46 NPAs surrender in Ilocos; to get gov’t aid
>> Sunday, November 15, 2020
By Freddie G. Lazaro
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Forty six
newly-surrendered members of the Communist Party of the Philippines New
People’s Army in Ilocos provinces will receive livelihood assistance from
government agencies.
According to army 702nd Infantry Brigade spokesperson Major Rogelio Dumbrigue, all government agencies involved in the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) had readied the assistance for distribution to the surrendered UGMO members through a series of “serbisyo caravan.”
These benefits include cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), livelihood and skills training from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), packages of livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), farm equipment from the Department of Agriculture (DA), and many more.
The members were reportedly supporters of the New People’s Army. Of the 46 surrendered rebels, 12 were residents of Burgos; 30 from Narvacan; two from Quirino; all from the provinces of Ilocos Sur and two from Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
The 12 surrendered rebels in Burgos, Ilocos Sur have formally taken their oath of allegiance to the government on Nov. 5 with the presence of the members of the Municipal Task Force-ELCAC of Burgos town headed by Mayor Nathaniel D. Escobar.
The 30 surrendered NPA supporters in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur have taken their allegiance to the government on Nov. 6.
Meanwhile, the two NPA supporters in Quirino, Ilocos Sur surrendered to authorities on Nov. 4.
They were identified as Romeo Valdez Mangay-ayam aka “Bawang”, 62, and Benigno Ig-an Diyan Sr., 64, both residents of Barangay Patungcaleo, Quirino, Ilocos Sur. The two surrendered NPA supporters were recruiters/founders/officers of the Save Quirino Movement under the umbrella of Cordillera People’s Alliance.
Dumbrigue said these 44 UGMO members surrendered to the operatives of the army’s 81st Infantry Battalion with the assistance of the local task force of ELCAC.
Earlier, Alexander Pagdilao Sr, 60, and his wife, Flordeliza Pagdilao @ AKA Liza, 53, have surrendered to the joint operatives of the army’s 24th Infantry Battalion and the police in Ilocos Norte. Both were listed as supporters and members of the Komiteng Larangang Guerilya- Southern Ilocos Sur (KLG-SIS) of the NPA.
Dumbrigue said the couple is now under the custody of the army for inquiry. -- PIA 1
According to army 702nd Infantry Brigade spokesperson Major Rogelio Dumbrigue, all government agencies involved in the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) had readied the assistance for distribution to the surrendered UGMO members through a series of “serbisyo caravan.”
These benefits include cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), livelihood and skills training from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), packages of livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), farm equipment from the Department of Agriculture (DA), and many more.
The members were reportedly supporters of the New People’s Army. Of the 46 surrendered rebels, 12 were residents of Burgos; 30 from Narvacan; two from Quirino; all from the provinces of Ilocos Sur and two from Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
The 12 surrendered rebels in Burgos, Ilocos Sur have formally taken their oath of allegiance to the government on Nov. 5 with the presence of the members of the Municipal Task Force-ELCAC of Burgos town headed by Mayor Nathaniel D. Escobar.
The 30 surrendered NPA supporters in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur have taken their allegiance to the government on Nov. 6.
Meanwhile, the two NPA supporters in Quirino, Ilocos Sur surrendered to authorities on Nov. 4.
They were identified as Romeo Valdez Mangay-ayam aka “Bawang”, 62, and Benigno Ig-an Diyan Sr., 64, both residents of Barangay Patungcaleo, Quirino, Ilocos Sur. The two surrendered NPA supporters were recruiters/founders/officers of the Save Quirino Movement under the umbrella of Cordillera People’s Alliance.
Dumbrigue said these 44 UGMO members surrendered to the operatives of the army’s 81st Infantry Battalion with the assistance of the local task force of ELCAC.
Earlier, Alexander Pagdilao Sr, 60, and his wife, Flordeliza Pagdilao @ AKA Liza, 53, have surrendered to the joint operatives of the army’s 24th Infantry Battalion and the police in Ilocos Norte. Both were listed as supporters and members of the Komiteng Larangang Guerilya- Southern Ilocos Sur (KLG-SIS) of the NPA.
Dumbrigue said the couple is now under the custody of the army for inquiry. -- PIA 1
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