CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Ten members of a group affiliated with the Communists Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army and a Communist Terrorist Group member voluntarily withdrew their support to the rebel movement on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Police Regional Office Reg. 3 reported on Thursd
(Google map) LEGAZPI CITY - A member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) surrendered to police authorities in Placer, Masbate on Monday. A report from Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) on Wednesday identified the surrenderer as "Ka Jack", 44, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Placer town. He is a member of the Militia ng Bayan under Platoon 1, Larangan 2, Komite ng Probinsya 4, Bicol Regional Party Committee under the Jose Rapsing Command in Masbate. "The joint elements of Placer Municipal Police Station and Masbate 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company, facilitated the surrender of 'Ka Jack' after conducting a series of negotiations and information campaigns with regard to National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict E.O (Executive Order) 70.," said Major Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson in a statement. Calubaquib said the surrenderer was recruited by a certain "Ka Reynan" at Sitio Pandayan