An army official
hailed the sterling service of the 87th Hinirang Infantry Battalion in the province of Samar
Major General Jet
Velarmino, 8th Infantry Division Commanding General, in his message to
the battalion during its 5th anniversary, said that the battalion headed by Lt
Col Antonio Dulnuan has somehow paved the way for the declaration of most
municipalities under it as “Manageable Conflict-affected and Development-Ready”
(MCADR).
This means that
the area has somehow addressed their basic poverty and conflict issues and that
the insurgents’ interference to the economic activity in the area is already
negligible and can be easily address by the local police.
“Your success is
much as yours as they are ours.”
He advised them
though that their success is not a reason to stop or slow down. That their past
glory should only serve as reference and that they should even strive
more to surpass their achievements.
“As long as there
are threat groups, our job is not yet done,” said Velarmino.
While he ordered
them to be tough on insurgents, he added that they must be “tougher on the root
causes of insurgency”.
He explained that
with the Bayanihan program, he deploys army elements to barangays to check out
issues that they want resolved. The list then is given to the local government
units which are resolved in the peace and development meetings conducted by the
army with the different national and local government agencies in attendance.
He added that if
unresolved, these issues go to the military channels where negotiations are
done in the upper level of the departments.
“We do not only
apply force to win the peace but we implement, focused military operations,
stakeholders engagement, bayanihan efforts and legal cooperation.”
By legal
cooperation, the official said it meant that they have filed charges against
identified perpetrators of crimes.
The 8th ID
Commander added that the whole division is working overtime and fastracking its
programs to be able to declare the whole Eastern Visayas
peaceful and ready for development.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1221429250520/army-official-hails-87th-ib
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