From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 12, 2020): 120 militiamen to secure Borongan City's rebel-infested villages (By Gerico Sabalza)
MILITIAMEN. A total of 120 new militiamen in Borongan City, Eastern Samar started on Monday (Oct. 12, 2020) their 45-day basic military training at the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion in Lalawigan village. Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said the city government will provide each of them PHP6,500 monthly allowance during their deployment in the villages of Amantacop, San Mateo, and Canyupay. (Photo courtesy of Borongan City government)
A total of 120 new militiamen in Borongan City, Eastern Samar started on Monday their 45-day basic military training to assist government troops in counter-insurgency activities.
During the training’s opening ceremony at the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion (78IB) in Lalawigan village, Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda lauded the brave men for accepting the responsibility as new members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Forces (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA).
“This program is (a) big help in maintaining peace and order in communities. We should unite and show to people that the government, through the CAA, is here to protect them against anyone who abuses their rights,” he said.
CAFGU is a paramilitary unit composed of volunteer reservists organized into companies of personnel that are led by regular troops.
The new recruits, 100 from Borongan and 20 from other parts of the province, will also undergo medical and neuro-psychiatric examinations.
Agda said the city government will provide each of them PHP6,500 monthly allowance during their deployment in the villages of Amantacop, San Mateo, and Canyupay.
“As one unit of security apparatus in the country, let us unite and show them our love for the country. Let us not abuse the authority and the responsibility the people and the government have entrusted to us,” Agda told the trainees.
He recalled that December last year, a cop and a civilian were killed, while several others were hurt, during an ambush perpetrated by members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Libuton village.
The attack came a month after an explosion in an upland village of Pinanag-an that killed six soldiers and wounded 20 others from the government troops.
The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1118213
During the training’s opening ceremony at the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion (78IB) in Lalawigan village, Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda lauded the brave men for accepting the responsibility as new members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Forces (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA).
“This program is (a) big help in maintaining peace and order in communities. We should unite and show to people that the government, through the CAA, is here to protect them against anyone who abuses their rights,” he said.
CAFGU is a paramilitary unit composed of volunteer reservists organized into companies of personnel that are led by regular troops.
The new recruits, 100 from Borongan and 20 from other parts of the province, will also undergo medical and neuro-psychiatric examinations.
Agda said the city government will provide each of them PHP6,500 monthly allowance during their deployment in the villages of Amantacop, San Mateo, and Canyupay.
“As one unit of security apparatus in the country, let us unite and show them our love for the country. Let us not abuse the authority and the responsibility the people and the government have entrusted to us,” Agda told the trainees.
He recalled that December last year, a cop and a civilian were killed, while several others were hurt, during an ambush perpetrated by members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Libuton village.
The attack came a month after an explosion in an upland village of Pinanag-an that killed six soldiers and wounded 20 others from the government troops.
The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1118213
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