From the Website of MILFArticle links: http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/2259/barmm-sends-aid-to-south-upi-residents-displaced-by-local-attacks
BARMM sends aid to South Upi residents displaced by local attacks
COTABATO CITY (JANUARY 4, 2021– Bangsamoro Government promptly delivered Monday relief assistance to hundreds of residents displaced by attacks of armed groups last week in the municipality of South Upi, Maguindanao.The Ministry of Interior and Local Government’s Rapid
Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence (MILG-READI) sent Monday, January
4, over 600 food packs for the 599 affected families in Barangay Itaw.
The goods were received by town mayor Reynalbert Insular and will be
distributed to the residents tomorrow.
On December 2,
2020, unidentified armed groups harassed Brgy. Itaw causing its
residents to flee their homes. Series of humanitarian interventions were
then provided by the local government units, BARMM’s concerned
ministries, and other humanitarian agencies.
The
tension increased on December 31 when allegedly same armed groups burned
rice fields and 13 houses in the village. Moreover on January 3, the
groups ambushed a convoy of Mayor Insular and other LGU officials from a
relief mission for the displaced residents. Three individuals were
wounded and one villager slain.
In a report released
by the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD), as of January
5 about 1,343 families are affected by the armed-conflict. The families
are from the sitios of Manguda, Siley, Gultey, Pag-ibig, Fenangkit, and
Poblacion in Brgy. Itaw; Sitio Panang, Bira, Bolo, and Masagana in
Brgy. Pandan; Sitio Suramuray, Resaren, and Tekaran in Brgy. Pilar; and
Sitio Kulayan, Bentay, and Terison in Brgy. Fugotan, Talayan.
MSSD
earlier provided on December 11 relief goods to 310 displaced families
from Brgy. Itaw. The goods contained 10 kilos of rice, a kilo of sugar,
sachets of coffee, packs of noodles, canned sardines, and biscuits. The
ministry will continue the relief operation and will also provide
psychosocial interventions to the families.
Meanwhile,
during the 44th cabinet meeting held today, Minister Melanio Ulama of
the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MIPA) said that if the root
cause of the conflict is land issue involving ancestral domains, then
it has to be an inter-agency effort.
With this, the
Bangsamoro Government formed a special task force involving the
ministries of MIPA, Public Order and Safety (MPOS), Environment, Natural
Resources and Energy (MENRE), Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission
(BHRC), and the Bangsamoro Attorney General’s Office (BAGO). In
addition, the regional government is also closely coordinating with
South Upi LGUs, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Philippine
National Police to secure the affected areas and hold those at fault
accountable.
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