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TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 6 – Fifty-six (56) former rebels (FRs) from the province of Agusan del Sur received benefits during the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) Awarding held recently at the Naliyagan Ground, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, this province.
The province awarded livelihood assistance amounting to P50,000.00, immediate assistance of P15,000.00 and firearms remuneration to the 31 FRs of 3rd Special Forces Battalion, 26 FRs of 26 Infantry (Ever Onward) Battalion, three FRs of Philippine National Police and one FR of 401st Infantry (Unity) Brigade.
“Dako kaayo among pasalamat kay tinood gayud ang gisaad kanamu nga kami pagatabangan sa gobyerno alang sa among pagsugod sa bag-ong kinabuhi nga gawasnon kauban ang among pamilya, kining maong kantidad daku na kini ug ikatabang aron kami maka tukod sa among panginabuhian diri patag uban ang among pamilya, ug ako naga agni sa among kanhi kaubanan nga anaa pa sa kabukiran nga musurender na aron makabat
Lt. Col. Reynald Romel A. Goce, commander of the 26
th IB, vowed that this is proof that ‘the government, through the efforts of the NTF-ELCAC, is winning the war against these terrorists and there will be no more anniversaries for them.”
2
nd Lt. Cecille C. Tappa, 26
th IB Civil Military Operations (CMO) officer, told the Manila Bulletin on Tuesday that the six NPA rebels surrendered so they could be with their families for the New Year’s Day celebration.
As part of the Barangay Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (BTF- ELCAC), barangay officials of Barangay Balit in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur province, headed by Chairwoman Elisa P. Gaud, accompanied the surrenderees to the 26
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