Kauswagan marked its 70th founding anniversary on Saturday, which was also the feast of its patron, St. Vincent Ferrer, without any revelry.
Kauswagan was where President Joseph Estrada declared the all-out war against the Moro rebels in 2000, which brought the country’s military into a three-month conventional war that eventually led to the fall of Camp Abubakar in Maguindanao, the main lair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
The town has also made strides in grassroots interfaith peacebuilding, harnessing the various faith-based institutions towards rebuilding relations among local residents that had been torn by decades of conflict. As a precaution against COVID-19, the local government canceled its lined up activities — such as the Hugyaw sa Kadagatan Festival, which celebrates the bounty of the sea; street dancing; an agri-aqua fair; and a triathlon.
CLOSED. The local Catholic church has been closed since last month, as a precaution against COVID-19, and even during the feast of its patron saint on April 25.
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