BUTUAN CITY, March 16 -- Less than a week after the arrest of two New People's Army (NPA) hitmen in Cabadbaran City, a ranking rebel leader surrendered to police authorities in Agusan del Sur on Tuesday.

Brig. Gen. Pablo Labra II, director of the Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13), identified the surrenderer only as alias Rem-Rem, who turned himself in to the personnel of Regional Mobile Force Battalion 13 in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur.

In a statement Thursday (March 16, 2023), Labra said Rem-Rem, 26, served as the Squad Leader of Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda SIKOP of Guerrilla Front (GF) 4A, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC) of the NPA.

Rem-Rem also handed over to authorities a .38-caliber revolver ...