Manila, Oct. 15 -- A total of 151 youth leaders from various barangays in Carrascal town, Surigao del Sur province joined the recently-concluded 1st Carrascal Youth Leadership Summit (YSL) 2019. The gathering, held at the Carrascal National High School from October 11 to 13, carried the theme "Kabataan: Mapagmahal sa Bayan, Pag-asa ng Kinabukasan". The 151 participants consisted mostly of out-of-school youths (OSYs) and students from barangays Pantukan, Panikian, Bacolod, Adlay, Babuyan, and Dahican in Carrascal, which are considered by the military as "conflict-affected areas" and "geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas." In a statement to the media on Tuesday, the Civil-Military Operations Office of the Army's 36th Infantry Batta...