Manila, March 4 -- Twenty former rebels and members of the breakaway Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-RPA-ABB) in Negros Oriental are applying for government amnesty, a military official said Tuesday.

Capt. Arvin Talco of the Philippine Army's 302nd Infantry Brigade Civil Military Operations told the Philippine News Agency that the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) is spearheading the amnesty application.

"The amnesty applicants are members of the Kapatiran Para sa Progresong Panlipunan-Negros Oriental chapter who have gone through an evaluation process for the amnesty application," Talco said.

Kapatiran is the RPM-RPA...