered to the government on Tuesday (Jan. 4, 2022). Gorero said the hardships and his traumatic experience during the December 1 operations of government troops in their hideout in Barangay Alimodias, Miagao led "Tatang" to surrender.(Photo courtesy of Col. Gilbert Gorero) ILOILO CITY - A squad leader of the New People's Army (NPA) operating in the southern part of Panay surrendered to the police Tuesday night due to hardships living in the mountain and his traumatic experience during a military operation in their hideout last December 1. Col. Gilbert Gorero, Director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), on Wednesday, identified the surrenderer as 36-year old alias "Banban"/"Tatang" of Barangay Bikil, Tubungan, Iloilo, and former te
NEW LIFE. The two former NPA rebels, alias Kim (left) and alias Roy (right) operating in the borders of North Cotabato and Bukidnon have turned themselves in before the Army's 72IB on Jan. 1, 2022, to once again live normally in mainstream society. The two yielded to military troopers in Arakan, North Cotabato saying that the weakening NPA leadership and diminishing mass-based support forced them to lay down their arms. (Photo courtesy of 72IB) MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - Two full-time members of the communist New People's Army (NPA), including a female combatant, have decided to take the path of peace after voluntarily yielding to Army troopers in Arakan town of this province, a military official here reported Monday. In a statement, Lt. Colonel Jose C Regonay Jr, commander of the Army's 72nd Infantry Battalion (IB), said the two NPA rebels under Guerilla Front 57 of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee voluntarily gave up on January 1, expressing new year hopes for a n
Eastmincom Commander Lt. Gen. Greg T. Almerol (File photo) PANACAN, Davao City - The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) capped off the year 2021 by neutralizing more than 2,071 combatants and supporters of the New People's Army (NPA), the armed group of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). In a statement Monday, Lt. Gen. Greg T. Almerol, commander of Eastmincom, said through their intensified focused military operations and the strong support of the communities, local government units, and former rebels and cadres, a total of 70 NPA rebels were killed in combat operations; 147 were apprehended, arrested and captured; 630 capitulated; and 1,224 allies withdrew their support for the CPP-NPA. He said the government troops have also recovered 690 high-powered and low-powered firearms through combat operations and surrender, and around 97 landmines. "Our troops have proven their true mettle not only in combat operations but also in times of crisis. Navigating through th