/PNA
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — The Army in Maguindanao on Friday spearheaded a cleanup drive involving soldiers, local officials, residents and former Moro rebels along the national highway traversing four Maguindanao towns.
The multi-sectoral cleanup drive was the brainchild of Lt. Col. Edgar Catu, commander of the Army’s 40th Infantry Battalion.
Soldiers, militiamen, police officers, civilians, mothers, fathers, teachers, and school children, numbering about 300, joined the cleanup along the highways connecting the towns of Sultan Sa Barongis, Rajah Buayan, Shariff Saydona Mustapha and Shariff Aguak, all in Maguindanao.
Former members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters also took part in the campaign.
“The project aims to sustain cleanliness, beautification, and sanitation in the municipalities through an active and continuing partnership among government agencies as part of the clean and green campaign of the national government,” Catu said in a statement.
Catu said similar activities will be initiated by the Army in the coming days until it becomes a “hobby” for the local folks to clean their surroundings.
