Talks: Peace Talks and Rebels

talks: The program pursues a comprehensive, integrated, community-based national program that is locally-implemented to address the legal status and security of former rebels as well as their economic, social, psychological rehabilitation need, according to Xinhua China. Duterte has decided to pursue localized peace talks with the New People's Army NPA rebels after formal talks with the National Democratic Front NDF crumbled in June. The government has created a coordinating body, Task Force Balik-Loob, tasked to implement its fresh efforts to reintegrate former rebels into the society. The NDF is representing the Communist Party of the Philippines CPP and its armed wing, the NPAs. The amount will depend on the condition of the firearms, the body said in its posters. The Task Force Balik-Loob has published the benefits that surrendering rebels can avail of under the so-called Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program E-CLIP . The benefits include a monetary reward amounting to 191,000 pesos roughly 3,603 U.S. dollars broken down into reintegration assistance amounting to 21,000 pesos roughly 396.19 U.S. dollars employment assistance amounting to 100,000 pesos roughly 1,887 U.S. dollars immediate assistance worth 15,000 pesos roughly 283 U.S. dollars livelihood assistance 50,000 pesos roughly 943 U.S. dollars and conditional transitional grant of 5,000 pesos roughly 94 U.S. dollars . Aside from the monetary incentives, returning rebels will also be paid for every firearms, explosives and ammunitions that they return to the government. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.