Task Force ELCAC already in place in 35 towns, 2 cities of Eastern Visayas

From the Philippine Information Agency (Oct 5, 2019): Task Force ELCAC already in place in 35 towns, 2 cities of Eastern Visayas



TACLOBAN CITY -- Local Task Forces to End Local Communist Armed Conflict have already been organized in 35 towns and two cities in Region 8.

This was the information relayed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government 8, one of the secretariat together with NEDA 8, for Eastern Visayas Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict or RTF ELCAC 8.

DILG 8 said that in the Province of Leyte, the City of Ormoc and five other municipalities namely, Bato, Burauen, Inopacan, San Isidro and Tunga, have already organized their respective City/Municipal Task Force ELCAC per EO 70.

In the Province of Southern Leyte, Municipal Task Force ELCAC has been organized in nine municipalities, namely, Liloan, Limasawa, Malitbog, Padre Burgos, San Juan, Silago, Pintuyan, St. Bernard and Sogod.

There are six municipalities in Samar province which have organized their respective Municipal Task Force ELCAC. These include Talalora, Paranas, Basey, Hinabangan, Tagapul-an and Gandara.

In the Province of Eastern Samar, Task Force ELCAC is in place in the only city of Borongan, and in eight municipalities namely, Balangkayan, Can-avid, Dolores, Hernani, Maslog, Salcedo, San Julian and Sulat.

Meanwhile, in Northern Samar, seven municipalities have organized their respective Municipal Task Force ELCAC. These include Allen, Laoang, Mondragon, Pambujan, San Roque, Silvino Lobos, and Victoria.

The Provincial Task Force ELCAC has been organized in all the six provinces in Eastern Visayas.

To recall, on December 4, 2018, President Rodrigo RoaDuterte signed Executive Order Number 70 “institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach to address the root-causes of insurgencies, internal disturbances and tensions, and other armed conflicts and threats by prioritizing and harmonizing the delivery of basic services and social development packages by the government, facilitating societal inclusivity and ensuring active participation of all sectors of society in the pursuit of the country’s peace agenda.” (PIA-8)

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