Graduates of Mission Trident pose with Danao Metropolis officers and key stakeholders after finishing their transition from gunsmiths to Forest Rangers—marking a brand new chapter of hope, function, and
sustainable livelihood.
DANAO CITY, CEBU — Sixty-eight (68) former Danao Metropolis gunsmiths formally full their transition into lawful, sustainable work as ‘Forest Rangers’ underneath Mission Trident, a groundbreaking livelihood transformation program led by the Metropolis Authorities underneath the Durano management.
Held on June 7, 2025, on the Danao Metropolis Coaching Middle in the course of the Metropolis’s Constitution Anniversary celebration, the commencement ceremony—spearheaded by Vice Mayor Nito Durano and Metropolis Councilor Ivy Durano—gathers division heads, officers, and key stakeholders from the Metropolis Authorities, the barangays, and the PNP.
This system instantly responds to Danao’s decades-long problem of unlawful arms manufacturing.
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In partnership with the PNP, Mission Trident converts technical gunsmithing abilities into authorized, significant, and government-supported jobs. It follows a three-phase framework: profiling and validation, abilities transformation by way of coaching and counseling, and livelihood integration.
Graduates now function Job Order personnel underneath the LGU, tasked with forest safety, environmental preservation, and community-based tourism.
Past the forest ranger job, the town—by way of the Metropolis Agricultural Providers Workplace (CAgSO)— additionally implements a Contemporary Water Farm Livelihood Program for former paltik makers in Brgy. Dungga, selling peaceable and sustainable fishing practices.
Vice Mayor-elect Hon. Ivy Durano, one of many program’s key proponents, shares the inspiration behind the initiative:
“Each metropolis has its silent tales of ache, battle, and redemption. In Danao, we all know these tales too nicely. For many years, our metropolis has carried the burden of a shadowed previous, marked by unlawful gun manufacturing. However we’ve additionally witnessed one thing way more highly effective: the resilience and potential of our folks. This grew to become the very coronary heart and soul behind Mission Trident.”
Following the success of Batch 1, Batch 2—with 102 new beneficiaries from barangays Santican, Lawaan, Dungga, Mantija, Pili, Danasan, Cahumayan, and Masaba—is ready to start coaching and integration within the coming months.
PCOL Jovito M. Atanacio, Appearing Provincial Director of the Cebu Police Provincial Workplace, lauds this system as a mannequin for grassroots peacebuilding:
“Mission Trident is a transparent message that change is feasible when individuals are given the chance, assist, and hope. These former gunsmiths are now not threats to society—they’re now protectors of our forests, our communities, and our future. Danao Metropolis is main the way in which towards peace, progress, and inclusive growth.”
By way of Mission Trident, Danao Metropolis dismantles the cycle of underground gun manufacturing and opens doorways to inclusive development, peace and native financial growth. Greater than a program, it stands as a turning level—a robust image of group resilience, inter-agency cooperation and the unshakable perception that with the proper assist, second probabilities grow to be sustainable futures, and peace is constructed not with pressure, however with function—HERE AND NOW.
