DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 06 (PIA)—Kapalong Municipal Mayor Maria Theresa has cited the importance of Executive Order No. 70 of President Rodrigo Duterte on ending the persisting problem regarding local insurgency. Guesting at Network Briefing News, Timbol confessed having found it easier for her to secure assistance from national line agencies for various peace and development interventions in insurgency- affected areas. “Mas madali na po talaga with EO (Executive Order) 70 dahil ang mga NGAs na po ang lumalapit sa mga local government units, kaya mas madali ma-access ang pondo (It is much easier with EO 70 because the NGAs are the ones coming down at the local government levels, that’s why it is easier to access funds),” she said. She revealed the 300 housing unit-projects of the National Housing Authority (NHA) for indigenous people’s communities of Kapalong’s IP Barangay Gupitan, and the nurses and midwives paid and deployed by the Department of...