Gov t support to FRs continues, AgSur PTF-ELCAC grants financial aid
Philippine Information Agency
03 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
SAN LUIS, Agusan del Sur, May 3 The provincial government of Agusan del Sur continues its support to the 24 Former Rebels (FRs) who voluntarily surrendered to the forces of 26th Infantry (Ever Onward) Battalion by granting cash assistance amounting to PhP10,000.00 each through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development (PSWD) Office of Agusan del Sur held on April 27, 2021 at the PSWD Office in Barangay Patin-ay, Prosperidad, this province.
The said 24 FRs are target beneficiaries of the Executive Order No. 70 (EO70), a government policy on Institutionalizing the Whole-of a-Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace in our country which aims to address the root causes of insurgency to end local armed conflict in the countryside.
Gov t support to FRs continues, AgSur PTF-ELCAC grants financial aid
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BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 19 – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed and three firearms to include assorted war materiel were seized after a five-minute firefight between the government troops and the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) Terrorists (CNTs) at Sitio Damming, Barangay Zillovia, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur at around 2:00 p.m. on February 15, 2021.
Troops of 26th Infantry (Ever Onward) Battalion under the operational control of 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade clashed against more or less seven CNTs believed to be members of Guerilla Front 88 of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC).
Said firefight resulted to the tragic demise of three CNTs and the seizure of the following items at the encounter site: one M16 rifle; two shotguns; one cal. 38; two hand grenades; one anti-personnel mine (APM); assorted ammunitions; five cellphones; one binocular; medical paraphernalia; 15 sets of Army Battle Dress Atti