The military's 6th Infantry Division engineering division
will turn over to the residents of Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano,
Maguindanao a mosque built by Army engineers and funded by the office of
Regional Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Military engineers from the 6th ID and 601st Infantry
Brigade started the construction last month including a concrete bridge in the
village that will replace the wooden one.
Hataman's office earlier allotted P70-million socio-economic
and diplomatic interventions aimed at fast tracking the restoration of normalcy
in the village following the deadly clash that left 44 police, 18 Moro rebels
and three civilians killed on January 25.
Two months ago, the government decided to repair the bridge
and construct a concrete one with Army engineers in the forefront. A road
concreting project and a mosque was part of the development package.
According to Engr. James Mlok of Maguindanao's second
engineering district, the mosque and the bridge construction was going on
smoothly.
Mlok said the concrete bridge was erected a few meters away
from the iconic wooden bridge near a corn field where the Philippine National
Police Special Action Force and the MILF forces clashed on January 25.
Mlok's office is constructing a road network connecting
Barangay Poblacion to Barangay Tukanalipao.
Initial reports said President Benigno Aquino III, who will
witness the decommissioning of firearms of the MILF in Sultan Kudarat,
Maguindanao, will have a side trip to Barangay Tukanalipao but security
concerns were given major consideration.
The decommissioning process will take place at the old
provincial capitol of Maguindanao, situated in Barangay Simuay, Sultan Kudarat
town, about 60 kilometers or an hour and a half drive to Mamasapano town.
Major Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th ID chief who has
jurisdiction over Army engineers working on the mosque, said the villagers of
Tukanalipao were thankful of the military's efforts to help build the place of
worship.
Pangilinan said the mosque will be opened in time for the
start of the fasting month on June 17 or June 18.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=772648
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