From the Philippine Information Agency (Feb 12, 2021): Army, PNP sends-off new batch of joint CSP teams in Ilocos Sur (By Joyah Mae C. Quimoyog)
VIGAN CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) - Three Joint Community Support Program (CSP) teams were sent off to various barangays of the municipalities of Sta. Lucia, Sta. Cruz, and Sigay in the province of Ilocos Sur recently.
This is a part of the peace and development initiatives undertaken by the Peace and Law Enforcement Development Support (PLEDS) Cluster of the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) led by the 81st Infantry (SPARTAN) Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in collaboration with the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office (ISPPO) and the aforesaid Local Government Units (LGUs), as a symbol of unity among them in achieving disaster and conflict resilient communities in the province.
Send-off ceremonies were conducted to the Joint CSP teams of the 81IB and combined elements from the 1st and 2nd Police Mobile Force Companies and Municipal Police Stations of Sta. Lucia and Sta Cruz on Monday, February 8.
Another send-off ceremony was also conducted in Sigay on Tuesday, February 9.
Prior to the send-off ceremonies, Governor Ryan Luis V. Singson issued Executive Order (EO) No. 08, Series of 2021 authorizing the deployment of the Joint CSP teams in the selected municipalities, which was adapted by the concerned LGUs, to show his support to the programs of the PTF-ELCAC to end insurgency.
All mayors of the concerned LGUs adapted the same EO and welcomed the joint CSP teams of the Philippine Army and the PNP to help maintain peace and deliver basic government services mainly in the far-flung and conflict-affected areas.
DEPLOYMENT OF JOINT CSP TEAMS: A barangay official in Sigay, Ilocos Sur fistbumps a member of the joint community support program team deployed in their community. (Photo by the 81st Infantry Battalion)
Sigay Mayor Carlo Crisanto Peredo wholeheartedly received the CSP teams as well as Sta. Lucia Mayor Joseph Simon Valdez who encouraged its barangay officials to cooperate with the CSP Teams, and Sta. Cruz Mayor Teresita Valle who emphasized that the presence of the armed forces in their community should not cause fear among the residents rather give them the assurance of peace and constant delivery of government services.
“Huwag kayong matakot kung pupunta ang mga kasundaluhan at kapulisan sa inyong barangay dahil hindi gulo ang kanilang dala, bagkus ay pumunta sila upang kayo ay tulungan at maihatid sa inyo ang iba’t ibang programa ng ating gobyerno,” Sta. Cruz Mayor Valle told the residents during the send-off ceremony.
Moreover, ISPPO Provincial Director Police Col. Wilson L. Doromal said, “Ang pinagsamang CSP Team ng Army at PNP ay naririto upang maiparamdam sa ating komunidad ang serbisyo mula sa ibat’-ibang ahensiya ng ating gobyerno. Ang bayan ng Sta. Cruz ay isang tahimik at umuunlad na bayan at mas maganda kung magkakaroon pa ng magandang ugnayan ang ating mga kapulisan at kasundaluhan sa kumunidad.”
Likewise, Lt. Col. Rodrigo A. Mariñas, Jr., the Commanding Officer of 81st IB added, “This Community Support Program is our mandate to support the communities to become conflict resilient, which also means extinguishing the influence of the CTGs, protecting the people, and enhancing their awareness by educating them from further deception and exploitation. But most of all, our soldiers and police personnel will serve as a link to our different government agencies to uplift the living condition of our people by delivering the different services and programs in their communities.” (JCR/JMCQ, PIA Ilocos Sur)
Sigay Mayor Carlo Crisanto Peredo wholeheartedly received the CSP teams as well as Sta. Lucia Mayor Joseph Simon Valdez who encouraged its barangay officials to cooperate with the CSP Teams, and Sta. Cruz Mayor Teresita Valle who emphasized that the presence of the armed forces in their community should not cause fear among the residents rather give them the assurance of peace and constant delivery of government services.
“Huwag kayong matakot kung pupunta ang mga kasundaluhan at kapulisan sa inyong barangay dahil hindi gulo ang kanilang dala, bagkus ay pumunta sila upang kayo ay tulungan at maihatid sa inyo ang iba’t ibang programa ng ating gobyerno,” Sta. Cruz Mayor Valle told the residents during the send-off ceremony.
Moreover, ISPPO Provincial Director Police Col. Wilson L. Doromal said, “Ang pinagsamang CSP Team ng Army at PNP ay naririto upang maiparamdam sa ating komunidad ang serbisyo mula sa ibat’-ibang ahensiya ng ating gobyerno. Ang bayan ng Sta. Cruz ay isang tahimik at umuunlad na bayan at mas maganda kung magkakaroon pa ng magandang ugnayan ang ating mga kapulisan at kasundaluhan sa kumunidad.”
Likewise, Lt. Col. Rodrigo A. Mariñas, Jr., the Commanding Officer of 81st IB added, “This Community Support Program is our mandate to support the communities to become conflict resilient, which also means extinguishing the influence of the CTGs, protecting the people, and enhancing their awareness by educating them from further deception and exploitation. But most of all, our soldiers and police personnel will serve as a link to our different government agencies to uplift the living condition of our people by delivering the different services and programs in their communities.” (JCR/JMCQ, PIA Ilocos Sur)
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