Local government and state security officials are set to declare the 3rd and 4th districts of Negros Occidental as “peaceful and ready for further development,” after Hinigaran, Cadiz City and Pontevedra were also declared as such.
Col. Jon Aying, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, said yesterday that their target is to issue the declaration of the 4th district, composed of the cities of La Carlota and Bago, San Enrique, Valladolid and Pulupandan and hold the signing rites on Feb. 25.
The declaration and signing of the Third District, composed of the cities of Victorias, Silay and Talisay, Murcia and EB Magalona, will take place next month, Aying, who supervises internal security operations in the province, added.
Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr., who attended yesterday the Pro-PIDU (Provincial Peace Integration and Development Unit) meeting at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, said he hopes this will escalate in the whole province, that is now peaceful and ready for tourists and investors. The town of Pontevedra was declared yesterday by the Philippine Army, through Col. Aying, as “peaceful and ready for further development,” and this was concurred in by Mayor Jose Ma. Alonso, during a flag-raising ceremony in front of the municipal hall.
Marañon said the insurgency problem is now more of banditry and atrocities, and no longer driven by ideology.
He also said the 6th district except for some remote communities, is becoming peaceful.
Despite the declaration of Cadiz as “peaceful and ready for further development,” the Philippine Army will continue its security efforts, in tandem with other agencies, for its uninterrupted economic growth, Lt. Col. Rommel Cordova, 62nd Infantry Battalion commander, said yesterday.
Maj. Rey Tiongson, 3rd Infantry Division spokesman, said the people of Cadiz have expressed their strong commitmentto become instruments of peace and to promote a culture of non-violence, with the declaration of their place as “peaceful and ready for further development.”
The declaration is made by concerned local government officials and security sectors where there have been no insurgency-related activity for more than two decades, there are positive indicators of improved delivery of social health services, a wide reach of justice in its rural areas, and manageable criminal activities.
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