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Davao City –  A forum entitled “Forum on Positive Peace” spearheaded by DILG XI in close coordination with Peace 911 of the City Government of Davao was conducted on January 9, 2010 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel, Magallanes, Davao City. The activity is in relation to the continuing efforts of the Department to support the EO No. 70 series of 2018 known as Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach in attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) and Directing the Adoption of a National Peace Framework.

Five former rebels have recently received big cash benefits in exchange of the firearms they have surrendered to the government.

The five checks amounting to a total of P623,000.00 from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) were personally handed over by Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang in a simple ceremony held at the Governor’s Office at the Provincial Capitol.