Army, ABS-CBN to sponsor Pinukpuk elem school teachers' field trip to NOLCOM

From the Philippine Information Agency (Nov 16): Army, ABS-CBN to sponsor Pinukpuk elem school teachers' field trip to NOLCOM

School teachers and the principal of the Pinukpuk Junction Elementary School will participate in an "lakbay aral (travel learn)" at the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) in Camp Aquino, Tarlac City next month. Lt. Col. Prudencio Dimas, executive officer of the 21st Infantry Battalion, said the activity will be conducted through the partnership of the battalion and the ABS-CBN which will take care of the teachers’ transportation. The field trip, he said, aims to provide the group a better view of the services of the Armed Forces particularly the Philippine Army during military operations, and in providing security and community programs which they could share among the schoolchildren to better appreciate the government forces. “This is the first time in Kalinga that the 21st IB and ABS-CBN partnered in sponsoring a field trip for our local teachers,” he said informing that Pinukpuk ES is piloting the activity. “We are targeting two more schools from the municipalities of Balbalan and Tinglayan for the succeeding activities which may be conducted next year,” he said. Meanwhile, aside from said human development activities, the 21st IB are continuously conducting continuous Bayanihan activities in the municipality of Pinukpuk from road cleaning and maintenance, community cleaning, and school repairs. “The government troops had been actively providing the manpower to help our communities in their various activities to show that the army does not only provide community security but they could also be part of the community as partners in the pursuit for development,” he said.

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