By the 15th
IB information Bureau
Youth Summit participants along with the military facilitators |
Salvador, Lanao del
Norte - It’s a continuing program of the 15th Infantry Battalion
Philippine Army by touching the hearts of the people in the community especially
the youth by participating the Regional Youth Leadership Summit (RYLS) with six
youth participants came from the municipalities of Nunungan, Magsaysay, Sapad,
and Tubod Lanao del Norte, with the theme “Shaping the Youth as Agent in
Achieving Peace and Progress”. The venue of the summit was conducted at
Provincial Government Center, Dao, Pagadian City on 29-31 July 2016. The Lanao
del Norte participants were assisted by 1LT ARNEL P LOZADA (INF) PA, CMO
Officer and Cpl Joyriel L Allaga (Inf) PA, Civil Affairs NCO of 15IB, 3ID, PA
This activity was
facilitated by the 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division, Philippine Army in
collaboration with the National Youth Congress (NYC) Region IX and participated
by 56 youth participants coming from Region 9, 10 and Autonomous Region for
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM); with the presence of ten facilitators from the Army and
six civilian facilitators.
This activity aims
to shape the character of the youth to be an agent of peace and development in
their community; enhance and enrich the leadership skills of the youth, and
equip them with appropriate knowledge to boost their confidence increase
self-esteem, self-confidence and self-belief by engaging interactive activities
and participation among the participants; and to promote constructive and
positive relationships among the participants regardless of diversity in religion,
creed and culture.
The 15th
Infantry Battalion is engaging the youth in its area of operation through the youth
development and empowerment as an investment for a dynamic, well-motivated and
responsible future citizen that advocates peace and harmony among each other.
In Another
development, “OPLAN TOKHANG” program
of the PNP supported by the 15th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army aims
to encourage the drug pushers and users to voluntarily surrender themselves and
to stop engaging in using and selling of any forms of illegal drugs and were attended
by more or less 80 local populace came from Barangay’s Mindalanao, Pawak and
Kalimudan all of Salvador, LDN held last August 2, 2016 through a Information
drive (pulong-pulong) at Barangay Mindalanao, Salvador, Lanao del Norte.
This activity
formally started thru opening prayer by Ustads Saiba Alando followed with the
welcome remarks by Barangay Chairman Samsudin Said of Mindalanao, Salvador,
LDN; messages of PO2 Jacob T Jevarie, PNP, Salvador MPS discussed the
significance of OPLAN TOKHANG and RA 9262 VAWC; message of support from
Barangay Chairman Dimadid Ampaso of Barangay Pawak, Salvador, LDN; Ustadz Sihab
Tomaranga; Ustadz Cosain; 1LT LOZADA; and closing remarks by Barangay Kagawad
Usman Aladan.
1LT ARNEL P LOZADA
(INF) PA, CMO Officer of 15IB, 3ID, PA gave his impression regarding the role
of the AFP in the pursuit of peace security towards progress and development as
part Internal Peace and Security Plan IPSP “Bayanihan and AFP support to
anti-illegal drug campaign.
The 15th
Infantry Battalion intensified the collaboration and rapport with the PNP
counterpart; Barangay and Local Government Unit (BLGU) and religious sector in
winning the community support through information outreach program. Photo
by Cpl Allaga
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