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<p>MANILA -- The Philippine Army dropped around 1,000 leaflets over Aurora and Nueva Vizcaya to convince members of the New People’s Army to surrender.</p><p>Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said the leaflets were dropped by a Black Hawk helicopter of the Philippine Air Force over Barangay Galintuja in Maria Aurora town in Aurora and Barangay Lub-lub in Alfonso Castañeda town in Nueva Vizcaya on March 28.</p><p>The airborne leaflet operations were conducted due to the areas’ difficult terrain, she added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/25/23/peace-adviser-military-welcome-amnesty-grant-to-rebels">&#x27;Significant milestone&#x27;: Peace adviser, military welcome amnesty grant to rebels</a></li></ul><p><br/>“We do that. That’s part of our information operations. Target natin dito ang mga nalinlang ng NPA na gusto naman din magbalik loob na pero hindi pinapayagan ng grupo,” Padilla told reporters in a phone interview on Wednesday.</p><p>“Ang areas na ito ay very difficult for us to reach and to get our message across. Far-flung areas ito. So, we do the operations by dropping leaflets to get our message across,” she added.</p><p>Padilla said the leaflets contained information on the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program or E-CLIP.</p><p>The E-CLIP is a government initiative that aims to provide a comprehensive package of benefits and assistance to former rebels who have decided to return to the fold of the law.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/24/23/marcos-grants-amnesty-to-former-rebels">Marcos grants amnesty to former rebels &#x27;to foster lasting peace&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span dir="ltr"><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable" frameBorder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XSrRuMidUxc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" width="640"></iframe></span></strong> </span></div>

<p>The Philippine Army dropped around 1,000 leaflets over Aurora and Nueva Vizcaya to convince members of the New People’s Army to surrender.</p>

The Philippine Army dropped around 1,000 leaflets over Aurora and Nueva Vizcaya to convince members of the New People’s Army to surrender.

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PH Army drops leaflets over Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya urging rebels to surrender

Bianca Dava,

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Published Apr 10, 2024 06:49 PM PHT

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