Eleven active and regular members of the NPA voluntarily surrendered to the government forces in Castilla town, Sorsogon province on Christmas Day, the military said. /PDI
Brig. Gen. Aldwine Almase, the Army’s 903rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the rebel returnees also turned over their firearms when they surrendered at the 903rd IB headquarters in Barangay San Rafael.According to Almase, the rebels abandoned the “communist terrorist group ” because of the hardships they encountered at the hands of their leaders.
“I am encouraging the remaining CTGs to abandon the armed struggle and return to the folds of the law, where they can enjoy freedom and assistance, such as housing, livelihood, educational, and medical programs, and/or benefits from the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict ,” Almase said in a statement.
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