521 New People’s Army (NPA) members have surrendered to the government since the peace negotiations were terminated on February 4, a military official said in a statement on Saturday.

Marine Colonel Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs chief, said that the communist rebels are surrendering because their forces are weakening.

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