DOST-Isabela, 95th IB to train ex-rebels, IPs on livelihood, self-reliance

By Mark Djeron C. Tumabao

SAN MARIANO, Isabela, -- Former New People’s Army rebels under the custody of the 95th Infantry Battalion including indigenous people (IPs) in this town will soon benefit from livelihood training of the Dept. of Science and Technology – Isabela.
    Lucio G Calimag, provincial director of DOST-PSTC Isabela said the livelihood training is part of the department’s Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) program.
    The program aims to reach out and empower former rebels and IPs to become self-reliant and make a living in their own way.
    The IP-beneficiaries are residents of either former lair of the CPP-NPA-NDF.
    Lt. Col. Lemeul Baduya, acting commander of 95IB cited the implementation of the pipeline live livelihood trainings.
    Baduya said that through these livelihood trainings, people who belong to marginalized sectors will be equipped with knowledge and skills which will uplift their lives. -- MDCT with reports from 95th IB/PIA-2