5.17.2009

Photo Release - Monday, May 18, 2009

Awarding of Socio-Economic Assistance to Former Rebels of Butuan City
City Mayor’s Office (CMO), City Hall, Butuan City
May 13, 2009


Photo shows Department of the Interior and Local Government City Director Arleen Ann Sanchez (extreme right) welcoming the officials – SUPT Joseph Plaza of Butuan City Police Office (BCPO), City Councilor Salvador Calo, Butuan City Mayor Democrito Plaza II, Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) Project Manager-1 Melchor Guanio, and LTC Cristobal Zaragoza, 30IB Commander, 4ID of the Philippine Army. Sanchez also acknowledges the members of the tri-media and the nine former rebels in the city who receive the cash assistance of P20 Thousand pesos each from the government. This was held recently during the Awarding of Socio-Economic Assistance to Former Rebels of Butuan City at the City Mayor’s Office (CMO), City Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Butuan City Councilor Salvador Calo expresses his warm welcome to the nine former rebels of Butuan City and acknowledges its efforts for joining once again the government on peace development, held recently during the Awarding of Socio-Economic Assistance to Former Rebels of Butuan City at the City Mayor’s Office (CMO), City Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Butuan City Mayor Democrito Plaza II (extreme right) appreciates the willingness of the former rebels to join the government again and encourages them to report to authorities any known member/s of the communist terrorist so that the government could also help them in starting a new life peacefully. Mayor Plaza also assures that whoever from the members of the communist terrorists will surrender, he/she will also be given cash assistance for livelihood from the government’s fund. This was held recently during the Awarding of Socio-Economic Assistance to Former Rebels of Butuan City at the City Mayor’s Office (CMO), City Hall, Butuan City. Also in photo are Butuan City Councilor Salvador Calo, Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) Project Manager-1 Melchor Guanio, and LTC Cristobal Zaragoza, 30IB Commander, 4ID of the Philippine Army. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Melchor Guanio, Project Manager-1 of the Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) welcomes and congratulates the nine former rebels of Butuan City who are the awardees of P20 Thousand pesos each for its efforts and willingness to partner again with the government forces and for accepting the cash assistance that they could use for their livelihood, held recently during the Awarding of Socio-Economic Assistance to Former Rebels of Butuan City at the City Mayor’s Office (CMO), City Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)