The Northern Samar
provincial government pushes for the building of more access roads to remote
villages to address the old-aged insurgency problem in the province.
Governor Jose L. Ong said 10 percent of the more than 500
villages in Northern Samar were not accessible
from the national highway due to absence of access roads.
“I believe that once all the villages will be connected by
roads, insurgency will be eliminated since the area is already accessible to
government services,” Ong told reporters.
He said the same solution was done in Bohol
province, a former hotbed of communist rebels before road networks were
constructed.
All 24 towns of Northern Samar ,
except Silvino Lobos are connected to the national road.
“We are aware that Silvino Lobos is a highly-infested area
of insurgency. That is why we are working to concrete the road to the town by
the end of this year,” Ong said.
The province needs at least Php 200 million a year to
improve road networks, according to the official.
On Dec. 4, 2014, the provincial government and Philippine
Army formally declared the minimized threat of New People's Army (NPA)
activities in Northern Samar, through a signing of a deal at the Farmer’s Training Center ,
University of Eastern Visayas
“The declaration of Northern Samar as PDRP (peace and
development-ready province) is the latest milestone in the successful
implementation of the peace and development efforts in the Eastern
Visayas region,” the army said in a statement
Northern Samar is last of the six provinces in Eastern Visayas placed under the PDRP status. On Dec. 10,
2014, the government placed Samar province,
formerly the rebel’s hotbed, under the PDRP category.
But despite attaining new status, the clash between
government troops and NPA rebels continue. The latest was on Feb. 3 where a
fresh Philippine Military Academy graduate was killed and two rebels were
captured.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=733477
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