Kapit-Bisig was launched in Sampaloc, Quezon to address the problem of insurgency.

      An organizational machinery starting from the puroks to the municipal council was established. This structure was complemented by people’s organizations and non-government organizations with specific sectoral concerns like peace and order, health, agriculture, and livelihood. Under this program, a purok justice system was created to prevent community members from availing of the underground movement’s “kangaroo court.”

      The insurgency problem was solved with the last group of 38 rebel returnees taking their oath of allegiance in December 1993. Ordinary crime rate went down.

      With a stable peace and order condition and community mobilization through the puroks, Sampaloc rose to become a model in cleanliness having garnered the second place in the Clean and Green Contest without paying a single street sweeper or gardener.

      Tax collection went up; farmer’s production increased by 30%; H-fever and malaria outbreak was controlled and third-degree malnutrition was brought down to 0.5 percent. Close to 80 percent of the population actively participated in community activities