Speaking at the AFP-PNP Press Corps briefing on Wednesday (July 12) at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, Estrera said that all the former rebels in his province received the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).
DOFRA-Mati City Chapter also received a Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) amounting to P300,000 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), where it generated P100,000 income in six months from its furniture shop livelihood.
"Balik nami sa normal. Naa na nami panginabuhian. Sa pagkakaron ang Davao Oriental Insurgency-Free na, malinawon na gyud didto,” Estrera said.
Estrera is the first former rebel granted a P100,000 financial loan from the Landbank of the Philippines due to his good managerial skills in handling the financial assistance he received under the E-CLIP when he returned to the folds of the law in 2016 and used the said fund to open his own business.
DOFRA is a federated organization of former rebels in Davao Oriental with 1,235 members consisting of 11 chapters.
July 14, 2023 DOFRA President Doming Estrera