Fifty-three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to authorities in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija.
According to Lt. Col. Honorato Pascual Jr., of the Philippine Army Infantry Battalion (IB), the rebels said they were already tired of what they were doing.
The mass surrender was the result of joint efforts of the 84th IB, 7th Civil-Military Operations Battalion, Barangay Peace and Order Council, and Barangay Task Force.
By surrendering, the former NPA members in Nueva Ecija can receive the same benefits as the government gives to the rebels who yielded.
