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801st
Bde commander Col Leoncio A. Cirunay and Mayor Vicente Limpiado
of Tagapul-an, Samar during the reading of Joint Declaration and
Signing of MOU as Insurgency Free Municipality at the Tagapul-an
covered court together with Samar Board Member Allan Diomangay
representing Gov. Sharee Ann Tan. |
Samar’s 3 island
towns declared insurgency-free
By DPAO, 8ID PA
June 15, 2015
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan
City – The three island municipalities of Samar were declared
“Insurgency-Free” on June 12, 2015, during the Commemoration of 117th
Philippine Independence Day at Municipal Covered Court Tagapul-an,
Samar.
The joint declaration of
Almagro, Sto Niño and Tagapul-an as insurgency free municipalities was
formalized with the signing of a covenant between the AFP represented
by Colonel Leoncio A. Cirunay and the Local Chief Executives namely;
Hon. Kathleen S. Prudenciano, Municipal Mayor of Almagro; Hon. Lelia
A. Coñejos, Mayor of Sto. Niño and Hon. Vicente F. Lumpiado Jr., Mayor
of Tagapul-an and was witnessed by Hon. Allan B. Diomangay, Provincial
board member as a representative of Governor Sharee Ann Tan.
The signing of declaration
was based on the AFP-PNP Joint Letter Directive 3 which categorized
the three island towns as “CLEARED” area that it qualifies to be
declared as Insurgency-Free municipalities as stipulated on the five
imperatives for declaring municipalities.
Further, the joint
declaration of the three island municipalities will increase the
influx of tourism in their locality. The populace of the said
municipalities are enjoying peaceful environment away from extortion
activities of the NPA.
Col Leoncio A. Cirunay,
801st Brigade Commander, said, “The joint declaration of the three
island municipalities may attract investors especially that these
islands are tourist destinations and that many investors will
establish their businesses in a secured area which will greatly
improve the town’s economic and financial status.”
