The military has extended services to more than 20,000
people in conflict areas in Gingoog
City
Col Jess Alvarez, Commander of the 403rd Infantry Brigade
based in Misamis Oriental, said that about 60 urban and rural villages in Gingoog City
“Where the communist New People’s Army (NPA) destroys and
spread terror in the rural and sub-urban villages, the military comes to build
and provide hope for lasting peace among residents of embattled areas,” Alvarez
said.
Alvarez said that the military provided hope to attain the
wishes of the people, while the NPA rebels provided false promises under the
barrel of the guns and terror.
He said that the “Peace Caravan” was a joint program of
various government line agencies spearheaded by the Philippine Army in Northern Mindanao and the Caraga Region.
Also known as “Whole of Nation Initiatives,” the
participating agencies include practically all the regional offices of the
national government as stakeholders in education, agriculture, public works,
the environment, security, health, agrarian reform, and social services,
Alvarez said.
He said that various government agencies would separately
deliver basic services to the villages of the necessary services needed by the
residents as the caravan moves from one village to another.
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