3 NPA rebels surrender in Surigao, Agusan
Published Jun 9, 2023 12:48 am
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police on Wednesday, June 7, in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur.
A NEW People’s Army couple, with their one-year-old child, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company led by force commander Police Lt. Col. Ephraim A. Megreno on Wednesday, June 7. (Photo via Mike U. Crismundo) After a series of negotiations since last month, alias “Jhon-Jhon,” 24, vice commanding officer, and his wife, alias “Fiona,” 21, a medical and supply officer, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company in Barangay Poblacion, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. The Police Regional Office-13 said the couple belonged to the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon 16C2, Guerilla Front Committee 16, Sub-Regional Committee Northland, of the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC). They turned over a 60mm mortar ammunition and caliber .38 revolver with bullets. The couple disclosed in a debriefing they are rearing their one-year-old child and finds it impossible to build an ideal family in the armed struggle as the communist movement lost its grip due to the government’s counterinsurgency campaign. They also disclosed that they are already tired of running and hiding in the mountains because of continuous military and police operations, prompting them to go back to the fold of the law. “Ka Roebert,” 28, a former member of Squad 3 (DGF 88), Platoon Banglas, SR Sentro de Grabidad 3, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC), surrendered to the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Intelligence Unit and handed over a caliber .22 revolver with live ammunition. “The uncertainty of their future in the terrorist movement and the desire to give their families a peaceful life gave them the courage to abandon the CTG,” said PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II. “Several former rebels who surrendered to the government are now living peacefully,” Labra added. These three surrenderers have pledged allegiance to the government.
A NEW People’s Army couple, with their one-year-old child, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company led by force commander Police Lt. Col. Ephraim A. Megreno on Wednesday, June 7. (Photo via Mike U. Crismundo) After a series of negotiations since last month, alias “Jhon-Jhon,” 24, vice commanding officer, and his wife, alias “Fiona,” 21, a medical and supply officer, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company in Barangay Poblacion, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. The Police Regional Office-13 said the couple belonged to the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon 16C2, Guerilla Front Committee 16, Sub-Regional Committee Northland, of the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC). They turned over a 60mm mortar ammunition and caliber .38 revolver with bullets. The couple disclosed in a debriefing they are rearing their one-year-old child and finds it impossible to build an ideal family in the armed struggle as the communist movement lost its grip due to the government’s counterinsurgency campaign. They also disclosed that they are already tired of running and hiding in the mountains because of continuous military and police operations, prompting them to go back to the fold of the law. “Ka Roebert,” 28, a former member of Squad 3 (DGF 88), Platoon Banglas, SR Sentro de Grabidad 3, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC), surrendered to the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Intelligence Unit and handed over a caliber .22 revolver with live ammunition. “The uncertainty of their future in the terrorist movement and the desire to give their families a peaceful life gave them the courage to abandon the CTG,” said PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II. “Several former rebels who surrendered to the government are now living peacefully,” Labra added. These three surrenderers have pledged allegiance to the government.