The 303rd Infantry Brigade (IB) of the Philippine Army is
working on a “normalized” peace and order situation in Negros Occidental as
part of the 3rd Infantry Division's target to make the newly created Negros
Island Region (NIR) insurgency-free by next year.
Lt. Col. Darren Comia, executive officer of the 303rd IB,
said that the overall peace and order situation in the province is doing well.
He added that Negros Occidental has been declared “peaceful
and ready for further development” and the 303rd IB is working on sustaining it
through various activities.
Comia led the civic action conducted by the 303rd IB with
the Mosser Foundation and the municipal government of San Enrique, at the
town’s gym over the weekend.
He said the activity is also part of the Peace Month
celebration that kicked off last Sept. 2. Comia added that the services
rendered during the civic action included dental and medical consultation, free
haircut, and free massage.
Also taking part in the activity were the Provincial Health
Office and the Philippine Red Cross. He said other NGOs and civic groups also
joined and rendered free legal services as well as also distributed eye
glasses.
“These activities we are doing now are part of our efforts
to sustain the peace initiatives and the gains we have so made so far,” Comia
said.
He pointed out that after the declaration of the province as
“peaceful and ready for further development,” what follows is the normalization
phase wherein it is the local government units that take the lead in the
overall situation as far as the peace and security are concerned.
“We will just be supporting them,” he stressed.
He further said that the military is indeed envisioning an
insurgency-free NIR by next year. “We are aiming for that, hopefully we can
meet the target and realized a normalized province,” he added.
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