Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Army gets new facilities from Davao Oriental gov't

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 20, 2019): Army gets new facilities from Davao Oriental gov't



NEW FACILITIES. Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang (left) leads the inauguration and turn-over of new facilities at the Philippine Army’s 701st Kagitingan Brigade headquarters in Sitio Magay, Barangay Don Martin Marundan, in Mati City on Monday. (Contributed Photo from Davao Oriental PIO)

The provincial government of Davao Oriental turned-over new facilities to the Army’s (PA) 701st Kagitingan Brigade inside its headquarters in Barangay Don Martin Marundan in Mati City on Monday.

The provincial government-funded facilities include a spacious multi-purpose building cum evacuation center, and an officers’ quarters with eight rooms and a fully-furnished function room.


Costing PHP3 million, the new multi-purpose building will be used not only for various functions and recreational activities but also for other operations like bloodletting activities, packing of relief goods, disaster operations, and evacuation center.

The officers’ quarters which, is ready for occupancy, costs about PHP3.5 million.


Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said the facilities are part of the province's support for the Army, which he said has been instrumental in the province’s peace and development agenda.

“I hope that the new facilities will further enhance and deepen the partnership and camaraderie between the provincial government and the Philippine Army,” Dayanghirang said.

Brig. Gen. Manuel Sequitin, 701st Brigade commander, thanked the provincial government, saying the facilities have not only boosted the morale of the soldiers but also strengthened the military’s commitment to perform its mandate to safeguard the peace.

“We can do sleepless nights; we can operate nonstop just for us to reach that stage that Davao Oriental becomes peaceful and well-developed,” Sequitin said.

On the same day, a turn-over ceremony of the new Happy Home building for former rebels (FRs) was also held as well as the groundbreaking ceremony of the Drug Rehabilitation Administrative Building at the Balay Silangan: Bagong Bahay Para sa Bagong Buhay.

The facilities are located on the 10-hectare lot owned by the provincial government in Sitio Magay, which is adjacent area to the Kagitingan military camp.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078265

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