AT least 51 communist rebels have surrendered to authorities while 14 others were killed and 17 were captured since the government launched an all-out war against the New People’s Army (NPA), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Sunday.

“And the exodus is expected to continue with numerous others sending their surrender fillers to the AFP,” said Col. Edgard Arevalo, chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office.

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