Tagalog News: Army commander ipagpapatuloy ang paghahanap sa mga
teroristang CPP-NPA-NDF
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD
NG BUTUAN, Hulyo 24 (PIA) - Ipagpapatuloy ng militar ang pagtugis sa mga
miyembro ng Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People's
Army, and the National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) dito sa Caraga
Region.
Ito
ang mensaheng binigyang-diin ni Major General Ronald Villanueva sa kanyang
pakikipanayam sa media kamakailan, kasabay sa ika-46 na selebrasyon sa
anibersaryo ng 401st Brigade, Philippine Army sa Camp Datu Lipus
Makapandong, New Leyte, Barangay Awa, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.
Ayon
kay Villanueva, ang 4ID ay nakapokus sa kanilang development support and
security plan – kapayapaan sa Armed Forces, kung saan ang 4ID ay may joint
campaign plan kasama ang Police Regional Office sa Region 10 at 13.
Nagsasagawa
umano sila ng clearing operations sa Guerilla Zones at dismantling o pagkalas
sa Guerilla Fronts sa probinsya ng Agusan del Sur at Surigao del Sur.
Dagdag
pa ni Major General Villanueva, marami na umano napasukong NPA ang ibat-ibang
batalyon ng 4ID at nakatanggap na rin ng tulong mula sa gobyerno.
Hinimok
din niya ang mga local government units at local chief executives na tulungan
at suportahan sila sa kampanyang ito at mas lalo pang paigtingin ang
implementasyon ng kanilang mga programa at serbisyo at maiparating ito sa
ibat-ibang komunidad ng rehiyon lalung-lalo na sa liblib na lugar kung saan ang
karamihan sa mga naninirahan dito ay sinasamantala ng mga teroristang NPA na
sumanib sa kanilang grupo.
Maliban
sa mga sundalo, may mga nadagdag pa umanong CAFGUs na nagbabantay at
nagsisiguro sa proteksyon ng mga mamamayan sa mga komunidad.
Ayon
naman kay Brigadier General Andres Centino, ang komander ng 401st Brigade,
Philippine Army, mas pinagtibay pa umano nila ang kanilang maayos at magandang
samahan at relasyon kasama ang mga Indigenous Peoples sa probinsya ng Agusan
del Sur at Surigao del Sur at tinutulungan nila ito sa pagresolba ng kanilang
mga issues and concerns.
Pinaparating
din niya sa mga residente sa malalayo o liblib na lugar na ang gobyerno ay
patuloy na nagbibigay ng mga programa at serbisyo na tumutugon sa kanilang
pangangailangan, ayon na rin sa mahigpit na mandato ng Presidente.
Samantala,
hinimok din ni retired Brigadier General Rogelio Villanueva, ang pang-siyam na
kumander ng 401st brigade at siya ring naging panauhing pandangal sa
anibersaryo ng 401st brigade, na ang mga sundalo, lokal na pamahalaan at
ahensya ng gobyerno, kasama ng mga mamamayan ay magkaisa at sama-samang labanan
ang terorismo at mamuhay nang matiwasay sa maunlad na rehiyon. (PIA-Caraga)
DAR AgNor
turns over P4.4-M hauling truck to abaca farmers
By Gil
E. Miranda
BUTUAN
CITY, July 24 - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of Agusan del Norte,
through the Project Convergence on Value-Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and
Empowerment (ConVERGE), recently turned over Php4.486 million worth 10-wheeler
hauling truck to enhance the transport and handling of abaca fiber enterprise
of San Isidro Upland Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SIUFMULCO) here.
In a
ceremony held, DAR Caraga Regional Director Alejadro S. Otacan, together
with Provincial Agrarian Reform Project Officer II (PARPO II) Andre Atega, led
the turnover of hauling truck to the officials of SIUFMULCO represented by the
Board of Director Chairman Papias G. Bernados and Manager Leonora B. Mila.
According
to PARPO Atega, the hauling truck will give way to improve the delivery of
abaca fiber to a large scale manner that would spur economic productivity for
the rural workers as well as to the SIUFMULCO as the lead proponent group of 20
agrarian organizations in TUJAKITSAN Cluster comprises of four municipalities
of Tubay, Jabonga, Kitcharao and Santiago.
“It
will improve inbound and outbound logistics of abaca fibers from the cluster of
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ARBO) members through the marketing
and selling into different distribution channels that include Davao, Leyte,
Iligan and Albay,” Atega said.
SIUFMULCO
Manager Leonora Mila thanked the agrarian reform Project ConVERGE for the
support that it benefitted to more than 2,000 abaca farmer-members and 454
indigenous peoples in TUJAKITSAN Cluster.
“We
are indeed thankful for the timely arrival of new hauling truck since we were
struggling with our old truck prone to breakdown and does not last long, cannot
load large volume, compared to the newly arrived which we can save thousands of
pesos from commissioning some units from other transport services,” Mila
said.
According
to Mila, the arrival of hauling truck brings more opportunity to supply more
abaca fibers to different markets. As it continues to expand its operation, aside
from local buyers, SIUFMULCO also plans to venture other big abaca pulping
companies abroad.
Mila
also said that the new 20-tonner hauling truck has been a decade-long dream.
But now, through Project ConVERGE, it became a reality, even if it went a several
processes and pathways along the way.
“Daghan
salamat sa DAR Project ConVERGE diin nahatagan og katumanan ang among
gidamgo nga 20-tonner hauling truck (We thanked the efforts
of DAR provincial office thru project ConVERGE in realizing our
dreamed of 20-tonner hauling truck)," Mila added. (DAR-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
