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Article: Internally displaced persons in Lanao del Norte return to their homes.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- December 19, 2008
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MANILA, Dec. 19 (PNA) -- Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza I. Cabral reported that internally displaced persons (IDPs) formerly staying in the evacuation centers in Lanao del Norte have returned to their places oforigin.
According to Cabral, some 30,405 families havereturned to their homes out of the 37,033 affected families in Lanao del Norte.
Cabral said: "The improved peace and order situation in the conflict affected areas in Mindanao is one of the reasons why more families are now leaving the evacuation centers to return to their homes."
The IDPs are from the municipalities of Kauswagan,Kolambugan, Poona Piagapo, Munai, ...