AMID fresh encounters with communist rebels that left several soldier dead, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has claimed a major victory over the communist New People’s Army (NPA) following a series of surrender by members of the NPA revolutionary forces.

AFP Public Affairs Office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala on Tuesday said that a total of 56 rebels from Samar province have voluntarily surrendered to avail of the government’s program for rebel returnees.

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