NPA rebels urged to give up fighting

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine Army has urged communist insurgents to peacefully surrender and take advantage of the government’s amnesty offer and livelihood package for them to start a new life with their family.

President Rodrigo Duterte, in his recent public speeches, even offered New People’s Army (NPA) rebels their own houses and join the military as soldiers should they lay down their weapons and surrender to the government.