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Botolan barangays set to launch plans

to address insurgency thru RCSP

BY LGOO VI Shieralyn B. Esteban

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Zambales Provincial Office— in collaboration with the local
government unit of Botolan, Zambales and the 3rd Mechanized
Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)—
facilitated a workshop on the identification of priority programs,
projects and activities (PPAs) for CY 2021 for the Retooled
Community Support Program (RCSP) on September 21, 2020 at
the Botolan People’s Plaza.

The undertaking served as a
venue for the target barangays—
Poonbato, Villar, Cabatuan,
Nacolcol, and Maguisguis to
prioritize and present the priority
projects needed by the residents
based on their identified primary
and secondary issues— subject
to possible funding by the national
government.

The activity is in line with
President Rodrigo Duterte’s
Executive Order No. 70—a
whole-of-nation approach to End
Local Communist Armed Conflict
(ELCAC)—which will address
the root causes of insurgency
LGOO VI Jonnel B. Edillor and attain sustainable peace and
provided an overview of the development in communities.
Executive Order No. 70 and the
RCSP. 1Lt Marjoe Catulong of
the 3rd Mechanized Infantry
Battalion discussed the
situationer on insurgency of
the target barangays; and Mr.
Rodolfo L. De Los Reyes—
municipal planning and
development coordinator shared
the PPAs of the municipality for
the concerned barangays to
avoid possible duplication. The
discussion emphasized that
RCSP is a primary program in
line with the government’s effort
at the grassroots level— aiming
to provide PPAs addressing
the prevalent socio-economic Participants take part on the discussion
and cultural problems in the regarding the peace and order scenario in
the target barangays.
communities.
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