From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 17): Army doctors treat 2,000 Sorsogon
villagers in medical mission
A civic mission recently conducted by the Philippine Army’s (PA) 31st Infantry
Battalion based in Sorsogon province gave free medical, dental and optical
services to about 2,000 barangay residents in Irosin town.
Doctors, nurses and other medical staffers from the PA’s 9th Infantry
Division, a unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in-charge of the
internal security of Bicol and based in Pili, Camarines Sur, along with the
town’s Rural Health Unit, provided the services conducted in cooperation with
the UNTV, a national television network.
The mission held in Barangay Gabao, Irosin was also supported by the PA’s
903rd Infantry Brigade based in Castilla, Sorsogon, the mother unit of the 31st
IB.
It was assisted by barangay officials and teachers of the Gabao National High
School.
In a statement reaching here Thursday, Col. Joselito Kakilala, the 903rd IB
commanding officer, said the PA’s 31st IB identified Barangay Gabao as the venue
of the mission based on the urgent needs of villagers, mostly farmers, for
medical, dental and other services necessary to keep them able and healthy.
Most of those treated were suffering from dental and eye problems as well as
common illnesses like cold, cough and fever.
Malnourished children were also served food in a feeding activity as part of
the mission, Kakilala said.
Apart from medical, dental and optical services, the mission also provided
free medicines, physical therapy, haircut and health counseling, he added.
Irosin is a third class agricultural town at the foot of Bulusan Volcano that
is considered as highly infested by insurgency and prone to calamities of
volcanic eruptions and floods.
The PA’s 31st IB, which handles security operations against New People’s Army
(NPA) units operating in the area, is based in a barangay near the boundaries of
Irosin and Juban towns.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=488330
So what has the NPA done for the poor villagers in Iorsin town besides threaten and intimidate them and levy "revolutionary taxes" on these poor folk. The activity above is why the CPP and its associated front groups oppose the Bayanihan Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) of the Armed Forces of Philippines. Bayanihan projects demonstrate government committment to its citizens and undermines NPA influence at the local level. That's why commie fronts like Karapatan manufacture alleged human rights abuses by the military and engage in anti-Bayanihan propaganda campaigns.
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