May 22, 2025
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has launched last May 14 a new social case management system for former members of non-state armed groups (FMNSAGs) in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao), marking the start of a more enhanced government approach to the reintegration of decommissioned combatants (DCs) in the region. Over 5,000 DCs in Lanao del Sur and nearly 2,000 in Lanao del Norte are expected to benefit from the new initiative, according to Assistant Secretary Arnel Garcia of the DSWD’s Peace and Development Group (PDG). The DSWD initiative gathered 56 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National […]