Mindanaotoday.com | MILF community in LDN receives 30K tilapia fingerlings
By: Christine Lyn Viajante
TAGOLOAN, Lanao del Norte – Committing to the whole-of-nation approach under former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Executive Order No. 70 (EO 70), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-10) dispersed 30,000 tilapia fingerlings to the established fish ponds of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) community in Barangay Panalawan, this town on Wednesday morning.
Facilitated by the province of Lanao del Norte’s Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), national lined government agencies, the local government, and other stakeholders converged in a ‘Serbisyo Caravan’ in MILF’s 123rd Base Command as anchored by Region 10’s Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC).
“Thank you for giving goods here in our community, especially to those who personally came to hand over their benefaction though our place is roughly inaccessible. You really came because we know that you all knew what we needed,” shared Said Untong, MILF’s deputy base commander.
Through Tagoloan’s Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), established fish ponds in the said area were supplemented with the appropriate ratio of fingerlings to avoid overcrowding and promote suitable fish growth.
“Tilapia has been one of the most ‘in demand’ fish in terms of giving our bodies a nutritious source of protein anywhere in the country and one of the most profitable species. May it be in saltwater or fresh water, the tilapia fish will thrive,” explained Noel Saldajeno, the provincial fishery officer (PFO) of Lanao del Norte.
“Our office would want you to know that we are always open for any training or input request for your community, as long as it will uplift your lives, you are always welcome because there should be no one left behind. Altogether, we will gain and profit from our hard work,” added Saldajeno.
Moreover, the Department of Agriculture Region 10 also imparted farming inputs, and seedlings as well as assured the community of a 100hp tractor.
As partners in securing the seas, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District of Northern Mindanao brought in its dental mission to the said geographically isolated and disadvantaged community (GIDA) in celebration of PCG’s 121st anniversary. (CLV | BFAR-10)
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