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GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Three former members of the New People’s Army
in Sarangani and Agusan Del Sur have been granted amnesty along with
monetary assistance from the government in Camp Panacan, Davao City.
Lt. Rosa Ma. Cristina Rosete-Manuel, the AFP
division public affairs office deputy officer, said Major Gen.
Ernesto D. Boac, commanding officer of the Army’s 10th Infantry
Division handed the three former rebels some P68,000 for surrendered
firearms in a simple ceremony during the flag raising ceremony in
Camp Panacan.
The former rebels were identified as Edwin
Macampao Y Caray alias Edmar, 20 years old, Tata Takas Y Bayang, 18
years old, both of Sitio Upper Kiogam, Upper Suyam, in Malapatan,
Sarangani Province; and Raymund Lupe Subla, alias Alvin, 21 years
old, and a resident of Barangay Mansanitas, Loreto, Agusan Del Sur.
Macampao was team leader of Alpha 1st Squad, 2nd
Platoon of Front Committee 71, for South Mindanao. He surrendered
his Cal. 14 Rifle to the 66th Infantry Battalion on August 4, 2006.
Takas came from the same squad and he also surrendered his M16
rifle. Both received an P18,000.00 check each.
The two former communist guerillas surrendered
to the Army’s 66th Infantry Battalion in the town of Malapatan
under the command of Col. Fidel Legiralde.
The third, Subla, previously operated in Agusan
del Sur as team leader of Team Primera Abe, Front Committee 34, also
in Southern Mindanao. He surrendered to the Charlie Company of 60IB
on September 17, at Barangay Bugdangan, Laak, Compostela Valley
Province bringing along with him an M60 (General Purpose Machine
Gun), one M16 rifle, one rocket-propelled grenade, one Claymore
mine, 40mm grenade launcher ammunition, medical paraphernalia and
subversive documents. He initially received a P30,000 check for the
M60 GPMG he surrendered to the government.
Meanwhile, Boac said the 10th Infantry Division
is still processing the papers of other former rebels but has
assured the immediate release of funds intended for surrendered
firearms.
-- Isagani P. Palma
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