Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City – Two members of Medic Team Baking, Squad 1, Sandatahang Yunit sa Platoon of Guerilla Front 16, North Eastern Mindanao Revolutionary Committee voluntarily surrendered without firearms to 3rd Special Forces Battalion on September 7, 2012.

The child victims of NPAs, both 15 years old, single and residents of Surigao del Norte, went to the Headquarters of 7th Special Forces Company accompanied by their relatives to surrender.

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Barangay, Magsaysay, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar – The troops of the 20th Infantry (We Lead) Battalion, Philippine Army conducted bloodletting activities as part of their celebration of the 62nd founding anniversary of the said unit last September 6, 2012. A total of seventeen (17) bags which is equivalent to more or less 8,500 cc were extracted from the troops which they donated to the blood bank of Northern Samar Provincial Health Office headed by Dr. Gleen Anthony Luzano, MD. The said activity was also participated by personnel from Lope de Vega Municipal Health Office headed by Dr Jocelyn Galvez, MD.

The conduct of bloodletting activities is a customary practice of the 20th Infantry Battalion as one of the highlights of their founding anniversary celebration every year

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Camp Lukban, Catbalogan, Samar –  Nineteen former NPA members operating in the Municipalities of San Roque, Catubig, Catarman, Bobon  and Pambujan all of Northern Samar  who surrendered through the efforts of  Colonel  Rolando C Malinao, Commander of the 803rd  Infantry Brigade  availed the Local Social Integration Program (LSIP) during the conduct of the Basic Business Management Skills Workshop along with Livelihood and Distribution of Livelihood Assistance on September 5-6 2012 at PSWD Office in Catarman, Northern Samar.

The activity was sponsored by Hon Paul Daza, Governor of Northern Samar Province in coordination with 803rd Infantry Brigade, 8ID, PA and Provincial Social Welfare Development Office and other agencies of the government.

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Camp Lukban, Catbalogan, Samar – The 20th Infantry (We Lead) Battalion, 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army headed by Ltc Noel A Vestuir celebrates its 62nd Founding Anniversary at Headquarters, 20th Infantry Battalion, Brgy Magsaysay, Lope De Vega, Northern Samar on 6 September 2012.

One of the highlights of the unit’s anniversary celebration is the conduct of a Bloodletting Activity in coordination with Lope de Vega Municipal Health Office headed by Dr Jocelyn Galvez, MD and the Local Government Unit of Lope De Vega, Northern Samar.

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