Tag: Kabankalan City

NegOcc village to declare CPP-NPA ‘persona non grata’

BACOLOD CITY — Officials and residents of Barangay Carol-an in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will declare the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) and its political wing, the National Democratic Front (NDF), as “persona non grata”.

It was agreed that a barangay resolution will be passed to formalize the declaration, during the town hall meeting held in the remote southern Negros village on Sunday, which was facilitated by the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion.

Village head Jocerel Paculanang said the communist rebels are no longer welcome in Barangay Carol-an.


Residents of Barangay Carol-an in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental take an oath of allegiance to the Philippine Constitution before Lt. Col. Egberto Dacoscos, commanding officer of the 62nd Infantry Battalion, during the town hall meeting held in their village on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.
Photo courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army
 

“This is an ancestral domain and all of our residents want to live peacefully. We will never let the same fate happen again to anyone of us,” Paculanang said in the local dialect, during the gathering attended by about 600 village residents.

Last January 29, NPA rebels gunned down former village watchman Cornelio Morales in Sitio Camandag, in front of his daughter and their neighbors.

This prompted residents of the 27 sitios (sub-villages) in Barangay Carol-an to condemn the presence and the atrocities of the CPP-NPA in their community.

“Hand in hand, we will work together for peace. Do not enter again to our barangay”, Paculanang added.

During the activity, Army troopers gave lectures while former rebels gave testimonies.

Those who attended also took an oath of allegiance before Lt. Col. Egberto Dacoscos, commanding officer of the 62nd Infantry Battalion, manifesting their continuous loyalty to the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines and withdrawing support to the CPP-NPA-NDF.

The United States and European Union have declared the CPP-NPA as a terrorist group. (PNA)

Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1062882

561 residents benefit from P11-M village road in south Negros

BACOLOD CITY — Some 561 residents in a remote village of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental are benefiting from the PHP11.28-million road concreting project implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

The newly-concreted road, constructed by Negros Occidental’s 3rd District Engineering Office, has provided a conducive and faster transport of goods and services for the people of Sitio Lowag in Barangay Locotan in Kabankalan City.

District Engineer Haydee Alunan, in a statement on Wednesday, said the project has been funded under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program initiated by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).


The newly-concreted road leading to Sitio Lowag in Barangay Locotan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental provides a conducive and faster transport of goods and services for the people living in the far-flung area.
Photo from DPWH Negros Occidental, Third District Engineering Office

“This is one of the infrastructure projects implemented to lessen the insurgency cases in winning the long-lasting peace process anchored on the PAMANA program,” Alunan said.

The project involves the concrete paving of 718 lineal meters of road with five-meter wide portland concrete cement pavement, including pipe culverts and grouted riprap.

Alunan said the project provides a better road network in isolated and vulnerable areas in Kabankalan City due to insurgency problems.

Last month, DPWH 6 (Western Visayas) also announced another project in southern Negros, the construction of an academic building at the Hinigaran National High School in Hinigaran town.

The project is being implemented by Negros Occidental’s 2nd District Engineering Office headed by District Engineer Randolfo Melosantos in convergence with the Department of Education.

Melosantos said earlier the PHP45.154-million project involves the construction of a four-story, 20-classroom building.

He added that the project is expected to be completed in August to serve the increasing number of senior high school students. (PNA)

Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061767