{"id":112572,"date":"2024-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malaysiantribune.com\/?guid=9eb262b7084f9632a353437b37b741a1"},"modified":"2024-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"29-ex-rebels-residents-in-caraga-get-financial-aid-from-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysiantribune.com\/29-ex-rebels-residents-in-caraga-get-financial-aid-from-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"29 ex-rebels, residents in Caraga get financial aid from gov’t"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nBUTUAN: Twenty-nine former combatants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were provided with needed intervention from the government in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a statement Friday, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13) said the former rebels received PHP10,000 cash each.<\/p>\n
‘The provision of financial assistance is aimed to support the integration of the former rebels back to their families and communities,’ the DSWD-13 said.<\/p>\n
The assistance forms part of the continuing implementation of Executive Order No. 70 series of 2018, or the institutionalization of the whole-of-nation approach to end the local communist armed conflict.<\/p>\n
The beneficiaries surrendered to the Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion on separate occasions late last year and early this year.<\/p>\n
DSWD-13 said it is also working with the other units of the Philippine Army in the region to continue providing support to former rebels.<\/p>\n
In Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, 1,819 residents re
\nceived PHP3,000 each under the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation during a two-day payout that ended Friday.<\/p>\n
Of the total beneficiaries, 1,361 were from the municipality of Del Carmen, while the other 458 were from Burgos town.<\/p>\n
More payout activities are scheduled next week, according to the local government.<\/p>\n
Source: Philippines News agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BUTUAN: Twenty-nine former combatants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were provided with needed intervention from the government in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a statement Friday, the Department of Social Welfare and Develop…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n