NPA child soldier yields to authorities in central Negros
YOUNG COMBATANT. Troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion and Himamaylan City Police Station endorse CPP-NPA child warrior alias "RR" (seated left) to the City Social Welfare Department after his surrender on Oct. 4, 2021. The 15-year-old boy has been temporarily placed under the care and protection of the 94IB troops upon the consent of his mother.(Photo courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - A 15-year-old boy, who recently became a child warrior of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), surrendered on...