MANILA, Philippines ---More than 8,000 communist rebels have surrendered since the government carried out localized peace talks, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday. In a Palace briefing, Lorenzana noted that most of the communist rebels who surrendered were from the Region 11 (Davao region), Masbate, and Samar. "For this year only, sabi nga ng in-charge, si General (Reynaldo) Mapagu, more than 8,000 already came down," Lorenzana said. The Defense chief said that some 1,700 of the surrenderees were the rebel group's unarmed "militias," noting that they are now surrendering because the issues raised by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) are now being addresse...
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