Two Northern Samar rebel leaders lay down arms

A ranking member of the New People’s Army (NPA) and his wife surrendered to the authorities Friday dealing a blow against the communist rebel movement in Eastern Visayas, military reports said Saturday.

Reports at Camp Aguinaldo, the military general headquarters in Manila, identified the NPA couple in Northern Samar as Lemuel Moreno alias Ka Kulas and his wife Nida Moreno alias Ka Mina.