▁of ▁Northern ▁Ap ay ao ▁Province ▁including ▁six ▁municipal ities ▁of ▁Bat anes ▁Group ▁of ▁Islands . ▁ <0x09> ▁The ▁ 1 7 th ▁Infantry ▁Battalion ▁under ▁the ▁ster ling ▁leadership ▁of ▁L T ▁COL ▁Pablo ▁L ▁Li wan ▁Jr ▁IN F ▁( G SC ) ▁PA ▁is ▁continu ously ▁undert aking ▁its ▁effort ▁by ▁employ ing ▁T RI AD ▁operations ▁at ▁the ▁different ▁priority ▁target ▁bar ang ays / p laces ▁within ▁A O ▁in ▁coord ination ▁with ▁the ▁P NP ▁to ▁totally ▁anni h il ate ▁the ▁remaining ▁CT s ▁in ▁the ▁A OR . ▁ ▁And ▁as ▁the ▁real ization ▁of ▁last ing ▁peace ▁is ▁slowly ▁da w ning , ▁the ▁unit ▁is ▁also ▁assist ing ▁Local ▁Government ▁Units ▁( L G Us ) ▁and ▁Local ▁Government ▁A gen cies ▁( L G As ) ▁in ▁the ▁implementation ▁of ▁government ▁programs ▁that ▁will ▁benefit ▁the ▁people ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁A O ▁and ▁realize ▁the ▁vision ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁towards ▁a ▁strong ▁Republic . ▁ <0x09> ▁On ▁Int elligence , ▁the ▁unit ▁through ▁its ▁intelligence ▁oper atives ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁establish ▁ 6 2 ▁Bar ang ay ▁Int elligence ▁N ets ▁( B IN ) ▁with ▁ 1 4 5 ▁assets / in form ants ▁rec ru ited ▁to ▁enh ance ▁the ▁intelligence ▁efforts ▁of ▁the ▁unit ▁and ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁collect ▁ 8 0 ▁information . ▁ ▁Like wise , ▁the ▁unit ▁also ▁extended ▁ 1 2 ▁security ▁coverage ▁to ▁VI P s ▁visit ing ▁the ▁unit ' s ▁area