Thursday, February 20, 2020

RTF-ELCAC prepares for Cebu Youth Summit vs NPA recruitment

From the Philippine Information Agency (Feb 20, 2020): RTF-ELCAC prepares for Cebu Youth Summit vs NPA recruitment (By Patricia Candaza)


Representatives from different agencies talk about the updates and preparations for the upcoming youth summit on March 13, 2020 during their second STRATCOM RTF-ELCAC meeting held at PIA-7 Conference Room, Cebu City. (PIA7)

CEBU CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- The Strategic Communication Cluster (STRATCOM) of the Regional Task Force on Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) in Region 7 convened on Monday to discuss the preparations for the upcoming Cebu Youth Summit.

The meeting was led by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Regional Director for Central Visayas Fayette Rinen.

Among the regional agencies present were the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), Philippine National Police Public Relations Office (PNP-PRO), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Agriculture (DAR), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and the Task Group for Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor.

Present also were representatives from the Cebu City Public Information Office.

The meeting tackled the updates and preparations for the Cebu Youth Summit Against NPA Recruitment.

This is an event initiated by PIA together with RTF-ELCAC and the Cebu City government.

It aims to combat NPA recruitment in high school and college levels across Central Visayas.

The summit is also geared towards empowering the students and local communities to participate and develop a culture of peace.

A total of 250 students from various schools in Cebu City are expected to attend this summit.

The event will also focus on educating the students on the insurgency situation in Central Visayas and a call to action for the youth to fight insurgency.

This summit is in line with the mandate of PIA as well as RTF-ELCAC to strengthen efforts in information dissemination and battling the communist insurgency problem.

With continued efforts, the regional government hopes to end the local communist armed conflict by 2021. (poc/PIA7)

https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1034877

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