Bukidnon town declared insurgency-free

QUEZON, Bukidnon — After decades of being beset by the communist insurgency, this town in southern Bukidnon was declared insurgency-free on Friday, joining nine other localities in the province with the same status. The declaration was made during a ceremony at the municipal grounds led by Mayor Pablo Lorenzo III, with officials from the Army’s 1003rd Brigade, the Bukidnon Police Provincial Office, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Lorenzo said the declaration was anchored on a resolution passed by the municipal peace and order council. He recalled the decades-long toll of the insurgency in the town, which reached […]... Keep on reading: Bukidnon town declared insurgency-free