TACLOBAN CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) - The Leyte Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict continues to move forward in the implementation of its life-changing program for former rebels.
Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla, during the February 27 joint meeting of the Leyte Provincial Peace and Order Council and Leyte Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council, disclosed that in one or two weeks, the egg-laying project for the Former Rebels will start at Sitio Limite, Daja Daku, San Isidro, Leyte.
“Moreover, land preparations for planting of high value crops has also started,” Gov. Petilla said.
The Former Rebels have started transferring to Sitio Limite, Barangay Daja Daku in San Isidro because of these developments, Gov. Petilla disclosed during the joint meeting held at Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban City.
The governor who is the Chairperson for the Leyte Provincial Task Force-ELCAC informed the participants that some 456 houses will be constructed by the National Housing Authority at the Peace and Prosperity Village for Former Rebels at the Leyte government-owned property at Sitio Limite, Barangay Gaja Daku, San Isidro, Leyte.
Of that number, 262 house will be from NHA E-CLIP fund while the remaining houses will be from other sources like the Yolanda Rehabilitation Fund, Governor Petilla said.
He added that DepEd has committed to construct a school building. The DILG has downloaded P5million for the Halfway House for FRs while also in the pipeline is the construction of a Multi-purpose Center and an Evacuation Center.
The Governor is optimistic that these former rebels will not go back to the mountains for as long as the government will continue to assist them as they go back to mainstream society.
“Let us keep them (former rebels) out of poverty. I am sure, they will not go back,” Governor Petilla said as he called on the stakeholders, not to relax, not to rest just as yet, as his wish is to see the FRs become middle class earners in two years time.
To recall, on January 23, 2020, no less than President Rodrigo Roa Duterte led the distribution of E-CLIP benefits to some 262 former NPA members and Militia ng Bayan in San Isidro, Leyte. (PIA8).
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