DAVAO CITY, Apr. 19 (PIA) - Some 43 former members of the New People’s Army received PhP 10,000 each as financial assistance from the Davao de Oro provincial government.
The distribution was conducted at the Children’s Park of the Capitol grounds in Nabunturan on April 11, 2022.
According to the Oplan Pagbabago Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC), the former rebels surrendered to authorities in Davao de Oro in 2020 and 2021.
The former rebels were also enrolled in the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program, in which each of them can get PhP 15,000 – 65,000.
Aside from those monetary assistance, the former rebels were also enrolled in other programs of the national and local government units. (PIA XI/ Michael Uy)
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