recent history of candoni again showed its people's struggle, this time, against the turmoils brought about by the insurgency problem. fed up with being caught in the crossfire of battles between rebels and government forces, the people of sitio cantomanyog in barangay haba of the town declared their area as a "zone of peace", the first in the country ever to be declared as such by the residents composed of some 40 families, and this policy is respected by both rebels and government troops.