LTC. Fidel Macatangay, MBLT-10 commander, dicusses their community immersion activities to media practitioners during the recent 'Tipon-Tipan sa PIA'. (Photo by PIA-2)
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan -- The Marine Battalion Landing Team-10 based in Sta. Ana town recently conducted a dialogue with barangay officials and their constituents to counter the deceiving tactics and recruitment activities conducted by rebel groups in some parts of the province.
Lieutenant Colonel Fidel Macatangay, battalion commander, said they are now conducting community immersion programs particularly to those New People’s Army-influenced areas.
Aside from dialogues, Macatangay said they also gather pressing and common problems of the local folks during the immersion which were properly endorsed to concerned government agencies for appropriate action.
“We need to let them know that the government is always ready to protect, provide for and invest in its people. We have a number of government programs that these people can avail,” Macatangay said during his recent guesting at the Philippine Information Agency’s Tipon-Tipan broadcast program.
He said most of the projects that the community folks requested include barangay road developments, land reforms, livelihood programs and scholarship grants.
Macatangay, on the other hand, encouraged rebel groups to return to the fold of the law and have the chance to avail of the various programs and services provided by the government for rebel returnees.
Among these programs, he said is the Comprehensive Livelihood Integration Program, a complete package of assistance given to former rebels who voluntarily abandoned the armed struggle and opted to become productive members of the society.
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