MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Over three years from 2016 to 2019, the government has extended financial assistance to 1,788 former New People鈥檚 Army fighters and 2,882 of their supporters who have sought to return to the fold of the law, according to Interior Secretary Eduardo A帽o.
Only last month, ex-communist fighters surrendered 21 firearms which A帽o described as a 鈥済iant leap鈥� to ending the 50-year-old insurgency.
The government is also working to provide P20 million for each barangay that would be declared 鈥渃onflict-free鈥� and P1.5 million to each conflict-threatened or affected village to fund development projects.鈥擩eannette I. Andrade
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