FORT RAMON MAGSAYSAY, Palayan City - Some 570 New People's Army communist rebels surrendered with 320 assorted firearms as military and residents burned effigies of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-NPA) leaders Jose Maria Sison and Gregorio Rosal in San Jose City last Oct. 15, the military reported.
Lt. Col. Jose Kakilala, commander of the Philippine Army's 48th Infantry Battalion, said that the surrender of the rebels was facilitated by village and local officials who wanted peace and order kept in their respective jurisdiction.
Besides the surrenderees, four other communist rebels were arrested in a raid in their encampment in Dupinga, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija by the combined forces from the Crimininal INvestigation and Detection Group (CIDG) led by Supt. Ferdinand Vero and the military team.
The raid was made last Oct. 12, according to Vero, days after the NPA head Leopoldo Caluza was nabbed in Baguio City by the Nueva Ecija police operatives.
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