DAVAO CITY, May 2 -- Three fighters of the communist New People's Army's (NPA) Dismantled Guerrilla Front 2 (DGF2) who have since lied low surrendered to the Army's 25th Infantry Battalion (25IB) headquarters in the Davao de Oro town of Monkayo on Wednesday.

In a statement Thursday, Brig. Gen. Ronnie Babac, commander of the Army's 1001st Infantry Brigade (1001Bde), said surrenderers "Kulas," "Eme," and "Dido" also revealed the location of a cached DGF2 war materiel in Maco town, also in Davao de Oro.

Troopers from the 25IB immediately launched a recovery operation on the same day and discovered two improvised explosive devices and a .38-caliber revolver.

"Our call to the rebel remnants and those who went lie low, coupled with our inten...