Butuan: A former supply officer for a dismantled New People's Army (NPA) guerrilla front surrendered to police on Monday afternoon following negotiations. In a statement on Wednesday, the Butuan City Police identified the surrenderer as alias Dabong, a resident of Barangay Durian, Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte.

According to Philippines News Agency, operatives of the City Intelligence Unit and Butuan Police Station 5's intelligence section conducted the negotiations, which are part of the office's continuing anti-insurgency campaign. Dabong is currently under custodial debriefing and is being processed for enrollment in the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program.

The Butuan Police have urged remaining NPA rebels to abandon the movement and avail themselves of government reintegration programs.