NPA leader surrenders

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader has surrendered in Negros Occidental.

Col. Francisco Delfin, 303rd Infantry Brigade (IB) commander, said the head of a military unit of the NPA in Himamaylan City, whose name was withheld for security reasons, also turned over several landmines.

Delfin said the former rebel leader, his wife and two children are under the custody of the Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion in central Negros.

2nd Lt. Revekka Knothess Roperos, 303rd IB public information officer, said they are processing the financial and livelihood assistance for the former rebel and his family under the Comprehensive Local Integration Program.

Rebel-returnees are entitled to a P15,000 in financial aid and P50,000 as livelihood assistance under the program.