A soldier was shot and wounded by still unknown assailants believed to be members of a hit squad of the communist armed group in Las Navas town, Northern Samar. | joeygabietaINQ /PDI
Meanwhile, a former member of the New People’s Army voluntarily surrendered to Mayor Fawa Batula of Palapag town, also in Northern Samar, on Friday, April 28.He was a member of the Sandatahang Unit Pangpropaganda, Front Command 15, sub-regional committee Artic of the communist group operating in Northern Samar, where two guerilla fronts of the communist armed group are existing.
The decision of the former rebel to surrender was welcomed by Lt. Col.Joemar Buban, the commanding officer of the 20th IB. He encouraged those still fighting with the government to give up and return to the folds of the law. “To those who continue to fight against the government, the government is open and ready to welcome you so you may live a normal life together with your respective family members,” Buban said in a statement.
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