Tag: returnees

President Duterte reiterates call for NPA rebels to surrender to gov’t

Offers them financial, housing, and livelihood assistance (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte once again called on New People’s Army rebels to surrender to government, and offered them financial, housing and livelihood assistance. “I am addressing again to all of you NPAs, you will never even capture a barangay. Stop your dreams, sumurrender kayo,” he said in his speech during the establishment of ‘TienDA Para Sa Mga Bayani’, a farmer and fisherfolk outlet in partnership […]

Duterte meets NPA rebel returnees in Malacañang

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met on Wednesday over 200 New People’s Army (NPA) rebel returnees in Malacañang. The 215 former rebels welcomed by the President  were the first batch of the 683 NPA returnees lined up by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to tour Manila. The President said in his speech that the former NPA rebels made a good decision to return to the fold of the law instead of fighting […]