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Presidential table seated @ Left, Mayor Aziz of Sapad; 3rd from left to
right: Mayor Marcos Mamay, BGen William A. Alunday, Cong. Bobby Dimaporo, Gov.
Angging Dimaporo and Lt. Col. Ericson V. Rosana
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Nunungan,
Lanao del Norte – “Kalinga sa Bayan ng Nunungan” is a peacebuilding initiative
for the youth by the 15th Infantry “Molave Warrior” Battalion,
Philippine Army headed by Lt. Col. Ericson V. Rosana, under the command of 2nd
Mechanized Infantry “Magbalantay” Brigade Philippine Army headed by Brigadier
General William A. Alunday, AFP. The event was held July 29-30, 2017 at Masibay
complex, Nunungan, Lanao del Norte hosted by the Local Government of Nunungan,
the main partner of the event.
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| The youth participants |
On the first day of the event of “Kalinga sa Bayan ng Nunungan” was the youth leadership training and teambuilding seminar. On the second day, the trained youth of Nunungan complimented in the arrangement of the event to effectively implement the program for the day. The Philippine National Police (PNP) headed by PSSUPT Leopoldo E. Cabanag represented by PSUPT Roland Batulan with his men and women personnel, was able to give slippers to children. The Panguil Bay Jaycees International headed by Ms. Edelyn “Buhling” dela Cruz gave ice cream to the children and conducted tree planting activity. They also requested Jollibee to send their mascot and entertained the people, and gave hamburger to children. The Department of Health (DOH) Region 10 also donated medicines during the event.
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| Lt. Col. Ericson V. Rosana, Bat. Comdr., 15th IB |
Lt. Col. Rosana extended his thanks to the peace stakeholders for sharing their resources for the very successful event. He said it is part of their responsibility to educate the people on peace-building within their area of responsibility, especially the children and the youth to become responsible citizens and good leaders in the future.
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| Brigadier General William A. Alunday, AFP |
General Alunday said
conflict started by the people with personal interest to have huge amount of
money through illegal activities and recruit young people. He paused a question
about what will be the future of the young people if they will hold firearms
and violates the law then become wanted person? Definitely it’s none said
Alunday. He added that the menace of the illegal drug targeting the young
people will directly create damage to the mind and body of a person that will
impacted to social disorder. Alunday advised the youth to do away with illegal
drugs with close watch of the parents. Alunday said a peace loving and united family
will have a peace and develop community.
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| At left, Congressman Bobby Dimaporo |
Congressman
Bobby Dimaporo in his message cited the Marawi crisis that mostly of the
recruited members of Maute terrorist group are young people. He said “we will
not allow the Maute and other terrorist group to come to Nunungan or in any
places of Lanao del Norte, we will prevent them to create damage in our beloved
province.”
Governor
Imelda “Angging” Quibranza Dimaporo said that the slogan of Lanao del Norte is
“Peace and Unity for Development” she reiterated the destruction of Marawi was
happened because their people allow the Maute to do it.” She added “we will not
allow it to happen in Lanao del Norte.”
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| Engr. Jake Gerona delivered his message |
Engr.
Jake Gerona, President of the Gawad Kalinga, Iligan City and Lanao del Norte
said that they already started implementing the construction of 60 housing
units in Sapad and hopeful to implement the same project in Nunungan. Their
Malaysian partner will provide PhP300 Million a year intended to implement
housing projects to be managed by the Gawad Kalinga. Mayor Aziz of Sapad, Lanao
del Norte also present during the event.
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| Jollibee mascot entertained the children & adults |
Political neophyte Mayor Marcos Mamay of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte entered politics in May 2016, the only PDP LABAN in Lanao del Norte won over his 30-year veteran political rival in mayoralty race. Nunungan is composed of 25 barangays with population of 18,367 based in 2015 census.
Mayor Mamay is the 13th of the 15 siblings in the family fighting hardships to success and sometimes during his college days, a working student and scholar, sleeps at night with empty stomach just to save money to pay for his board and lodging. Mayor Mamay is a PMA Alumni of 2004 entering the Academy in 1999. He was on medical leave after a year but was not able to go back in the highly disciplined institution, to no avail he continued and finished his college degree on Business Economics in Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Iligan City.
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| Nunungan Mayor Marcos Mamay |
The big part of his sacrifices is to traverse the 15-kilometer rocky road of Nunungan from Sapad municipality lasted for 5 hours in going back home and vice versa but now it takes for only one hour due to initial road concreting. This was the life of the people in Nunungan for years so long. Prior to his office as Mayor of Nunungan, being an ordinary concern citizen he wrote to President Aquino requesting for road concreting connecting the municipalities of Sapad-Nunungan-Sultan Naga Dimaporo (SND) corridor and was approved with an amount of PhP900 Million. Upon his assumption to office he is timely implementing the project a dream from his younger days and now a reality.
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| Road concreting started from Sapad to Nunungan |
Gov. Angging Dimaporo said that the provincial government had already approved an ordinance for the circumferential road connecting from Sapad to Nunungan going to Sultan Naga Dimaporo (SND) already a national road, with the approval from congress through Congressman Abdullah “Bobby” Dimaporo. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now responsible in working and maintaining the road project.
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| Nunungan road preparing for concreting |
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| Gov. Dimaporo, left & Mayor Mamay, right cut the ribbon |
Construction of Water system in Bagy Abaga 7.2 Milllion pesos; Spring Development at Notagan worth 5 Million pesos; another water system project for the 5 barangays at 12 Million pesos. The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) approved undetermine amount of 5 irrigation projects. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) approved farm-to-market road for the 5 barangays with corresponding budget of 15 Million pesos. The DILG also approved evacuation center for every barangay and health center for every barangay from the DOH. Other planned project will include the construction of Drug Rehabilitation center with land area of 6 hectares in Barangay Katubuan, a Strawberry farm production will be propagated in Nunungan.
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| Mayor Mamay signed peace covenant |
About the Peace and order situation, Mayor Mamay settled at least 30 “Rido” or clan feuds on big and small cases. The purpose of settling rido is to unite the people for peace and development. Mamay stated his vision “there is no peace when there is no development, no development when there is no peace.” Mayor Mamay said being a PMA Alumni is a big help in his public service because his co-Alumnus help him to access development projects for Nunungan. Indeed finally, Mayor Mamay said he is not a Mayor for the few but a Mayor for the whole populace of Nunungan.
Reports & photo by Jun Enriquez; Publish at MGSD by Nora Sorino & Sita Asequia, August 3, 2017.
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Good day Sir, konting correction lang po. Panguil Bay Jaycees now properly called JCI Panguil Bay is headed by Pres. Edith S. Perez.
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