Agusanon youths participate in 1st Bayugan City Youth Leadership Summit
2019
By 1Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur, Oct.
8 – The youths from different barangays of this city have actively participated
in the 1st Bayugan City Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) spearheaded by the
Bayugan City Local Government Unit, in partnership with the 3rd Special Forces
(Arrowhead) Battalion held on September 24-26, 2019 at the Lope A. Asis
Memorial Gymnasium, this city.
Ryan Enriquez, Chairman and chief
executive officer of the National Youth Commission (NYC) was the guest of honor
and speaker during the opening. Bayugan City Mayor Kirk Asis, who was also a
product of YLS and became the president and chairman of the National Movement
of Young Legislators (NMYL) also delivered his message.
YLS emphasizes positive activism
through values-based interactive discussions on the role of youth in
nation-building, the youth of today, prejudice and biases, strengthening the
youth spirit, the role of youth in ending local communist armed conflict in the
city.
Further, a series of team building
activities and workshops to craft their YLS Action Plan will be conducted.
After the activity, the 90 YLS
graduates composed of Sangguniang Kabataan members, out-of-school youth and
Indigenous Peoples (IP) youth were integrated to the Propelling Our Inherited
Nation through our Youth, Incorporated (POINTY Inc.), who will also be the core
group to lead the succeeding youth leadership summits in Bayugan City.
LTC Joey Baybayan, commander of
3rd Special Forces Battalion, expressed his gratitude to the partner units and
government agencies; the 8th Special Forces (Dragoons) Company, 401st Infantry
(Unity) Brigade, the POINTY Inc. Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bayugan City
Police Station, and the LGU of Bayugan City for this effort to save the youth
and transform them as ambassadors of peace to end local communist armed
conflict in the city.
“The YLS is a mechanism and
movement of peace-oriented advocates to protect our youth against Communist NPA
Terrorists and its allied militant groups’ recruitment which violates the
Republic Act on Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act, the Anti-Human Trafficking Act and other Human Rights laws
by recruiting minors and the youth in their armed and political struggle to
overthrow the government,” said Baybayan.
Said event which was anchored on
the theme: “Bridging Attainable Objectives in Gearing the Youth and Government
in Adhering to Nation’s Effort in Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict,” is in
support to the implementation of the Executive Order No. 70 or the
whole-of-nation approach to end local communist armed conflict in the region. (CMO
officer, 3SFBn/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Narekober na IEDs galing sa NPA sa Caraga region, pinasabog ng
Philippine Army
By Nora L. Molde
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte,
Oktubre 8 (PIA) -- Mahigit 600 improvised explosive devices o IEDs na narekober
ng militar at pulisya sa rehiyon ng Caraga ang pinasabog ng 23rd Infantry
Batallion, Philippine Army sa Buenavista, Agusan del Norte.
Kabilang sa mga pinasabog ay ang
105 IEDs, 10 claymore mines at 526 na nitro 1500 TNT na nakuha mula sa
mga rebel-infested areas ng probinsya ng Surigao del Sur.
Ayon kay Ltc Joey Baybayan,
commanding officer ng 3rd Special Forces Battalion, kinakailangan na
pasabugin ang mga ito dahil delikado kung itatago ng matagal lalo na’t
posible itong sumabog sa oras na maexpose sa init o mga kemikal.
Hinikayat din ni Ltc Francisco
Molina, Jr., commanding officer ng 23IB, Philippine Army ang publiko na kung
may makakitang mga pampasabog o mga kahinahinalang mga bagay sa kanilang lugar
ay agad na ireport sa pinakamalapit na istasyon ng Philippine Army o pulisya
para sa karampatang aksyon. (NCLM/PIA Agusan del Norte)
