Marinduque declared free of insurgency

From the Manila Times (Mar 28, 2019): Marinduque declared free of insurgency

CAMP EFIGENIO Navarro, Calapan City: Top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Gov. Romulo Bacorro declared Marinduque insurgency-free in a ceremony at the provincial capitol in Boac on Tuesday.

The declaration was announced after a Memorandum of Understanding on the Stable Internal Peace and Security of the Province of Marinduque was signed by the AFP, PNP and the provincial government, a milestone in Region 4 or Mimaropa.

Mimaropa is composed of the provinces of Mindoro Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan.

According to Police Regional Office-Mimaropa Regional Director chief Supt. Tomas Apolinario, the declaration of Marinduque as insurgncy-free was initially recommended in July 2009 since no insurgent activity, violent or nonviolent, had been recorded in the province.

After a series of validations conducted by different intelligence units, the province was finally declared insurgency-free.

Marinduque is now the third province nationwide to be declared insurgency-free by the AFP and PNP next to Cavite, declared in 2017, and Romblon, declared in February 2019.

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