From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 22): Palawan gov't gives financial support to 3 rebel returnees
Fulfilling his commitment to help rebel returnees if they lay down their arms and go back to the fold of the law, Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez awarded Tuesday financial support to three former members of the New People’s Army (NPA).
The rebel returnees, who were not named, each received P25,000 that they can use to start rebuilding their lives after surrendering as members of the leftist movement’s Southern Palawan Command.
The Provincial Information Office (PIO) said the amounts that were awarded to the rebel returnees were provided by the provincial government under the Local Social Integration Program (LSIP) initiative of the Western Command (Wescom) in close partnership with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), and other concerned agencies.
Under the LSIP, the Wescom, PSWDO and other government agencies shall pull efforts together to provide support to rebel returnees.
It has a fund of P5,000,000 that the PSWDO said was allocated for the first time under the leadership of Alvarez.
In the private event that was held at the Governor’s Office at the Provincial Capitol Compound, the PIO said Alvarez also announced that he shall be including the rebel returnees and others who will choose to lay down their arms and return to government fold in other livelihood programs of the province.
He said they can benefit from the coffee and cacao industries that will begin this month in the southernPalawan towns of Brooke’s Point, Narra, Quezon and others.
Their children’s future will be given fresh opportunities because they will be included too, in the Programang Pang-Edukasyon ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan that grants scholarships.
The rebel returnees, Alvarez furthered, will be enrolled in skills training programs with learnings they can use to further improve their employment opportunities.
The Wescom begged off from naming the rebel returnees, saying their lives are better this way.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=608000
Fulfilling his commitment to help rebel returnees if they lay down their arms and go back to the fold of the law, Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez awarded Tuesday financial support to three former members of the New People’s Army (NPA).
The rebel returnees, who were not named, each received P25,000 that they can use to start rebuilding their lives after surrendering as members of the leftist movement’s Southern Palawan Command.
The Provincial Information Office (PIO) said the amounts that were awarded to the rebel returnees were provided by the provincial government under the Local Social Integration Program (LSIP) initiative of the Western Command (Wescom) in close partnership with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), and other concerned agencies.
Under the LSIP, the Wescom, PSWDO and other government agencies shall pull efforts together to provide support to rebel returnees.
It has a fund of P5,000,000 that the PSWDO said was allocated for the first time under the leadership of Alvarez.
In the private event that was held at the Governor’s Office at the Provincial Capitol Compound, the PIO said Alvarez also announced that he shall be including the rebel returnees and others who will choose to lay down their arms and return to government fold in other livelihood programs of the province.
He said they can benefit from the coffee and cacao industries that will begin this month in the southern
Their children’s future will be given fresh opportunities because they will be included too, in the Programang Pang-Edukasyon ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan that grants scholarships.
The rebel returnees, Alvarez furthered, will be enrolled in skills training programs with learnings they can use to further improve their employment opportunities.
The Wescom begged off from naming the rebel returnees, saying their lives are better this way.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=608000