Seven NPAs yield in Mountain Province out of 125 in North Luzon

>> Saturday, March 26, 2022

By Imelda U. Sawi

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Seven former New People’s Army militia surrendered here and took their oath of allegiance to the government Feb. 18.
    Oath was administered by executive assistant Winston V. Calde who represented Gov. Bonifacio C. Lacwasan, Jr. during the event dubbed “retooled community support program of provincial task Force to empower local communities to accelerate change (PTF-ELCAC) of Mountain Province.
    The seven surrenderees handed over six guns to the government forces present during the ceremony.
    The activity was witnessed by the officials and members of the Philippine Army and of Mountain Province Provincial Police Office. representatives from the Office of the Provincial Governor, provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, Provincial Information Office, Philippine Information Agency and GMA News.
    Aside from the province’s Rebel Returnee program and being a member of the Mountain Province’s PTF-ELCAC, the provincial government is in full support to government programs related to ending local communist and armed conflicts in the country.
    In his message conveyed by Calde, Gov. Lacwasan urged those “who have strayed from the mainstream of society to return and submit themselves into the government’s fold of the law.
    Likewise, in his message relayed by Lt. Col Crisante Sadino, MPPPO provincial director Clarence C. Casilio expressed his appreciation for the participation and cooperation of the surrenderees who decided to lay down their arms and abandon their armed struggle.
    Meanwhile, during the activity, as implementors of the E-CLIP program, LTC. Narciso Nabulneg Jr., 54IB Philippine Army commander presented a report on anti-insurgency in Ifugao and in Vizcaya provinces.
    He bared a total of 205 NPA surrenderees who yielded 28 firearms in Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao and Mountain Province.
    Six surrenderees from eastern Mountain Province, one from Paracelis and five from Natonin were awarded with E-CLIP benefits by the Dept. of Interior and Local Government.
    All six surrenderees received immediate assistance of P15,000 each and firearm renumeration of P80,000.
    One received an addition of P50,000 firearm renumeration and P50,000 livelihood assistance.
    According to the DILG, the other five surrenderees are undergoing evaluation before receiving their respective livelihood assistance.
    The turn-over of E-CLIP benefits were witnessed by some members of Provincial Peace and Order Council.

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