From the Manila Bulletin (Aug 19): Army seeks sustainable dev’t, peace
In its pursuit of being an instrument of sustainable peace and development in the countryside, the Philippine Army’s Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) has come up with the Internal Peace and Security Plan Bayanihan, an army general revealed over the weekend.
Major General Gregorio Pio Catapang, Jr. said the IPSP Bayanihan“calls for the genuine concern for every citizen, and vigilance in order to protect the weak and the innocent, prevent New People’s Army (NPA) resurgence, and prevent damage or loss to lives and properties.”
The NOLCOM commander said the number of rebels still active in his area has dwindled and represents only the “remnants of the NPA.”
Catapang spoke last Friday at the Bantay Bayanihan Forum at the Holy Angel University (HAU) to help Bantay Bayanihan-Pampanga Lead Convener Rommel Combis “gather various vantage points on AFP’s IPSP including college students from Arts and Sciences, Education, Social Sciences and Philosophy, the members of the media, and civil society groups.”
The Bantay Bayanihan forum seeks to have a multi-sectoral assessment of the IPSP of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
http://mb.com.ph/News/Provincial_News/27907/Army_seeks_sustainable_dev’t,_peace#.UhEFRI7D9lY
In its pursuit of being an instrument of sustainable peace and development in the countryside, the Philippine Army’s Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) has come up with the Internal Peace and Security Plan Bayanihan, an army general revealed over the weekend.
Major General Gregorio Pio Catapang, Jr. said the IPSP Bayanihan“calls for the genuine concern for every citizen, and vigilance in order to protect the weak and the innocent, prevent New People’s Army (NPA) resurgence, and prevent damage or loss to lives and properties.”
The NOLCOM commander said the number of rebels still active in his area has dwindled and represents only the “remnants of the NPA.”
Catapang spoke last Friday at the Bantay Bayanihan Forum at the Holy Angel University (HAU) to help Bantay Bayanihan-Pampanga Lead Convener Rommel Combis “gather various vantage points on AFP’s IPSP including college students from Arts and Sciences, Education, Social Sciences and Philosophy, the members of the media, and civil society groups.”
The Bantay Bayanihan forum seeks to have a multi-sectoral assessment of the IPSP of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
http://mb.com.ph/News/Provincial_News/27907/Army_seeks_sustainable_dev’t,_peace#.UhEFRI7D9lY