FINANCIAL AID. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict extends financial assistance to 53 former Abu Sayyaf Group fighters in Jolo, Sulu on Thursday (Sept. 1, 2022). The ASG surrenderers will also undergo livelihood training that would transform them into productive citizens after years of armed struggle. (Photo courtesy of 11th Infantry Division) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict (BTF-ELAC) has extended financial assistance to help transform 53 Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers into productive citizens. For starters, each former ASG combatant received an initial cash assistance of PHP5,000, grocery items, and two sacks of rice. In a statement on Saturday, Marvin Mokamad, Internal Affairs Service chief of BARMM's Ministry of the Interior and Local Government, said the BTF-ELAC, through Project TUGON (Tulong ng Gobyernong Nagmamalasa
FINANCIAL AID. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict extends financial assistance to 53 former Abu Sayyaf Group fighters in Jolo, Sulu on Thursday (Sept. 1, 2022). The ASG surrenderers will also undergo livelihood training that would transform them into productive citizens after years of armed struggle. (Photo courtesy of 11th Infantry Division) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict (BTF-ELAC) has extended financial assistance to help transform 59 Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers into productive citizens. For starters, each former ASG combatant received an initial cash assistance of PHP5,000, grocery items, and two sacks of rice. In a statement on Saturday, Marvin Mokamad, Internal Affairs Service chief of BARMM's Ministry of the Interior and Local Government, said the BTF-ELAC, through Project TUGON (Tulong ng Gobyernong Nagmamalasa
AN Abu Sayyaf Group member turns over his firearm as he surrenders to the military in Talipao, Sulu.
ILIGAN CITY Twelve members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, including a minor, operating in Sulu surrendered to the military in Talipao, Sulu Friday, June 10. They surrendered through the continuous ef
ASG SURRENDERERS. The Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu hands over four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers (holding rifles) on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022) to the Municipal Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (MTF-ELAC) of Luuk, Sulu. The four ASG surrendered to the 4th Marine Brigade based in the town of Luuk and will undergo a reintegration program to become productive and responsible citizens. (Photo courtesy of JTF-Sulu) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu has handed over four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers to the Municipal Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (MTF-ELAC) in Luuk town for reintegration to mainstream society, officials said Thursday. The MTF-ELAC is Sulu's version of the national government's National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), which was created through Executive Order 70 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018 institutionalizing the whole-of-nation approach to address the local communist armed confl
CIVIC ACTION. A health worker checks the vital signs of a resident as military troops together with municipal government officials and other sectors hold a four-day civic action program in three towns of Sulu. Some 1,800 residents benefited from the program that culminated Saturday (Feb. 12, 2022). (Photo courtesy of the Joint Task Force Sulu) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Military troops are undertaking rehabilitation works to improve the road linking two barangays in Talipao, Sulu, to provide the residents in the area with faster and safer travel. Brig. Gen. Antonio Bautista Jr., acting commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu, said Monday the rehabilitation works cover a total of 5,789 meters stretch from Barangay Kamuntayan to Barangay Upper Sinumaan. Bautista said the completion of the road rehabilitation, to include the laying of culverts, will benefit some 500 residents, especially those in Sitios Timpuad and Gulangan, in Upper Sinumaan, in transporting their farm produce to the market w