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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Four former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People\u2019s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Central Luzon returned to the fold of the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio I. Pe\u00f1ones Jr. showed that on Sept. 16, alias \u201cKa Gelo,\u201d 60, a former member of the Lino Blas Command, yielded to joint police units in Orani, Bataan.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cKa Gelo\u201d turned over a cal. .38 revolver, three rounds of ammunition, and a hand grenade. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hours later, alias \u201cKa Jack,\u201d 45, a former fighter of the Rehiyunal Yunit Gerilya under the Bagong Hukbong Bayan, surrendered to police in Olongapo City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cKa Jack\u201d gave up an improvised shotgun and a 40mm M203 rounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Earlier, on September 14, alias \u201cKa Rose,\u201d 34, who had been affiliated with Komite sa Larangang Gerilya 1 and other underground organizations, voluntarily surrendered in Mayantoc, Tarlac. <\/strong> She is now undergoing custodial debriefing and documentation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first to surrender was alias \u201cIska,\u201d 55, a former member of the Pambansang Katipunan ng Magsasaka who gave herself up in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija on September 13. She turned over a cal. .38 revolver with three live rounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the series of surrenders was the result of joint efforts by the police, military, and intelligence units across Bataan, Zambales, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Authorities credited intensified intelligence operations and community engagement programs anchored on the government\u2019s anti-insurgency framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pe\u00f1ones lauded the development, saying it reflects the effectiveness of the whole-of-nation approach in encouraging former rebels to return to mainstream society.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThese voluntary surrenders reflect the success of our whole-of-nation approach in encouraging those who have gone astray to return to the fold of the law,\u201d Pe\u00f1ones said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The former rebels are undergoing debriefing and documentation, with some already receiving initial financial assistance and livelihood support under the government\u2019s reintegration program.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Four former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16456,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16454\/revisions\/16456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}