Posted to Kalinaw News (Nov 8, 2021): Army and Sulu LGU launch Sulu Peace Campaign “Sa Sulu Peacesible ang Kapayapaan”
Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila – The Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Kalinaw News, the 15th Civil – Military Operations Battalion of the 11th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, and the Sulu LGU launched “The Sulu Peace Campaign.”
On September 17-20, 2021, 2Lt Ronnie Liang PA (Res) visited Sulu to feature the fascinating beauty of Sulu, its people and its colorful culture as part of the “From Terrorism to Tourism” and “Sa Sulu, Peacesible ang Kapayapaan” “In Sulu Peace is Possible” campaigns of the Sulu Provincial Government and the Philippine Army. The premiere episode of this documentary can now be viewed on the Kalinaw News’ YouTube Channel.
One of the places he visited was Barangay Kabbon Takas in Patikul. It was a former warzone and a stronghold of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group. As a result of the war and terrorism in the area, the residents of Kabbon Takas became Internally Displaced Persons. The life of the people in the area was already difficult and became even more difficult because of war and terrorism that forced them to leave their homes, their ancestral lands, their animals, and their crops to get to safer places.
Today, the people are returning to their ancestral land because of the “Balik Barangay Program” initiated by the LGU and the Philippine Army.
“Now, you can feel the genuine happiness and hospitality of the people returning to their homes after experiencing the horror of terrorism,” Liang said.
Moreover, an unexpected reunion took place in Kabbon Takas when Liang met Mang Ogem, one of the locally stranded individual when Metro Manila was subjected to Enhance Community Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Liang helped Mang Ogem to return to Sulu. Mang Ogem received Liang warmly in their place and happily recalls Liang kindness to him. “Masaya ako nag kita kami ulit, hindi ko rin akalain na dito pa pala kami makikita sa amin (I’m glad that we met again, and I also didn’t expect that we would meet here in our place)” Mang Ogem said.
Liang also visited a chicken demo farm in the area established under a program implemented by the LGU and facilitated by the AFP.
The troops also had the opportunity to talk to some teachers and residents in the area where they shared the importance of education for the youth so that they would not be recruited by the Abu Sayyaf.
The LGU is also collaborating with the AFP to repair the school and homes damaged by the fighting.
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