BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, July 16 (PIA) -- The Municipal Peace and
Order Council of Bayog, this
province convened over the weekend at
the Glupa Gulian Agro Tourism Park to discuss the present peace and order
situation of the municipality.
Before the council tackled the main agenda, Mayor Leonardo Babasa, Jr., who is also the chairman,
disclosed that he was invited in a meeting of the Provincial Mining Regulatory
Board (PMRB). In the said conference, they discussed about the existence of Monte
de Oro Small Scale Miners Association (MOSSMA) where the Board considered
it as illegal mining operators, and that the Mine and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)
will soon fully implement the Ceased and Desist Order signed by Mr. Raul
Calumpang, Officer In-Charge of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB-IX).
In another meeting he attended in the province, is the Provincial
Peace and Order Council Meeting last July 5, 2012 where Governor Antonio Cerilles proposes the establishment of a company of SCAA
(Special Civilian Active Auxiliary) composed of at least 50 members, in the
municipalities of Bayog, Lakewood, Kumalarang, Tigbao, and Midsalip. The
governor also urged these municipalities to pass a resolution to
support such plan.
On the other hand, Col Tanggawon reported the numerous sightings
of the New People’s Army (NPA) with specific dates, places, and activities
conducted in the area. He urged the barangay leaders to report immediately any
suspicious persons present in their respective barangays. “You know more than
us because you are in your area”, he said.
Further he said, there will be military deployment in 15 barangays
of the municipality by the end of this month. Activities to be conducted as
soon as the military will come in are ceremonial send off/entrustment; training
of Civilian Volunteer Officers (CVOs), and inventory of firearms together with
the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The meeting was attended by
its regular members with some military officials headed by LTC Silver
Linsangayan, Deputy Brigade Commander 102nd Brigade, Philippine Army (PA)
together with LTC Victor Tanggawon, Commanding Officer, 53IB; Maj. Wilson
Ajijul, Civil Military Operations
Officer 53IB; Cpt. John Kenneth Babica, CO, Bravo Company, 51IB, PA.
Before the meeting ended, LTC Silver Linsangan thanked the local
government unit for the warmed welcome afforded
to them. (BAG-PIO-Bayog/CAL/PIA9)