Kalinaw News: JTF Bicolandia Predicts Defeat of Communist Insurgency as Roll-out of Dev’t Projects Continues in Bicol

Posted to the Kalinaw News Website (Jun 29, 2021): JTF Bicolandia Predicts Defeat of Communist Insurgency as Roll-out of Dev’t Projects Continues in Bicol

CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Pili, Camarines Sur-As proof of the government’s unstoppable campaign to end insurgency, attain lasting peace and sustainable development, groundbreaking ceremonies of two projects and launching of Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) in Casiguran, Sorsogon was held on Thursday, June 24.

The construction of local access road projects in Barangay Sta. Cruz and San Pascual are under the SDBP of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC Sec. Hermogenes Esperon who personally attended the event stressed that more than a hundred of developmental projects are expected to be implemented in Bicol, especially that 49 Barangays that were once affected by insurgency will receive Barangay Development Projects (BDP) fund amounting to P20 million each.

A “Harong Paglaom” (House of Hope) in Juban town was also inaugurated as part of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (RTF ELCAC) commitment to provide temporary comfortable living spaces for the Former Rebels (FRs) who returned to the folds of the law.

Harong Paglaom is a half-way house intended for former rebels who are undergoing the process of reintegration to the society and waiting for their benefits under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).

MGEN HENRY A ROBINSON JR PA, Commander of Joint Task Force Bicolandia (JTFB), an active member of RTF-ELCAC, emphasized that these developments speak of the continuous success of the government’s thrust to negate the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) and eventually wipe out communist insurgency.

“Ang mga aktibidad na ito at mga proyektong ating sunod-sunod na inilulunsad ay mga malinaw na patunay ng ating tagumpay. We are winning this fight against insurgency, nothing and no one can debunk this truth. Aside from Sorsogon, Masbate is also showing a great leap in terms of peace initiatives as Masbateños continue to join hands against the CTG. However, this is only the beginning. We, in the Army, together with the whole RTF-ELCAC and the Bicolanos will continue to go an extra mile to secure the future of the next generation and ensure that they will be living in a progressive and armed conflict-free region,” MGen. Robinson said.

On the same day, a 2-day Support to Barangay Development Program Roadshow, service caravan and Barangayan in Casiguran town came to a close.

Hundreds of residents received various services offered by the members of the RTF-ELCAC including JTF Bicolandia.

The Department of Health (DOH) also administered COVID-19 vaccines to A3 priority groups or those people with comorbidities.

Present during the said series of events were Deputy Dir. Gen. Vicente Agdamag of National Security Council (NSC); Gov. Francis Joseph Escudero; MGEN HENRY A ROBINSON JR PA, Commander of JTF Bicolandia; PBGEN JONNEL ESTOMO, Regional Director, PRO-5; COL ALDWINE ALMASE, Brigade Commander, 903rd Infantry Brigade; and COL JAIME ABAWAG JR, Brigade Commander, 902nd Infantry Brigade.

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