Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro-Alias “Ka Talahib”, 37 years old, resident of Sitio Calachuchi, Brgy. Alibog, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, a regular member of communist terrorist group (CTG) or CPP/NPA, voluntarily surrendered to the Police Colonel SIMEON L GANE JR, Provincial Director of Occidental Mindoro in Camp Winston S Ebersole, OMPPO, Brgy. San Roque 1, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on February 8, 2022 at 11:00 AM.

Ka Talahib is a regular member of CTG (CPP/NPA) under Kilusang Larangang Girelya MAV, Sub-Regional Military Area-4D, Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee, that operates in the Municipalities of Calintaan, Rizal, San Jose and Magsaysay in the Province of Occidental Mindoro, and the Municipalities of Bulalacao, Mansalay, Roxas and Bongabong River in Oriental Mindoro.

Ka Talahib’s surrender was a result of the intensive negotiation of the Provincial Intelligence Unit and other units of Occidental Mindoro Police Provincial Office (OccMin PPO), PNP SAF, and 4th Infantry Battalion of 23rd Brigade, Philippine Army.

The former rebel surrendered one caliber .38 with ammunition which signifies his sincere conversion to folds of the law and allegiance to the government.

The said CTG member is now under police custody in Camp Winston S Ebersole.

As of press time, statistics divulged that Police Regional Office MIMAROPA had recorded a total of 298 surrendered communist terrorist group members since January 1, 2021.

Ka Talahib is now under the custody of the Occidental Mindoro for debriefing and determination whether said former rebel is qualified for the Enhanced Comprehensive Integration Program (ECLIP).

“I commend Occidental Mindoro PPO for another great accomplishment, the surrender of another CTG member”, Police Brigadier General SIDNEY SULTAN HERNIA, Regional Director of Police Regional Office MIMAROPA, underscored.

“The said surrender paves the way to the continuing fall of CTG in the Mindoro Island”, he added. –RPIO MIMAROPA