DAVAO CITY The province of Davao Oriental is getting closer to its goal of being declared insurgency-free, officials declared Friday following recent breakthroughs in peace and security. In a statement, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said he was pleased to see that the provincial government was finally beginning to reap the rewards of its efforts and sacrifices in the fight against the communist insurgency. "It has been a long time that we had suffered from the horrors of the armed conflict, but today we are happy that we are now nearing our goal of achieving genuine peace in the province," he said. Meanwhile, Col. Oliver Maguiling, Army's 701st Brigade commander, said military efforts on "quick impact programs" also helped the province to attain peace and development, particularly in the former communist-influenced areas in the hinterlands. Among the programs that the Army participated in was the provincial government's "Serbisyo" mobile program,
DAVAO CITY The province of Davao Oriental is getting closer to its goal of being declared insurgency-free, officials declared Friday following recent breakthroughs in peace and security. In a statement, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said he was pleased to see that the provincial government is finally beginning to reap the rewards of its efforts and sacrifices in the fight against the communist insurgency. "It has been a long time that we had suffered from the horrors of the armed conflict, but today we are happy that we are now nearing our goal of achieving genuine peace in the province," he said. Meanwhile, Col. Oliver Maguiling, Army's 701st Brigade commander, said military efforts on "quick impact programs" also helped the province to attain peace and development, particularly in the former communist-influenced areas in the hinterlands. Among the programs that the Army participated in was the provincial government's "Serbisyo" mobile program, m
DAVAO CITY The province of Davao Oriental is getting closer to its goal of being declared insurgency-free, officials declared Friday following recent breakthroughs in peace and security. In a statement, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said he was pleased to see that the provincial government was finally beginning to reap the rewards of its efforts and sacrifices in the fight against the communist insurgency. "It has been a long time that we had suffered from the horrors of the armed conflict, but today we are happy that we are now nearing our goal of achieving genuine peace in the province," he said. Meanwhile, Col. Oliver Maguiling, Army's 701st Brigade commander, said military efforts on "quick impact programs" also helped the province to attain peace and development, particularly in the former communist-influenced areas in the hinterlands. Among the programs that the Army participated in was the provincial government's "Serbisyo" mobile program,