NEW LIFE. Alias "Rustom", an NPA rebel from Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda of Guerrilla Front 16C of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee, voluntarily surrenders to the Army's 30th Infantry Battalion on Tuesday (March 1, 2022) in Guigaquit, Surigao del Norte. Fatigue and hunger due to continuing military operations have driven the NPA insurgent to abandon the organization and return to the folds of the law. (Photo courtesy of 30IB) BUTUAN CITY - Exhausted from being always on the run, a New People's Army (NPA) insurgent has voluntarily surrendered to the Army's 30th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte. In a statement Thursday, the 30IB identified the NPA rebel as Alias Rustom who belonged to Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda of Guerrilla Front 16C of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee. Rustom yielded to the 30IB on Tuesday afternoon. "He voluntarily surrendered due to fatigue, thirst, and hunger while inside the rebel mov