Tamlang Valley

Local Zones of Peace General Survey and Map

Tamlang Valley

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Official Title:Tamlang Valley Zone of Peace [2 baranguays, 2 sitios]

Department: Negros Oriental

Region: Negros Island.

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Date of Establishment: 13 January 1992

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Trigger Events: 300 families evacuated as a result of AFPs “Operation Thunderbolt” in late 1991 to grounds of Siliman University, Dumaguete City denounced armed conflict and declared Tamlang Valley & nearby communties a demilitarised zone

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   Supporters: Church groups and local NGOs.

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   Guerrillas: Area was notorious as centre of CPP/NPA activities on Negros Oriental [known as the “no mans land” and “the killing zone” to AFP] between 1986 and 1991; NPA ran a camp and school and transformed local communities into Lubos Associaton Masa [unarmed mass based supporters].  

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Last Updated: December 2005.

Further Comments: Tamlang Valley ZoP seems not to have had the same amount of attention paid to it as other ZoPs in the Philippines, and to have had minimal basic welfare services from the GRP until 2003, when the Presidential Adviser to the Peace Process [PAPP] Sec. Eduardo Ermita recommended zone be declared an SDA. President Arroyo ordered an assessment of the security situation in the area, duly carried out and declaration of SDA awaits president’s signature as of start of 2004.