Agusan del Norte, Butuan City to be declared as 'conflict manageable, ready for development'

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): Agusan del Norte, Butuan City to be declared as 'conflict manageable, ready for development'

The province of Agusan del Norte and Butuan City are set to be declared as “conflict manageable and ready for further development”.

It is fifth province in the region to be under such category and the seventh under the area of responsibility of the 4th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

In a media advisory sent to media outlets here, the joint memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing declaring the province of Agusan del Norte and Butuan City as “conflict manageable and ready for further development,” will be held at the Provincial Training Center, Agusan del Norte Capitol Compound in this city at 10 a.m. Monday, (March 14).

The first province to be declared under such category was the province of Dinagat in 2015. The island province has moved further to another level, making it the first province in the region to be declared as “insurgency free”.

According to Maj. Gen. Oscar T. Lactao, commander of the 4ID “Diamond” Division of the AFP, this was followed by Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur and then Agusan del Norte and Butuan City.

Under the area of responsibility of the 4ID, which include the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Camuigin; the declaration of Agusan del Norte under the said category will be the seventh, Lactao said.

Lactao, who is due for promotion to the national AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo before this month's end, hoped that the province of Bukidnon will get the same declaration before the end of his term as the commanding general here.

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