February 21, 2021 THE Davao City government will be conducting a second citywide community exercise against terrorism after receiving reports of lawless elements targeting barangay captains supportive of government initiatives for rebel returnees.
Task Force (TF) Davao Commander Colonel Consolito Yecla said in a radio interview that the anti-terrorism drive under the “Culture of Security” will be conducted within this week and will test the extent of cooperation of the Dabawenyos in reporting persons doing suspicious activities.
This time, the community exercise will be conducted at the barangay level.
Yecla said the anti-terrorism exercise came after reports that the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People s Army (CPP-NPA) Central Committee has ordered the deployment of Special Partisan Units (Sparu) in Davao City to liquidate uniformed personnel.