Saturday, January 17, 2015

4ID “Diamond” Division honors Butuan City Mayor Amante

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 17): 4ID “Diamond” Division honors Butuan City Mayor Amante

The 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines gave full military honors to Butuan City mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. as chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in an appropriate ceremony held at Camp Bancasi, headquarters of the 402nd Brigade in Brgy. Bancasi this city, Friday morning.

The honor rites was attended by the Commanding General of the 4thID Major General Oscar T. Lactao, Brig. Gen. Jonathan G. Ponce, Commanding Officer of the 402nd Brigade, PCSupt. David Y. Ombao and the other members of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) Caraga. Top officials from the headquarters of the 4th ID, PA who accompanied Maj. Gen, Lactao and Army officials here in the region and their counterparts from the Philippine National Police also attended the honor rites.

Mayor Amante was afforded full military honors which Maj. Gen. Lactao explained during the press conference, is by the military tradition, an honor afforded to the commander-in-chief, which is the President. The Mayor was given the honor as the alter-ego of the President as far as peace and security is concerned being the chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council here in the Caraga region.

In his message for the occasion, Lactao said that the AFP and the PNP can only “do so much in this part of Mindanao, including the Islands of the province of Dinagat. We will not be successful (with our campaigns) here in the Caraga area without the support of our local government counterparts here,” Lactao said.

According to him, the military are undertaking peace and development projects in the conflict-affected areas of the Caraga region to bring the most needed government basic services in these areas even to the far-flung barangays.

Lactao said peace is a shared responsibility and along with development can be achieved by the political will of the local leaders.

He cited Mayor Amante for formulation means, a measure of convergence in order to address and tackle the problem of insurgency here.

He also challenged everybody present in the said forum to continue working for peace and development.

The honor rites was followed by the RPOC conference chaired by Mayor Amante and the press conference as its culmination.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=725917

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