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...
Fifty former members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have surrendered to the government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Monday, Nov. 21. DILG Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said that all those who surrendered, whom he referred to as...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, July 8, that it “is crafting” supplemental guidelines to pave the way for the inclusion of the former violent extremists as beneficiaries of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program or E-CLIP. REBEL RETURNEES —...