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COTABATO CITY -- Local officials of Maguindanao and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Thursday vowed to support a joint security plan of the Army and the police in the region.
BULUAN, Maguindanao -- More than 1,000 indigent residents here and those from the nearby towns of Sultan Kudarat province have benefited from a two-day medical mission held by the provincial government of Maguindanao on Wednesday and Thursday.


This, after the 6th Infantry Division (ID), which covers two of five ARMM provinces, and the ARMM police regional office, came up with an implementation plan to ensure that its areas of jurisdiction are safe from bombings and terrorism.
The inter-agency outreach mission in Buluan town of Maguindanao, dubbed as “Maguindanao Peoples Day”, was a joint initiative of the office of Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP).


Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu said his office will help the police and the military attain the objectives of the Army-police joint undertaking, which is aimed at primarily at ending violent extremism in Maguindanao and part of Lanao del Sur.
Lynette Estandarte, Maguindanao budget officer and concurrent provincial health team leader, said personnel of the social welfare office, provincial hospital and Philippine Information Agency 12 (Soccsksargen) participated in the medical mission.


The police, represented by Chief Supt. Graciano Mijares and the Army, led by Maj. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, 6th ID chief, recently signed the joint undertaking to minimize, if not totally stop the bombings perpetrated by Islamic State-linked terrorist organizations.
Aside from health services, the outreach program also served supplemental food for school children and indigent Maguindanaons who availed of the services.


“The main objective is to stop all these violence,” Mijares and Sobejana separately said after the signing of the Implementation Plan (Implan) at the 6th ID officers’ club last week.
“I am happy the government has this program. We don’t need to go somewhere else because health services are coming our way,” Bai Lilang, one of the beneficiaries from Mangudadatu town, told reporters in an interview here.


Mangudadatu assured Sobejana and Mijares that the Maguindanao provincial peace and order council, which he chairs, will assist in all ways it can to attain the objectives of the Implan.
Mangudadatu lauded the officials of the PCUP, PIA-12, and different offices under the executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the undertaking.


“We are all for peace, we want our people to live peacefully, that is our common goal and we are one with our state forces,” Mangudadatu said.
“If it is for the benefit of my people, who am I to refuse?” Mangudadatu said, referring to preparations and invitations to the provincial government to host the event.


Under the Implan, both the police and the military will take measures to restrain terrorist groups like the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), Maute terrorist organization and Ansar al-Khilafa Philippines, all linked with the ISIS, from carrying out their violent activities.
“We immediately agreed to host and help facilitate the activity because it can boost the cordiality between Malacañang and the Moro sectors in Maguindanao,” he said.


Both Sobejana and Mijares appealed to all local officials in their areas of jurisdiction to help the campaign against violent extremism.
Aside from civilian government offices, the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) also sent medical workers to help in the outreach program, including the deployment of Army personnel to secure the area and the roads leading to the venue.


Similarly, ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said Wednesday he has ordered the regional local government department to coordinate with law enforcers in helping attain the Implan objectives.
The provincial government has scheduled similar events to take place in the coming months in other areas of Maguindanao, especially in far-flung communities.
 
“We are one with our military and police in this initiative,” Hataman said in a statement.

Latest revision as of 09:01, 28 November 2018

By Edwin Fernandez (PNA)

BULUAN, Maguindanao -- More than 1,000 indigent residents here and those from the nearby towns of Sultan Kudarat province have benefited from a two-day medical mission held by the provincial government of Maguindanao on Wednesday and Thursday.

The inter-agency outreach mission in Buluan town of Maguindanao, dubbed as “Maguindanao Peoples Day”, was a joint initiative of the office of Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP).

Lynette Estandarte, Maguindanao budget officer and concurrent provincial health team leader, said personnel of the social welfare office, provincial hospital and Philippine Information Agency 12 (Soccsksargen) participated in the medical mission.

Aside from health services, the outreach program also served supplemental food for school children and indigent Maguindanaons who availed of the services.

“I am happy the government has this program. We don’t need to go somewhere else because health services are coming our way,” Bai Lilang, one of the beneficiaries from Mangudadatu town, told reporters in an interview here.

Mangudadatu lauded the officials of the PCUP, PIA-12, and different offices under the executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the undertaking.

“If it is for the benefit of my people, who am I to refuse?” Mangudadatu said, referring to preparations and invitations to the provincial government to host the event.

“We immediately agreed to host and help facilitate the activity because it can boost the cordiality between Malacañang and the Moro sectors in Maguindanao,” he said.

Aside from civilian government offices, the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) also sent medical workers to help in the outreach program, including the deployment of Army personnel to secure the area and the roads leading to the venue.

The provincial government has scheduled similar events to take place in the coming months in other areas of Maguindanao, especially in far-flung communities.

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