CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two New People’s Army rebels surrendered to authorities in General Nakar, Quezon, on Sunday, May 7. Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces said the surrenderers were brothers Marlon Gurango, alias “Toto,” 27, and Jayson, 35. They are...
Two former New People’s Army rebels surrendered in Nueva Ecija on Saturday, May 6. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said “Ka Willy,” 62, turned himself in to the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company and 703rd Brigade Philippine Army in Barangay Picaleon, General Mamerto...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 reported on Friday, May 5, that the counter-insurgency campaign and peace and development program in the Caraga region are gaining headway with the arrest and surrender of 256 New People’s Army rebels from January 1 to March 31 this year. PRO-13...
ILIGAN CITY – Five members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and a member of the Daulah Islamiyah-Turaife Group surrendered and turned over their firearms to the military at the 1st Brigade Combat Team headquarters in Barangay Pigcalagan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte on Tuesday,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a supporter surrendered in General Nakar and Lopez, Quezon on Tuesday, May 2. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the surrenderers as Dennis dela Cruz, alias “Harvey,” of the Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) under...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two members and two supporters of the New People’s Army (NPA) from Quezon and Batangas surrendered on Saturday, April 29. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the surrenderers as Nelson Baquillas from the Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad and resident of San...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Four former communist rebels surrendered to the police in Tarlac province. The Tarlac 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company and other concerned police units facilitated the surrender of a former Militia ng Bayan member and three former Anakpawis members...
A government task force helped reintegrate 37,413 former rebels (FRs) and former violent extremists (FVEs) back to mainstream society since 2016, it was bared on Monday, April 24. (Department of National Defense [DND] Undersecretary Angelito De Leon (left), chairperson of the Task Force Balikatan...
BACOLOD CITY – Policemen facilitated the surrender of a young member of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Kapitan Ramon, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 20. The name of the 23-year-old rebel from Kabankalan City was withheld for security reasons. Police Capt. Judesses...
AMBAGUIO, Nueva Vizcaya – A former member of the New People’s Army Regional Guerrilla Unit surrendered to the police here on Saturday, April 22. The surrenderer told police that he was one of those who harassed the Kiangan police station in Ifugao, ambushed the military in Lamut, Ifugao, and...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Two New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police in Agusan del Sur on Monday, April 17. Disappointment and deprivation of basic needs forced “Wing-Wing,” 24, team leader, Baking, Squad 3, Platoon Sagay; and “Minejoy,” 28, medic under Kaloy,...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – An active high-ranking Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) officer and two former CTG members voluntarily surrendered to authorities in Zambales, report said Sunday, April 16. Police Col. Ricardo Pangan, acting director of the Zambales Police Provincial...