2 CNT LEADERS SURRENDER TO ARMY IN AGUSAN NORTE By 1Lt. Roel T. Maglalang Two dismayed members of the Communist New People’s Army Terrorist (CNT) group who previously held the positions of team leaders of the movement voluntarily surrendered recently to the troopers of 23rd Infantry (Masigasig) Battalion (23IB), Philippine Army in separate occasions at the battalion’s headquarters in Jamboree Site, Purok 6, Barangay Alubihid, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. The two disgruntled
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CNT leaders were identified as alias FREDIE/ ERWEN and JAY-R/ BADOY/BEBS. Alias FREDIE/ERWEN, 39, a team leader of Squad Dos, Sentro de Grabidad (SDG) CAOCAO, Guerrilla Front (GF) 4A of the North Central Mindanao Committee (NCMRC) and a resident of Purok Lumbia, Barangay Poblacion, Carmen, Agusan del Norte while alias JAY-R/BADOY/ BEBS, 24, is also the team leader of Squad Dos, SDG CAOCAO, GF-4A,
NCMRC who is a resident of Purok 8, Barangay Lower Olave, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Alias FREDIE/ERWEN turned over to the 23rd IB one MK-2 fragmentation hand grenade. Alias FREDIE/ERWEN narrated the difficult experiences he had while inside the movement that pushed him to abandon the terrorist group. Lt. Col. Julius Cesar C. Paulo, the Acting Commander of 23IB, said the battalion is always open to welcome and
