NPA surrenderee facilitators in Samar get cash rewards

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — The Samar provincial government has given cash rewards to those who facilitated the recent surrender of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.

A civilian, three militiamen and two former rebels, who were not identified for security reasons, received their reward at the 87th Infantry Battalion command post in Paranas town.

The civilian, two militiamen and one of the former rebels got P10,000 each while another militiaman and one of the former rebels received P20,000 each.

The Samar provincial government gives a cash reward of P10,000 each to any person who facilitates the surrender of NPA rebels under the  Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration program and amnesty program cluster of the Samar Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

In South Cotabato, two NPA rebels surrendered to the Army’s 5th Special Forces Battalion on Wednesday.

Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, 6th Infantry Division (ID) commander, said the rebel returnees turned over an M16 and a .30-caliber rifle.

The military said the surrenderees belonged to the NPA’s Guerrilla Front 73-Far South Mindanao Region.

More than 100 NPA guerrillas have surrendered to the 6th ID since last year.