Kauswagan town is known for a dark chapter in the country’s history – the Estrada administration’s 'all-out war' against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2000.
LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – In the small coastal town of Kauswagan in Lanao del Norte, history was made as the doors to its new landmark opened to the public on Saturday, February 4.
against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2000, and it is also where rebels carried out a massacre of many town residents, particularly in the village of Kawit. As the town prepares to host the 6th Organic Asia Congress this June, Arnado said the Fisherman’s Wharf will be a show window of the town’s growth and potential.
The wharf has become a significant improvement for the town, which was once plagued by poverty, hunger, andThe poverty rate in the town was 79.08% in 2010, but the rate dropped to 9.1% as of November 2019, and officials attributed this to the government’s Arms-to-Farms program.
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