Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Caraga RTF-ELCAC members convene, formulate action plans for EO 70 implementation

From the Philippine Information Agency (Aug 7, 2019): Caraga RTF-ELCAC members convene, formulate action plans for EO 70 implementation



BUTUAN CITY - Member-agencies comprising the 12 clusters under the Caraga Regional Task Force – Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) convened in this city and formulated their respective action plans in line with the implementation of Executive Order No. 70.

According to Regional Director Lilibeth Famacion of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga and head secretariat of the Regional Peace and Order Council, there is a need for government agencies to converge and streamline their efforts and initiatives making it planned and organized as they address the problem on insurgency in the region.


Erica Gina Cariño of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) reiterated the roles and responsibilities of the member agencies and the needed services to be provided to the communities in the conflict-affected areas.

Regional Director Manuel Orduña of NICA Regions 10 and Caraga also highlighted various programs and campaigns of the Duterte administration that uplifted the lives of the Filipino people, particularly those former rebels who were given the chance to start a new life in the mainstream society and live peacefully with their family.

Meanwhile, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga Assistant Regional Director Roy Kantuna expressed his optimism that the formulated action plans of the 12 clusters will help intensify the campaign of the government against insurgency and would directly address the issues and concerns of the affected areas.

The 12 clusters under the RTF-ELCAC are: 1) local government empowerment 2) legal cooperation cluster; 3) basic services; 4) peace and law enforcement; 5) local peace engagement; 6) sectoral unification capacity building and empowerment; 7) livelihood and poverty alleviation; 8)strategic communication; 9) infrastructure and resource management; 10) situational awareness and knowledge management; 11) E-CLIP and amnesty; and 12) international engagement. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)

https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1025538

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