Soldiers score anew
in Northern Samar; NPAs surrender 2 firearms
By DPAO, 8ID PA
October 4, 2013
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan
City, Samar – On October 3, 2013 troops of 34th Infantry Battalion
under Lt Col Rodrigo Ilustrisimo, encountered ten (10) NPA members at
Sitio Canunghan, Brgy Osmeńa, Palapag, Northern Samar.
Before the encounter,
concerned civilians reported the presence of around 10 armed NPAs that
were planning to stage an ambush against the government forces
conducting Bayanihan Team activities in Sitio Canunghan. The troops
immediately acted on the report resulting to a firefight with the NPA
insurgents with no casualty on the government side.
In a related incident, a
certain Jayson Francisco Lucban (aka Bunso and Jay) and Rosemarie
Moreno Cadajas (aka LJ, Aira and Ai-Ai), both NPA members, voluntarily
surrendered to 20th Infantry Battalion under Lt Col Rey Anthony M
Tumaliuan and brought with them two (2) Caliber 45 pistols with two
(2) magazines on October 2, 2013.
Under the AFP Guns For Peace
Program, each of them will receive P25,000.00 for each pistol
surrendered and is entitled to receive P50,000.00 livelihood package
and P15,000.00 immediate assistance from the Office of the
Presidential Assistant for Peace Process (OPAPP) under its
Comprehensive Local Integration program (CLIP).
BGen Jet B. Velarmino AFP,
Commander of 8th Infantry Division, in his message said, “The
proactive and prompt action of your soldiers in Sitio Canunghan, Brgy
Osmeńa, Palapag, Northern Samar is the product of their commitment and
resolve to protect peace-loving people and communities against the
NPAs and other threat groups. Your Army in Eastern Visayas is
relentless in the conduct of focused military operations against any
armed and lawless group, we also welcome those who will opt to
surrender and lay down their arms and rejoin the mainstream society
and avail of the government programs intended for NPA members.”
