From the Philippine Information Agency (Jan 19): Army aims to achieve peace in NegOcc. by 2015
The 303rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army here hopes to declare the Province of Negros Occidental, a “peaceful and ready for further development” province by 2015.
This is part of the Army’s Winning the Peace Framework that will create an enabling environment towards a permanent closure of the long overdue-armed conflict in the province.
As of last quarter of 2014, the 303rd IB disclosed that out of the 661 barangays in the province, 99 barangays are still affected by insurgency.
To date, the 4th District of the province and the City of Bacolod were cleared of any atrocity or violent act perpetrated by the New People’s Army in the area, no armed encounter in the last six years thus considered as insurgency-free, peaceful and ready for further development.
303rd IB Commander Col. Jon Aying said they are slowing moving towards their target of a peaceful and ready for further development province where civil authorities become more responsible in addressing peace and security concerns of their constituency, enhanced access to basic services, armed struggle is rendered irrelevant, increased economic activities and reduced poverty incidence.
Governor Alfredo G. Marañon said that the province as of the moment is relatively peaceful and whenever there is peace, there is progress.
“Peace will be very elusive if there are a lot of poor people among us. Poverty and peace are connected to each other so our programs in the province are really focused to alleviate the lives of less privileged people,” Marañon said.
“We are working on reaching our target and we need to tell the world how peaceful Negros Occidental is so we can attract more investors in line with our continuing objectives in providing dignity and sustainable development for our under privileged brothers and sisters,” Aying said.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1031421644591/army-aims-to-achieve-peace-in-negocc-by-2015
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