AID FOR EX-REBELS. Department of Agriculture-Region 9 executive director Ran Donn Cedeño (standing, right) holds dialogue with residents, including former communist New People's Army (NPA) terrorists, Friday in Barangay Guibo, Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte. Cedeño led the distribution of livestock and vegetable seeds as well as encourages the former NPAs to engage in community backyard gardening. (Photo courtesy of Department of Agriculture regional office)
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has distributed livestock and vegetable seeds to encourage the establishment of community backyard gardening in a former rebel-influenced village in Zamboanga del Norte.
DA-Region joined Friday in the inter-agency community outreach for former rebels in support of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in Guibo, a remote barangay in the town of Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte.
The community outreach program for former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels was initiated by the Army's 102nd Infantry Brigade that has jurisdiction over the province of Zamboanga del Norte.
DA-Region 9 executive director Rad Donn Cedeño said in a statement Saturday they distributed four heads native swine, 15 heads upgraded chicken, rubber seedlings, and assorted vegetable seeds for the establishment of community backyard gardening.
Cedeño said the seed package contains a variety of tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants, squash, okra, and amplaya.
“The distribution and delivery of goods and services must reach those who needed help the most and must be given with urgency to promote good governance,” he said.
Siayan Mayor Josecor Gepolongca said he is grateful for the support provided by the Philippine Army as well as other government agencies for providing agricultural and livelihood support to the former rebels and keeping the peace in the town.
Siayan, comprising of 22 barangays, is a second class municipality in Zamboanga del Norte with a population of 34,966 as of the 2015 census.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1114503
DA-Region joined Friday in the inter-agency community outreach for former rebels in support of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in Guibo, a remote barangay in the town of Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte.
The community outreach program for former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels was initiated by the Army's 102nd Infantry Brigade that has jurisdiction over the province of Zamboanga del Norte.
DA-Region 9 executive director Rad Donn Cedeño said in a statement Saturday they distributed four heads native swine, 15 heads upgraded chicken, rubber seedlings, and assorted vegetable seeds for the establishment of community backyard gardening.
Cedeño said the seed package contains a variety of tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants, squash, okra, and amplaya.
“The distribution and delivery of goods and services must reach those who needed help the most and must be given with urgency to promote good governance,” he said.
Siayan Mayor Josecor Gepolongca said he is grateful for the support provided by the Philippine Army as well as other government agencies for providing agricultural and livelihood support to the former rebels and keeping the peace in the town.
Siayan, comprising of 22 barangays, is a second class municipality in Zamboanga del Norte with a population of 34,966 as of the 2015 census.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1114503
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