Comval Guv holds 1st Peace and Order Council meeting

From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 29): Comval Guv holds 1st Peace and Order Council meeting

Compostela Valley Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy leads his first Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting (PPOC) sitting as the new chairman of the province on July 28, 2016 at the Social Hall, Capitol Building.

The PPOC which convenes just last June 9, chaired by then Governor Arturo Uy, has its quarterly meeting but the new governor has called for an earlier conference saying “importante na maaga tayo because the priority of the national administration  is on peace and order.”

The governor also signed through Executive Order No. 31-2016 the reconstitution of the council with new members included such as the Comval provincial offices of Health (PHO), Planning and Development (PPDO), Environment and Natural Resources  (PENRO), Veterinarian (PVO), as well as national agencies with established offices in the province like the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Education (DEPED), National Commission on Indigenous People, and other representatives from the non-government organizations.

Gov. Uy bared his initial plans to hold a regular monthly meeting to put emphasis on the implementation as well as updates on peace and order programs and projects of the province as a whole.

He also wanted to initiate a “mini” Serbisyo Caravan following the successful National Serbisyo Caravan with different government agencies delivering various public services directly to barangays especially to geographically isolated, underdeveloped, and conflict-affected areas.

Meanwhile, Col. Macairog S. Alberto, Commanding Officer of the  1001st IB reported that while the Suspension of Offensive Military Operations (SOMO) is in effect, “the AFP shall continue to perform its mandate of protecting the people and the communities, to continue security operations focused on the neutralization of other threats to national security such as the ASG and the other terrorist groups, protection of communities, government facilities and other infrastructure facilities, and support to law enforcement operations,” among others.

The Comval Provincial Police Office (PNP) under PSSupt.  Armando S. De Leon also reveals that on the Double Barrel program, to date there has already been a total of 10,851 drug surrenderees from the 11 towns of the province.

This as various local government agencies  continue to lay down and finalize rehabilitation plans and efforts in answer to Pres. Duterte administration’s  campaign against illegal drugs. So far, the national government said plans to build rehab centers across the country were on the table.

The PPOC is also attended by Vice-Gov. Manuel Zamora, SP Member Joseph Jauod, Exec. Asst. Gene Maning, Batallion and Brigade Commanders of the AFP and other regular members with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the secretariat headed by Provincial Director Noel Duarte.

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