From the Manila Standard Today (Feb 16): North Zambo peaceful, cited ready for growth
Top military, police and local government officials last Friday signed a joint resolution declaring this Western Mindanao (WM) province a conflict-manageable and development-ready area.
Vice Governor Senen Angeles said the signatories were Gov. Roberto Uy, WM Command Chief Lt. Gen. Rustico Guerrero, Army First Infantry Division Commander Brig. Gen. Gerardo Barrientos Jr., and Police Region 9 Director Chief Supt. Edgar Basbas, and witnessed by Dipolog City Mayor Evelyn Uy, police provincial Director Senior Supt. Juanito Enguerra and other officials.
Angeles urged the communities “to support the concerted effort of the military and police authorities in sustaining the maintenance of peace and order in the province to open the avenue for growth and progress of the people’s lives.”
Uy thanked the military and police, vowing to implement socio-economic development programs to alleviate poverty in the province earlier listed by the National Statistics Office as one of the poorest places.
Army 101st Infantry Brigade head Brig. Gen. Apolinario Alobba said members of the New People’s Army “are now on the run and are merely concentrating their armed operations in remote villages” due to the government’s drive for economic growth and upholding the rule of law.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/02/16/north-zambo-peaceful-cited-ready-for-growth/
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