Leandria P.
Pagunsan
NEGROS ORIENTAL, September 16 (PIA) --- A technical working group (TWG)
composed of religious, academe, labor, and the business sectors will conduct
a validity study on the claim that Negros Oriental is indeed
Conflict-Manageable and Development Ready (CMDR).
In a recent Provincial
Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting, Father Thadeu Enrique Balongag,
vice-president for Academic Affairs of Colegio Sta. Catalina de
Alejandria (COSCA), presented the outline of the study that will look into
the conflict situation in Negros Oriental and an analysis of the
circumstances that will support whether or not the province is conflict-manageable.
Balongag added that the
TWG will also take into consideration the indicators of the development
readiness of the province and an assessment of the circumstances surrounding
the province's development readiness.
Relative to this, a
field study will be conducted to gather local indicators as respondents coming
from National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI), Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative (NORECO) ll, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippine National Police (PNP),
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and from the Disaster Risk Reduction
& Management Councils of the city and province.
Furthermore, Balongag
said that respondents to be interviewed in verifying the truthfulness of
its conflict-manageability will come from the conflict-areas in the hinterlands
of Negros Oriental.
The study, according to
Father Balongag, will start in October and will be completed by December
2015. (rmn/lpp/PIA7-Negros Oriental)