From the Website of Philippine Army
Army Commanding General Lt. Gilbert I.
Gapay and MIPO Executive Director Jake Lanes as well as other
representatives from IP youth discussed matters on the National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples Scholarship Program wherein some of the
IPs who graduated was recommended for a special enlistment.
Indigenous Peoples delegation visits Army
FORT
BONIFACIO, Metro Manila – In a courtesy call, the Philippine Army
Commanding General welcomed the visit of the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples
Organization (MIPO) delegates here today, Feb. 10, 2020.
The visit aims to strengthen the
cooperation between the IPs and the Army in enhancing counter insurgency
efforts in support to the Executive Order 70 or the Whole-of-Nation
Approach through the creation of a National Task Force to End Local
Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
“For many years, insurgency especially
in the Mindanao region boiled up from CPP-NPA’s exploitation of the
vulnerabilities of our IP brothers and sisters. We assure you that the
Philippine Army plays its role in ending the conflict in support to
attaining a sustainable peace in the region,” Army Spokesperson, Col.
Ramon P. Zagala.#
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