Five towns and two cities in Leyte
province will be declared as areas completely free of insurgency before the
year ends, an army official said.
Lt. Col. Roberto Sarmiento, commanding officer of the
Philippine Army’s 19th Infantry Battalion said they are targeting to place Tacloban City ,
Ormoc City
Although the town have been free from threats of rebels for
years, the army needs city and town council resolution for the formal
declaration.
“It’s already in the process. This just takes time because
of the election period,” Sarmiento said.
Ormoc and Tacloban mayors committed to send the resolution
to the military after the May 9 elections, according to the army official.
“The declaration of insurgency-free will ensure economic
growth,” he added.
Latest to be declared as stable internal peace and security
town through a joint declaration of the military and Philippine National Police
is San Isidro
A platoon of the New People’s Army in Leyte
used to influence the town until the military dismantled them in 2000.
In collaboration with the 19th Infantry Battalion and the
Philippine National Police, the local government of San Isidro
San Isidro Mayor Susan Ang, 802nd Army Brigade commander
Col. Francisco Mendoza, Jr. and Police Supt. Ramil Amodia of the Leyte
Provincial Public Safety Company signed the declaration.
Other signatories are Vice-Mayor Isidro Balmoria, Sarmiento
and Sr. Insp. Jimmy Boy Balasanos, the town’s chief of police.
Ang signed the declaration by virtue of Sangguniang Bayan
Resolution No. 049-2015 which was adopted after 19th Infantry Battalion's
periodic assessment on the peace and security situation in the said town last
year.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=874339
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