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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA)—Enumerating assistance to rebel members who will return to the fold of the law, President Rodrigo Duterte said the government targets to end local communist armed conflict in attaining lasting peace.“Mangapo nalang ko sa tuhod naa lang gihapon mo (mga...
Director Raymundo Agravante of DOLE XII (right) shows the certificates of organization and good standing for organized groups in Barangay Banayal, Tulunan to Cotabato Gov. Nancy Catamco and other local officials. Last week, 26 workers in Banayal received livelihood assistance worth more than P600,000 from DOLE XII. TULUNAN, Cotabato, Mar. 3 (PIA) - At least 26 vulnerable workers in Barangay Banayal, Tulunan received a total of P646,516 livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) XII during the Retooled Community Support Program Serbisyo Caravan last week. Bara...
DAVAO CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) - The Barangay Development Program (BDP) aims to be a complement to the improving peace and order in the region this according to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon. In his statement Sec. Esperon said the BDP, a program under the National Task Force-Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) addresses the issues which are commonly exploited by the New Peoples Army such as poverty and lack of livelihood opportunities. He said that Davao Region with its sprawling land area of 20,357 square kilometers. Davao City for one, with an area of 2,443 square ...
By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published February 23, 2021 6:09pm Police Regional Office XI chief Police Brigadier General Filmore Escobal on Tuesday defended the inclusion of Davao City in the barangay development program of the anti-insurgency council with an allocation of P1.6 billion. In a press conference, Escobal said the inclusion of Davao City in the BDP is due to the presence of armed rebel groups in the Davao Region that are supposedly threatening the city. “Itong funding na ito ay mga pondo na ilalagak or gagamitin doon sa lugar na natapos na po ‘yong operations at clear...
Published February 21, 2021, 12:37 PM When Communist rebels waged a series of attacks in the middle of peace negotiations during the early years of the present administration, the then peace pact optimist President Duterte immediately cancelled all confidence-building measures with them—not even the traditional Holiday truce was honored. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Instead, security officials focused on aggressive military operations against the New People’s Army (NPA), and stepped up the campaign against the persona...