DILG gives fund aid to 8 ex-rebels

BONTOC, Mountain Province -- The Department of Interior and Local Government recently turned over financial assistance to eight rebel returnees in the province for their livelihood projects.

The eight RRs received checks of P50,000 each. Three of these RRs were from the municipality of Paracelis, two each from Sadanga and Bontoc and one from Sagada. Two were women.

This assistance  was part of the government’s Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), a program of the national government for rebels who  surrender, including those who gave up their arms since 2011.

The CLIP provides financial assistance to rebel-returnees and their families to help them return to normal lives and reintegrate themselves to society.

According to Miguela Angwani of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office ,  each of the 8 RRs were  first given immediate financial assistance of P15,000 for their  basic needs. 

They used part of the money to start  livelihood projects  such as  sari-sari store, buy and sell of farm supplies and chicken, piggery, and loom weaving. -- Juliet B. Saley