COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Officials on Friday urged local government units in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to spend some amount from internal revenues for special programs meant to curb Islamic militancy in remote ARMM towns. “Good governance, cooperation among political leaders, the local religious communities, the police and the military will solve the problem,” he said. Nation ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1While still colonel, Galvez served as a brigade commander in Basilan, a beneficiary of more than 200 infrastructure projects, bankrolled by the ARMM government, in the past four years. The Abu Sayyaf has been using Sulu as harboring site for captives kidnapped abroad and in nearby Mindanao provinces. “We in the regional government can provide some interventions but the bulk of the work lies on the shoulders of local executives and their respective LGUs,” Hataman said.

Source: Philippine Star October 07, 2016 09:32 UTC