drive in 5th district
Soldier-participants in the Marching for Peace, Serving the Countryside activity arrive in Brgy. Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, after more than five hours of foot marching from Brgy. Cabacungan, La Castellana.
Local government officials in the 5th district of Negros Occidental yesterday lauded and supported the “winning the peace” campaign of the Philippine Army and National Police, under the Provincial Peace Integration and Development Unit.
The campaign aims to bring the government closer to the people, especially those residing in the hinterlands of the province.
Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo said yesterday that the Marching for Peace, Serving the Countryside activity of the 303rd Infantry Brigade and PNP units, which made its first convergence in Brgy. Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, showed the people that the government cares for them.
Barangay officials and residents of Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla, aired their concerns on the “rough road” linking their hinterland community to the town poblacion, like those in the hinterlands of 1st district of Negros Occidental, where the first Marching for Peace, Serving the Countryside activity, was held late last year.
Mirasol and Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said they will include the proposed construction and concreting of farm-to-market roads in the area to the Philippine Rural Development Program, and its enrollment in the farm-to-market road program of the Department of Agriculture.
La Castellana Mayor Alberto Nicor lauded the activity of the Army and PNP, in tandem with provincial and local government units, as well as civil society groups, that he said shows government sincerity, in uplifting the lives of the marginalized sector in the countryside.
Marañon also lauded the residents of Brgy. Quintin Remo for their strength and will, and encouraged the parents to prioritize the education of their children, as one way of combating poverty.
Hundreds of barangay residents also availed of free medical and health related activities, relief goods and food packs, livelihood supplies and medicines.
About 800 armed military and police personnel joined the march for peace, that started Monday in Brgy. Cabacungan to Brgy. Puso, La Castellana, and made a stopover yesterday in Brgy. Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla.
Col. Jon Aying, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, who led the march with Lt. Col. Paulito Idol, 11th Infantry Battalion commanding officer, said this aims to show the people that they are the legitimate force of the government, ready anytime to protect them.
In the ESTOCA (Escalante-Toboso-Calatrava) areas, Aying said they are in the second phase of their winning the peace campaign, and are engaging in grassroot community development planning with leaders of insurgency-affected communities.
Present at the activity were Senior Supt. Milko Lirazan, Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Edwin Presquito, Provincial Engr. Ernie Mapa, Provincial Planning and Development Officer Maria Lina Sanogal and Quintin Remo barangay chairwoman Felisa Villaflor.
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