ASIPULO, Ifugao -- The government through the Enhanced
Comprehensive Local Integration Program provided more than P6
million worth of assistance and
benefits to former rebels and their supporters in the province.
The Provincial Social Welfare
and Development Office reported a total of 134 regular New Peoples Army and
Militia ng Bayan members mostly from the municipalities of Asipulo and Tinoc
had surrendered to government authorities at the end of 2019.
The government gave
these surrenderees a total of P6, 577,000.00-worth of assistance
consisting of immediate assistance, livelihood assistance and firearm
remunerations.
The 54th Infantry
Battalion also reported that through their community support program in
partnership with stakeholders, the Kilusang Larangang Guerilya (KLG) – Ifugao
was dismantled in the fourth quarter of 2019.
This group reportedly
operated in the municipalities of Tinoc, Asipulo, southern part of Hungduan and
Western part of Lamut including the towns of Ambaguio and Villaverde in Nueva
Vizcaya. -- JDP/MBL-PIA CAR, Ifugao
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