NEW CHAPTER. A former rebel shares the reasons for her and her 13 comrades' surrender inside the Police Regional Office-Northern Mindanao headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday (July 15, 2022). One of the reasons cited was a secure future for their families. (Photo courtesy of PRO-10) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Citing the future of her children and family, a communist rebel in Bukidnon has decided to surrender. During a briefing on Friday, alias "Bertha" said she wants a life for her children without association with the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). "That is what we can give to them (children). We have not seen this before [how the government can help] but we are not going back [to the CPP-NPA-NDF]," Bertha said in the vernacular. She said they were led to believe a "different perspective" toward the government, which is why they joined the communist group. Bertha was one of the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Both the Police Regional Office (PRO) 10 (Northern Mindanao) and the Army's 4th Infantry Division (4ID) have started readying their forces to monitor areas in the region that are prone to election-related violence. Lt. Col. Fermin Armandarez III, chief of the PRO-10's Operations Division, said via Zoom conference on Tuesday since the third quarter of 2021, regional officials have been in talks with provincial police directors and city police directors here and in Iligan City about the matter. "As of now, we are gathering intelligence information as to the (possible) hotspots (in the region), to preempt election-related incidence," he said. Col. Michel Anayron, 4ID assistant commander, said when election season draws near, normally a strategic conference between the Army and police takes place to identify areas that need security support. "We usually divide areas where the PNP (Philippine National Police) and AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippi
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