Tacloban City, Aug. 5 -- The Local Amnesty Board (LAB) of Catbalogan City, Samar has approved an additional 14 amnesty applications from former rebels during its latest case conference.

The approved applications will be forwarded to the Office of the President, the only one authorized to grant or deny amnesty.

Golda Meir Tabao, head of the Samar Provincial Information Office who represented Governor Sharee Ann Tan during the LAB meeting on Monday, said LAB Catbalogan has already recommended 93 amnesty applications for approval of the President.

"The 14 approved amnesty applications comply with the guidelines of Amnesty Proclamation 404 signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in 2023 that grants amnesty to former members of the Comm...