RESIDENTS of Basilan are exchanging their unregistered firearms for agricultural tools and equipment in a bid to shy away from the old gun culture in the island province.

They received a wheel loader, three tractors with disc plow, at least 1,000 free-range chickens and various farm inputs, while residents in the town of Hadji Mohammad Ahjul were provided with solar-powered ice block machines, a mini delivery cargo van, a tractor with disc plow, 500 free-range chickens and various farm inputs.

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