CABANATUAN CITY, Jan. 12 -- A former member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) has surrendered to authorities here on Wednesday.

In his report on Thursday, Col. Richard V. Caballero, acting provincial director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO), said alias "Ka Nestor/Noli," who was a former member of the CPP-NPA under Komiteng Larangang Gerilya Sierra Madre, submitted himself to the authorities and yielded one homemade .22-caliber Magnum, with magazine and ammunition.

Caballero said personnel of the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC-NEPPO), in collaboration with other government troops in the province, facilitated the former rebel's return to the fold of the law.

He said "Ka N...